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Minneapolis: It was a day of reflection, of remembrance, a time to lay flowers and say prayers, to celebrate Black culture with art and music and food, and to recall the life of a man whose death, one year ago, shook the country and forced it to confront its painful legacy of racism and police brutality.
In Minneapolis on Tuesday, as people gathered to mark the anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd, there was space for it all: the trauma and the grief; some celebration, over a murder conviction of a police officer; and a measure of hope, too, that in death Floyd, a Black man, had nudged America toward more racial equality.
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A man raised his fist at an event commemorating the anniversary of George Floyd s death at the Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center on May 25, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His shirt says Rest in Love over a photo of Floyd.
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Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of George Floyd s murder by a police officer, and with it came an outpouring of commemorative events in U.S. cities, abroad, and on social media.
People gathered in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Atlanta, London, Edinburgh, and elsewhere to celebrate Floyd s life and to remind the world that while awareness of police violence and racism in America has increased, progress is still too little and too slow. Floyd s name has become synonymous with the movement against police brutality and a motivating factor in ongoing protests for racial justice. In a somberly rare moment of accountability, his murde
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Gunfire rang out Tuesday morning at George Floyd Square, the Minneapolis intersection where police officer Derek Chauvin, now a convicted murderer, killed George Floyd one year ago today.
It remains unclear why the shooting erupted, but a Minneapolis Police spokesperson confirmed there were shots fired near the square shortly after 10 a.m. One victim was transported to the hospital with a gunshot wound, police said. Tuesday’s schedule at the square, which has been decorated with portraits of various civil rights leaders, will include a “Rise and Remember” memorial event beginning at 1 p.m. A candlelight vigil is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.
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