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Black Lives Matterin piti kitkeä väkivalta Yhdysvaltain poliisista – sitten asenteissa tapahtui käänne

George Floyd kuoli viisi vuotta sitten poliisin käsiin Minneapolisissa, ja siitä syttyi historiallinen kansanliike. Nyt poliisiväkivalta on kuitenkin vain lisääntynyt.

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Yle Uutiset · Black Lives Matterin piti kitkeä väkivalta Yhdysvaltain poliisista – sitten asenteissa tapahtui käänneGeorge Floyd kuoli viisi vuotta sitten poliisin käsiin Minneapolisissa, ja siitä syttyi historiallinen kansanliike. Nyt poliisiväkivalta on kuitenkin vain lisääntynyt.

Joy-Ann Reid reveals the poignant origins of Memorial Day, initially Decoration Day, founded by Black freedmen to honor Union soldiers. There's irony in celebrating Confederate figures over Civil War victors. Recent events, sparked by George Floyd’s murder, have encouraged recognizing contributions from women and people of color, highlighted by the renaming of nine military bases. Reid calls for inclusivity in honoring America’s military legacy. Read more: joyannreid.com/p/on-memory-par #MemorialDay #GeorgeFloyd #CharlesRangel #History #Justice #Equality #NamingCommission

Joy's House · On Memory, part two: the Black and Union history of Memorial Day, and how George Floyd, for a time, restored our honorBy Joy-Ann Reid

"Former Mayor Sylvester Turner formed a 45-member task force to examine city policies on policing and crisis management.

The task force’s final report ultimately led to a series of 106 proposed reforms for the Houston Police Department...But five years later, city and police officials are unable to say how many recommendations were adopted."

🎁: houstonchronicle.com/politics/

#Georgefloyd #Uprising #Blacklivesmatter

Tampa remembers George Floyd 5 years later

On May 25, 2024, activists gathered in Tampa Fl's Curtis Hixon Park to remember George Floyd. They also commemorated the Uprising that followed his murder, and reminded everyone that locking up one murderous cop hasn't ended police brutality and torture. A speaker pointed out that the ICE scum at the Worchester, MA attack took down a 16 year old girl, shoved her face into the pavement-and shoved a knee into her neck just like what another cop did to George Floyd. At least this time their victim survived this brutal assault.

It was on May 25 2020, convicted Minneapolis killer cop Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. The murder weapon was his knee in George's neck-for over 9 minutes. Fighting began in Minneapolis itself almost immediately therafter, and three nights later the 3ed precinct was liberated and burned to the ground.

By the following weekend, the Uprising had erupted from coast to coast. I was in DC at that time. On Friday, May 29 2020 Trump was scared into his bunker by protests outside. The following day police cars were smashed and burned as protesters fought to gain control of Lafayette Square. Another Night of Fire followed on May 31. On June 1 came Trump's infamous Bible-thumping after Federal cops assaulted protesters to clear a few blocks. A curfew led to more fighting that night. Sporadic ighting raged back and forth for much of the rest of June in DC.

Famously we had the Albert Pike statue teardown on Juneteenth, followed by the attempt to pull down the Andrew Jackson statue in front of the White House. The following night, Black Lives Matter Plaza changed hands several times as the fighting raged back and forth.

Similar battles were fought in seemingly the majority of cities, DC was very intense, and Portland, OR even more so.

June 13 2020

My son felt it important to go to a protest. #GeorgeFloyd

I painted the sign and trusted him to keep us safe (the primary caregiver to an elderly woman with cancer).

It was important. It's still important.

[Why/how are we back with the same POS that was in office then?]

"Where once the bold yellow letters of Black Lives Matter shone brightly on the asphalt of 16th Street in the US capital, there are now SUVs. The lettering was removed in March after Republicans in Congress threatened to cut off federal funding to Washington."

"According to the non-profit Mapping Police Violence project, the police killed at least 1,260 people in the US in 2024 — more than in any year over the past decade. The project says that in the US Black people are 2.8 times more likely to be killed by police than white people."

dw.com/en/5-years-since-george

h/t @sindarina
#GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

16th Street in Washington with the yellow letters B L A C K
Deutsche Welle · 5 years since George Floyd murder, Black lives still matterBy Aline Spantig

5 years ago today. George Floyd was murdered by a racist cop who knelt on his neck and choked him for over 9 minutes.
I was only a kid back in 2020 but I remember seeing this on TV and it shocked tf out of me and knew it was cops v us.
Remember George today but also all the other black men murdered by cops.
Preciate if yall could boost this🙏🏿
#GeorgeFloyd #blacklivesmatter

Today in Labor History May 25, 2020: Police murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis, setting off a worldwide wave of anti-police brutality protests. But the protests have had little effect on the problem. While the number of police murders declined slightly the following year, dropping from 1,146 in 2020 to 1,045 in 2021, the rate of police murder has grown every year since 2021, according to data on Wikipedia. In 2024, the police killed 1,400 people (nearly 4 a day), a 22% increase over 2020, the year Floyd was murdered. And there have already been 511 police murders in 2025. If this rate continues, there could be 1,300 by the end of the year.

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