[National Democratic Institute]
NDI: “The recent high-profile deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have confronted the United States anew with the violent deficiencies of its racial past and present.”
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George Floyd
RUTGERS STUDY: POLICE VIOLENCE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG YOUNG BLACK MEN
[Police Violence]
Rutgers University-Newark study: “The disproportionate killing of Black suspects is a police problem, not a white police problem.”
Photo: PBS screenshot
NBA COACHES: GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER HAS “TRAUMATIZED” AMERICA
[NBA\George Floyd]
NBA Coaches: “As a diverse group of leaders, we have a responsibility to stand up and speak out for those who don’t have a voice…Witnessing the murder of George Floyd in cold blood and in broad daylight has traumatized our nation.”
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GEORGE FLOYD FALLOUT: GROWING CALLS FOR DEFUNDING OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS
[Defunding the Police]
Grassroots Groups: “We come together to call for divestment from policing and investment in resources that directly impact the health and safety of Black communities: healthcare, housing…”
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GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER: 8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS
[George Floyd\Oakland Institute]
Oakland Institute: “Today millions of Americans are rising up, collectively expressing outrage, and demanding an end to racism and violence against Black and Brown communities.”
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JOURNALIST INTERVIEWS FLOYD MURDER EYEWITNESS, PALAST REPORTS ON LAPD THREATENING PROTESTERS
[George Floyd Eyewitness\LAPD]
Charles McMillan: “I kept telling the officer, ‘Brother, get your foot off his neck because he’s stopped breathing. He’s going to die. And the officer refused to get his foot off Mr. Floyd‘s neck…I hear Mr. Floyd saying, “Mom, they’re killing me in the street.”
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GEORGE FLOYD: MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL CHARGES CHAUVIN WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER
[George Floyd\Attorney General Keith Ellison]
Star Tribune: “According to sources, former officer Derek Chauvin, recorded on video kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he begged for air on May 25, will now be charged with second-degree murder.”
Photo: YouTube
RACIST CLIMATE OF “OTHERING” THAT LEAD TO GEORGE FLOYD’S MURDER MUST CHANGE
[George Floyd\”Othering”]
Winslow Myers: “To have to explain to the innocent why they are an “Other” is a kind of madness, one that fuels the rage that is pouring into the streets of our cities…this cultural tendency toward “Othering” encompasses so much.”
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