On the one year anniversary of George Floydโs death, his family met with President Joe Biden at The White House with attorney Ben Crump and Lil Baby?!
Lil Baby was with the family, as they โtry to pass that George Floyd Police Act Bill.โ
The George Floyd Police Act bill calls for a national registry of police misconduct, ban racial and religious profiling by police officers, and end qualified immunity for cops.
โWeโre just thankful for whatโs going on and we just want the George Floyd Policing Act to be passed,โ Philonise Floyd, George Floydโs brother said. โIf you can make federal laws to protect the bird, which is the bald eagle, you can make federal laws to protect people of color.โ
It's been 1 year since George Floyd was arrested after being accused of using counterfeit money, and then was murdered by former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin.
Chauvin is currently serving time in prison for Floydโs death, and the three other officers, Tao Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane will be going to trial together in 2022.
George, was one of the founding members of the late DJ Screwโs Screwed Up Click, a Hip Hop collective of emcees who created the โchopped and screwedโ sound. H-Town natives Trae Tha Truth, Lil Flip, Lil Keke, Fat Pat, UGK, Devin The Dude are all Screwed Up Click members and affiliates. Big Floyd became a part in 1994 and was recognized as a local freestyle hero.
โBig Floyd was already a Southside legend in Houston when I met him, because of the Screwed Up Click. DJ Screw was the radio for the city. Big Floyd was already on tapes, and already cool with the guys, and cool with DJ Screw.โ said Chris Ward
The jury in the Chauvin trial, convicted the former officer of all three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder, 25 years for third-degree murder, and10 years for second-degree manslaughter. The jury took just over 10 hours to come to a unanimous decision, it included two alternates, consisted of two white men, six white women, three black men, one black woman, and two mixed-race women.
President Joe Biden said the conviction โcan be a giant step forwardโ for the nation in the fight against systemic racism.
โWe canโt stop here,โ Biden declared. โI canโt breathe.โ Those were George Floydโs last words. We canโt let those words die with him. We have to keep hearing those words. We must not turn away. We canโt turn away.โ
Vice-President Kamala Harris, said racism was keeping the country from fulfilling its founding promise of "liberty and justice for all.โ
โIt is not just a Black America problem or a people of color problem. it is a problem for every American,โ she said. โIt is holding our nation back from reaching our full potential. A measure of justice isnโt the same as equal justice.โ.
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