✅ Yes. On April 20, 2021, U.S. Houser Speaker Nancy Pelosi said: 'Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice.'
Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice. For being there to call out to your mom. How heartbreaking was that? Call out for your mom, “I can’t breathe.”
But because of you, and because of thousands, millions of people around the world who came out for justice, your name will always be synonymous with justice.Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence, and a furious reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.The verdict set off jubilation around the city.
The jury of six white people and six Black or multiracial people came back with its verdict after about 10 hours of deliberations over two days. Chauvin was found guilty on all charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. In sum, it was true that Pelosi said: “Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice.”
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