George Floyd protest
It is such a tragedy to hear about what's happening in America right now. On Monday, a white Minneapolis police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck until his body went limp. The assault was caught on video. Floyd, 46, gasped that he could not breathe, but Chauvin did not let up, and Floyd died from his injuries in police custody. It was the third in a string of similar deaths to make its way into national headlines this month: In March, police in Louisville, Kentucky, burst into Breonna Taylor’s apartment in the middle of the night. They shot the 26-year-old eight times, killing her in her own home. And in February, two white men in a pickup truck gunned down Ahmaud Arbery while he jogged through their Georgia neighborhood. The pair admitted to fatally shooting Arbery, but were only arrested for his murder in May. Those gathered at Thursday's tribute stood in silence for eight minutes, 46 seconds, the amount of time Floyd was alleged to be on the ground under the control of police in Minneapolis. Hundreds attended the service, which also heard a eulogy from civil rights activist Rev Al Sharpton. It was time to stand up and say "get your knee off our necks", he said. Mr. Floyd's killing, which was captured on video, has caused outrage and sparked a wave of protests in cities across the US.
Help and save OUR AMERICA! We must do something. Something needs to be done!
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