Now, everyone call it “the murder of George Floyd.”
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 20, 2021
Tag: George Floyd
Advocates suggest ways that white people can become allies for African Americans long after the street demonstrations end.
#blackoutpoetry #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
— M Brewster (@BrewCuse) June 3, 2020
Base text ‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad pic.twitter.com/N6mNDomxtd
“This is about a hundred years’ worth of intentional segregation and institutionalized racism.”As nationwide protests about the death of George Floyd enter a second week, we speak with the leader of the city where they began — Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis.
In a conversation with Michael Barbaro, Mr. Frey reflects on personal culpability, the potential for change in his city and his feelings about President Trump’s vision for “militaristic rule” in Minneapolis.
Responding to Mr. Trump’s decision to put military police on notice for deployment, Mr. Frey said, “I mean, the implications are more scary than I can even possibly imagine.”
As of now, there's no evidence to support claims of coordinated brick placements at protests.
Monday on the NewsHour, unrest spreads across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Plus: What reporters are seeing on the ground, the role of law enforcement during protests, systemic issues of race and privilege in the U.S. and the long roots of racial tension in Minneapolis.
Dr. Ariela Gross (Twitter)1/in my research on trials involving enslaved people as property in Southern courtrooms, I read chilling descriptions of violent deaths at a white man’s hands in which a doctor testified that the cause of death was “apoplexy” or heart attack...
— Ariela Gross (@arielagross) May 29, 20202/...or even the anger of the enslaved man or woman leading to their death, by triggering a heart attack. These were cases of terrible bearings, vicious strangling — yet that was found not to be the cause of death.
— Ariela Gross (@arielagross) May 29, 20203/ So when the coroner says George Floyd died of an underlying condition plus this and that, and not the full weight of a man on his neck, I know that story.
— Ariela Gross (@arielagross) May 29, 20204/ The underlying condition is white supremacy.
— Ariela Gross (@arielagross) May 29, 2020