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Residents lay down on Main Streets across America, crying I can t breathe! and Mama in protest after George Floyd s death. (Lisa Finn / Patch)
LONG ISLAND, NY – Tuesday marks one year since George Floyd died after Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chavin pressed a knee to his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. One year since Floyd lay on the ground crying out for his mama. One year since the world watched a video that sparked a piercing cry for change.
In the months that followed, protests were organized across Long Island that brought together hundreds who lay down on sleepy Main Streets, hands behind their backs, recreating those haunting nine minutes and 29 seconds as they cried out, No justice, no peace, and Mama, I can t breathe! ....

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