MINNEAPOLIS Residents, activists and community leaders across the country gathered Tuesday to honor and remember George Floyd, who died under the knee of a police officer one year ago on a south Minneapolis street corner.
Downtown, a few hundred people gathered at The Commons park near U.S. Bank S
Day marks celebration, mourning in Minneapolis and across country
Celebration, mourning in Minneapolis and across the country one year after George Floyd s death Major gathering points are a park downtown and 38th and Chicago, where Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer.
By Reid Forgrave, Nicole Norfleet, Faiza Mahamud, Reid Forgrave, Nicole Norfleet and Faiza Mahamud and Star Tribune staff writers May 25, 2021 2:55pm
Video (01:43) : On the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, a memorial called One Year What s Changed took place at Commons Park downtown. Text size Copy shortlink:
Residents, activists and community leaders across the country gathered Tuesday to honor and remember George Floyd, who was killed by police one year ago on a south Minneapolis street corner.
Richard Reeve Created: April 25, 2021 11:03 PM
From the deaths of George Floyd and Daunte Wright to the trial of Derek Chauvin, traumatizing is a word many are using to describe the past year in Minnesota.
But now other words include hope and healing as a growing number of groups and organizations work to accelerate change.
“I felt a sigh of relief, but I feel the fight isn’t over,” said Daemeah Kareeah of Minneapolis. “It’s the pain and trauma that just doesn’t seem to go away.”
But on Sunday afternoon, not far from George Floyd square, there was a gathering that included music, games and even a sense of hope.
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