George Floyd’s life was ‘slowly and painfully’ taken, says church leader at Black Lives Matter vigil
Updated 10:00 AM;
GRAND RAPIDS, MI –– Expert testimony continued Friday on day 10 of the trial of the former Minnesota police officer charged in George Floyd’s death.
On Wednesday, April 7, more than 20 people from three churches stood along a busy, downtown Grand Rapids street holding signs at a monthly Black Lives Matter vigil.
The Rev. Colleen Squires, a vigil organizer and the pastor of All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, said the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white officer that pressed his knee into the Black man’s neck for about nine minutes while handcuffed on the ground, is yet another opportunity to remind the community that Black lives matter.