UpdatedTue, May 25, 2021 at 8:58 am CT
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A mural of George Floyd is shown in the intersection of 38th St & Chicago Ave on March 31, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, D.C. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will host members of George Floyd s family at the White House Tuesday, marking the one-year anniversary of Floyd s death while in the hands of Minneapolis police.
Biden and Harris will meet the family at 12:30 p.m. Central time.
Both Harris and Biden addressed the nation in televised remarks when former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd s death on April 20.
One year on, Minneapolis marks anniversary of George Floyd s murder
A remembrance and a vigil are among the events planned on Tuesday.
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Tuesday marks a year to the day that George Floyd died during his arrest by Minneapolis Police Department, sparking off global calls for racial justice, efforts to implement long-lasting change in policing, and a period of civil unrest from which the city is still recovering.
The anniversary of Floyd s murder, which last month led to the conviction of former MPD officer Derek Chauvin – with three more former officers due to stand trial for aiding and abetting in 2022, will be marked with a series of events in Minneapolis and nationally on Tuesday.
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George Floyd anniversary: Hundreds to march in Minneapolis today as his family set to meet with Biden at White House
Updated: May 25 2021, 12:25 ET
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HUNDREDS will march at a George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis today as his family meets with President Joe Biden in the White House on the first anniversary of his death.
Floyd, 46, died last Memorial Day, May 25, after ex-cop Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for almost nine and a half minutes.
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Protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd s killingCredit: AFP
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Today marks the first anniversary of Floyd s deathCredit: Refer to Caption
Members of the family of
George Floyd announced this week that they will note the first anniversary of his passing with events in several cities.
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Al Sharpton, attorney
Benjamin Crump and the George Floyd Memorial Foundation will lead official events with the family in Houston, Minneapolis and New York.
Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd, speaks at George Floyd Square after last month’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
“We will celebrate my brother’s life in a very, very special way,”
Bridgett Floyd said at a virtual press conference Thursday.