In downtown Minneapolis, the city that was plagued with tension during the Derek Chauvin murder trial last month, a celebration of George Floyd’s life was held less than a mile from where the white former Minneapolis officer was convicted of all three counts of his murder. The event, organized by the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, was filled with shrieks from children as they leapt in bouncy houses while others filled the air with bubbles..
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Members of George Floyd s family stand onstage Tuesday, May 25, 2021, during an event in downtown Minneapolis on the first anniversary of his death. (REUTERS / Eric Miller)
MINNEAPOLIS Members of George Floyd s family marked the one-year anniversary of his killing on Tuesday, May 25, by celebrating his life with a downtown festival in Minneapolis.
Speakers and attendees said that more reforms are needed in order to prevent deaths such as Floyd s, and that the reform movement is in danger of losing steam now that Derek Chauvin has been convicted of Floyd s murder.
The US Embassy in Athens flew a BLM flag on Tuesday. Credit: Facebook/Michael PrintzosThe US Embassy in Athens flew a Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner on Tuesday, one year since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.The killing of the 46-year-old father of five…