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A large banner laid on the ground near the front steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, exactly a year from when George Floyd, a Black Minneapolis man, was murdered at the hands of a former police officer on May 25, 2020. The sign was largely blank at the beginning of the memorial. By the end of the event, though, the banner had virtually no empty space left on it. Written on the white . ....
Speakers at Floyd remembrance in Northampton urge police changes; police respond to break up fight People attending a standout and memorial to honor George Floyd and Black Lives add names to a banner under the headline, Since George Floyd s murder, American police have killed 967+ people. These are some of their names: The event, hosted by Northampton Abolition Now, was held on the steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Greenfield Community College history department chair Alyssa Arnell, at microphone, begins to observe a nine minute, 29 second moment of silence for George Floyd with about 100 people attending a standout and memorial on the steps of Northampton City Hall on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING ....
Event to mark one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death People pose for pictures in front of a mural for George Floyd after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, April 20, in Minneapolis, Minn. AP PHOTO/MORRY GASH Published: 5/24/2021 9:06:35 PM NORTHAMPTON A local activist group will hold a memorial Tuesday in front of City Hall for George Floyd and others who have lost their lives due to police. Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s death. The standout, from 4 to 5 p.m., is being organized by Northampton Abolition Now. The group is seeking the creation of a Department of Community Care to take over a number of functions currently handled by police, such as mental health checks, and to cut funding for the police department by 50 percent. It is also seeking that the money cut from the police department last year be transferred to the Department of Community Ca ....
Listen to the interview with Ashwin Ravikumar. The one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a former Minneapolis police officer will be marked today with an event in Northampton. The local activist group Northampton Abolition Now is hosting a standout from 4pm-5pm in front of Northampton City Hall. It will feature speeches and conclude with nine minutes and 29 seconds of silence – the amount of time that former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck. After the standout, the group plans to set up equipment to let people testify at the Northampton City Council’s budget hearing. ....
Northampton City Council backs call for new community care department of unarmed emergency responders, urges mayor to follow suit Updated May 12, 2021; Eyeing ways to rethink public safety, the Northampton City Council voted last week to endorse a series of recommendations that, if implemented by the mayor’s office, would change the face of law enforcement in the years to come. At its most recent meeting last Thursday, the legislative body passed a resolution offering support for a slew of recommendations made by the Northampton Policing Review Commission in its final report released in March. The document, titled, “Reimagining Safety,” laid out more than a dozen proposals that aim to shift certain emergency response responsibilities away from law enforcement. ....