10 things to do in Boston this Juneteenth weekend boston.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boston.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Anniversary Of George Floydâs Death, Families Of Men Killed By Boston Police Demand Cases Be Reopened
Hope Coleman, 65, the mother of Terrence Coleman, and Carla Sheffield, 56, the mother of Burrell Ramsey-White, at a rally at Franklin Park in Roxbury, Tuesday. May 25, 2021
Tori Bedford / GBH News
The families of five young men who died following altercations with Boston Police â Usaama Rahim, Terrence Coleman, Burrell Ramsey-White, Ross Batista and Juston Root â gathered at Franklin Park in Roxbury Tuesday to demand that the deaths be investigated, and that the cases be reopened.
At a rally organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality on the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, Ramsey-Whiteâs mother, Carla Sheffield, asked a crowd of around 100 people to help reopen the case involving her son, who was shot and killed by Boston Police following a traffic stop in 2012.
Remembering George Floyd’s Death: Marches And Vigils Scheduled In Massachusetts
CBS Boston 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) Rallies, marches, and vigils will take place across the country on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
Hundreds are expected to attend a March for George and Justice from Milton to Mattapan starting at 5:30 p.m.
Luis Pierro from the Milton For Peace group spent much of Monday organizing signs for attendees. “This stuff is still going on and we have to do something about it,” Pierro told WBZ-TV.
His signs have “names of over the 200 Black men who were shot and killed by police in 11 plus months since George Floyd.”
Updated 2 hours ago
NBC Universal, Inc.
Rallies, marches and other events will be held in Boston, Massachusetts Tuesday, marking one year since the death of George Floyd.
Protests have erupted across the nation since George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020 by a former police officer who knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The 46-year-old s death fueled the Black Lives Matter movement and calls for racial justice and police accountability. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
That former officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of murder and manslaughter in April, once again sparking reaction in Boston and across the U.S.
Boston Mayor Kim Janey gave remarks on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death and provided an update on the city’s response to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. She announced that $15 million in federal COVID relief funding would go to boost emergency programs like small business relief, with an “equitable recovery coordinating committee” in charge of distributing the funding. The.