In their own words: Minnesotans on how George Floyd s life and death impacted them
Minnesotans describe how George Floyd s life and death impacted them.
By Reid Forgrave, Zoë Jackson May 24, 2021 9:27pm
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Josie Johnson 90, Minneapolis, longtime civil rights activist
“I have silently said to George Floyd, ‘George, I am sorry that you had to experience the method of your death. But what you have done, my son, is you’ve shown the world how our Black men are treated . You sacrificed your life to show the world.’ We’ve always known as a people the treatment the police department has modeled in their belief about us, but it’s always been a secret.”
Minnesota students walk out of schools in solidarity with the racial justice movement.
April 19, 2021, 6:17 p.m. ETApril 19, 2021, 6:17 p.m. ET
Students from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis joined other students in a statewide walkout on Monday to protest racial injustice.Credit.Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times
Students streamed out of schools across Minnesota on Monday afternoon to protest racial injustice, in a coordinated action that coincided with closing arguments in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd.
At 1:47 p.m., students held a moment of silence for Daunte Wright, a 20-year old Black man who was fatally shot last week by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., about 10 miles from the courthouse where Mr. Chauvin is on trial.
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With some waiting for the verdict in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial and others grieving the loss of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, the Instagram-organized protest brought out students from 118 Minnesota schools protest.
A group called Minnesota Teen Activists was created in response to racism in schools and the police killing of George Floyd. Its founder Gabby Hou, a sophomore at Champlin Park High School in Brooklyn Park, lead a chant around the US Bank Stadium, The New York Times reported.
At 1:47 p.m., the exact time Daunte Wright was shot eight days before, the teenaged protesters sat on the ground for a moment of silence that lasted for three minutes.
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