Families of those slain by police call for lasting change May 24, 2021 8:30pm Text size Copy shortlink:
It is a fraternity, they said, of which no one wants to be a part.
On the dais at the downtown Minneapolis hotel Monday was the mother of Oscar Grant (killed in 2009 by transit police in the Bay Area). Next to her was the mother of Eric Garner (killed by a New York police officer in 2014), who was seated next to the mother of Trayvon Martin (killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator in 2012). A few seats down was the mother of Daunte Wright (killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer last month).
A George Floyd memorial is located outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis. LEILA NAVIDI/MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE/TNS
MINNEAPOLIS â The families came from all over the country to honor George Floyd. They all had one tragic thing in common: Their loved ones names became synonymous with a movement only because of their deaths.
It is a fraternity, they said, of which no one wants to be a part.
On the dais at the downtown Minneapolis hotel Monday was the mother of Oscar Grant (killed in 2009 by transit police in the Bay Area).
Next to her was the mother of Eric Garner (killed by a New York police officer in 2014), who was seated next to the mother of Trayvon Martin (killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator in 2012). A few seats down was the mother of Daunte Wright (killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer last month).