‘WE HAVE MORE
Brooklynites march one
BY GABRIELE HOLTERMANN
Hundreds of people gathered
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COURIER L 4 IFE, MAY 28-JUNE 3, 2021
in Brooklyn on the anniversary
of the murder of
George Floyd Wednesday to
rally against police violence
and for racial justice.
At least four gatherings
launched from the borough on
May 25, including at Barclays
Center, Brooklyn Museum,
Cadman Plaza and the nightly
vigil at McCarren Park.
Activists also marched
over the Brooklyn Bridge from
Manhattan, such as one rallygoer
who said a lot still needs
to be done in the fi ght against
law enforcement brutality.
“I think everybody here
today is here because we recognize
that even a year later,
even though Derek Chauvin
got convicted, we have tons
and tons and tons of work to
do,” said Jay Walker.
The activist urged federal
legislators to pass the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act
of 2020 — currently stalled
in the Senate — which would
create a national registry of
police misconduct and a ban
on racial profi ling by law enforcement,
and limit qualifi ed
immunity.
Floyd was killed on May
25, 2020 by former Minneapolis
police offi cer Derek Chauvin
who pressed his knee on
Floyd’s neck for nine minutes
and 29 seconds while arresting
him for using a counterfeit
$20 bill.
On April 21, a Minnesota
jury found Chauvin guilty of
second and third-degree murder
charges and second-degree
manslaughter. The former cop
faces up to 40 years behind
bars at his sentencing in June.
On Tuesday, crowds across
the city paled in comparison
to protests last summer, when
thousands of people took to
the streets, which launched a
season of historic uprisings
across the borough that were
met by brutal responses from
NYPD.
This year, the rallies
counted a couple of hundred attendees,
who converged from
different starting points before
they headed over the Brooklyn
Bridge to Manhattan as police
choppers hovered above.
Among the speakers was
Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
Photo by Gabriele Holtermann
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