By Syndicated Content
Apr 20, 2021 6:57 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday drew criticism by thanking George Floyd, a Black man who became a symbol of the struggle for racial justice, after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering him.
During a news conference following Chauvin s conviction on three criminal counts, Pelosi called the outcome a step in the right direction for justice. Thank you, George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice, Pelosi said, referring to Floyd s death in May as Chauvin pinned his knee on Floyd s neck for more than nine minutes.
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Jacob Frey, police union, Nancy Pelosi criticized for post-verdict comments
The Minneapolis Mayor is under fire for a tweet in which he said George Floyd s life . bettered our city.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is among those finding themselves the subject of criticism for comments made in the wake of Derek Chauvin s conviction in the murder of George Floyd.
The mayor has already been under pressure since the death of Floyd for his response to the subsequent protests and riots, as from those who oppose his efforts to increase the size of the Minneapolis Police Department amid calls for otherwise major structural change.
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Pelosi faces backlash after thanking George Floyd for ‘sacrificing your life for justice’ Brittany Shammas House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks as Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), right, and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus listen, on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 20 after the jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) In comments made after Tuesday’s murder conviction of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing your life for justice.” “For being there to call out to your mom how heartbreaking was that call out for your mom, ‘I can’t breathe,’ ” she continued in her remarks, which came during an event with the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill. “But because of you, and because of thousands, mill
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