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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.
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