George Floyd ‘s family gathers today at the White House for the death of the African-American, where they will try to reach an agreement on police reform to end police abuses.
George Floyd ‘s family visits the White House on the anniversary of his murder
One year after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on police reform despite the racial debate and the social use of outdoors.
President Joe Biden meets today at the White House with the family of African-American George Floyd on the first anniversary of his murder at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
May 25: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING OF #GEORGEFLOYD, NYC MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO ALONG W/COMMUNITY & FAITH LEADERS TO JOIN REV. AL SHARPTON IN KNEELING FOR 9 MINUTES & 29 SECONDS
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ALL 8 NYC DEM CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR TO PARTICIPATE IN REV. AL SHARPTON & NAN’S MAYORAL FORUM pic.twitter.com/7cQ4jli75c
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) May 24, 2021
Today in Washington…
• @POTUS & @VP meet with George Floyd’s family at the White House. Today marks 1 year since Floyd’s death. Biden then makes a stop in DE this PM. After, he’ll return to DC.
• Senate resumes consideration of Endless Frontier Act. pic.twitter.com/JsS9U5wHqe— Sam Lisker (@slisker) May 25, 2021
The meeting coincides with negotiations in Congress to urge police reform, which appears stalled.
The family will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, on Tuesday morning in Washington, ahead of their scheduled White House meeting with Biden.
The family will then meet with several senators from both parties, but Crump declined to have the lawmakers identified.
Floyd died on May 25, 2020, after ex-cop Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the African-American’s neck, 9 minutes and 29 seconds as he reiterated that he could not breathe.
Floyd’s death enabled the largest racially motivated demonstrations and riots in the U.S.
in the late 1960s after the assassination of Martin Luther King.
In mid-April, Chauvin was convicted of murder by a jury and now awaits sentencing, which will be read in a Minneapolis courtroom on June 16.
At the same time, lawmakers from the Democratic and Republican parties are trying to reach an agreement on police reform to end police abuses.
The bill, dubbed the “George Floyd Fairness in Policing Act,” aims to end the use of chokehold techniques, the “legal immunity” of officers.
Biden has expressed his support for the bill and has asked Congress to reach an agreement…
