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Kalief Browder was in Rikers Island jail for three years, including two years in solitary confinement without trial for allegedly stealing a backpack at 16. “I gotta say, I don’t feel strong today,” said Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder. T6PjpQx1uc Kalief Browder’s brother, Akeem Browder speaking at the rally on Foley Square. Today is one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. He was a father he was a son.”īefore the vigil, a rally was held at Foley Square and then a march from there to Brooklyn Museum across Brooklyn Bridge.

“George Floyd was a life before he was a hashtag.

“He is not your martyr he is not your excuse to wake up and shout in these streets ‘Black Lives Matter!’ You should remember that every single day of your life,” Nia continued. For being there to call out to your mom, how heartbreaking was that?” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a press conference after the Derek Chauvin trial. “Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice. “Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for justice.” /JfapSsKdtX April 20, 2021 Speaker Pelosi at the Congressional Black Caucus presser after Chauvin verdict: Floyd’s death was a sacrifice for the country’s awakening to police brutality. I will say that again, George Floyd is not this movement’s martyr.”Īfter Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter, politicians came out saying Mr. “So I would like to open up this space and let it be known that George Floyd is not a martyr. It feels like a victory when we get to celebrate and we get to see beautiful black smiles and that is what this vigil is about,” said Nia White, lead organizer of Freedom March NYC. It did not just feel like a victory when a black person survived and it’s not another hashtag during the day. “It did not just feel like a victory because of the Derek Chauvin trial. Crowds sat in front of the Brooklyn Museum as young activists from New York City spoke during a vigil for George Floyd. In front of the Brooklyn Museum, hundreds gathered on Tuesday to mourn and honor the life of George Floyd and hold a moment of silence. Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds went viral. Tuesday, May 25, was the one-year anniversary of the death of a man who, as his daughter said, “changed the world.” Last year the death of George Floyd, 46, at the hands of the police shook the country to its core after a 17-year-old girl’s video of Derek Chauvin kneeling on Mr.