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malaise

(284,392 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 02:37 PM 4 hrs ago

George Floyd was murdered on this day

Five years ago

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George Floyd was murdered on this day (Original Post) malaise 4 hrs ago OP

It's a big deal here. Ocelot II 4 hrs ago #1

Thanks for this malaise 3 hrs ago #2

... SheltieLover 3 hrs ago #3

Thanks for the reminder! surfered 3 hrs ago #4

George Floyd Clouds Passing 3 hrs ago #5

Ocelot II

(124,844 posts)

1. It's a big deal here.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2025, 02:51 PM

4 hrs ago

Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was pinned by his neck and killed by police in the streets of Minneapolis, sparking a historic wave of calls to action to end police brutality and racial injustice.

Since Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by Minneapolis police, observers have trekked to the city every year on the anniversary of his death to pay their respects and celebrate his legacy.

“It’s sad that an event like this had to happen for the community to come together,” Eric Coleman, who served as part of a security team Sunday, said as he sat near a huge raised fist that’s become synonymous with George Floyd Square. “But in the end, that’s what you really want.”

https://www.startribune.com/five-years-later-minneapolis-remembers-george-floyd/601356079

But maybe everyone else has forgotten, since the rate of police killings nationally is worse than ever. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010180648/we-tracked-police-killings-5-years-after-george-floyd.html