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The family of the late George Floyd, a black man who died last year in Minneapolis police custody, hosted a commemorative concert in Floyd s hometown of Houston, Texas, Sunday evening.
McCormick is a long-time journalist in the San Diego area and teaches journalism at San Diego State University and is the founding president of the San Diego Association of Black Journalists. He lives in University Heights.
It was the nine minutes and 29 seconds that not only changed the world, but also shook my soul to the core.
A year ago, a beautiful Black man named George Perry Floyd Jr. was murdered under the knee of now former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd was just 46 years old.
That soul-searing video was seen millions of times when it initially happened and then again with the recent conviction of Chauvin.