The family of George Floyd marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honour.
marked the fourth anniversary of his murder by renewing their call for Congress to pass legislation to reform policing in America that is named in his honour.
Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee reintroduced the bill on Thursday, days before the fourth anniversary of Floyd's murder. George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed on May 25, 2020, while in police custody. Derek Chauvin, a White police officer, was filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck and back for nearly nine minutes as Floyd pleaded for help and said he couldn't breathe.
Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in a state trial and sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. George Floyd's murder sparked a wave of protests against racial injustice and police brutality around the world. "I promised myself as I'm watching that video that I got to do something. And I have not stopped doing something," Floyd's uncle Selwyn Jones told CNN.
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