As protests and unrest continued to sweep the country in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month, Floyd’s brother Terrence Floyd urged protesters to remain peaceful and push for change another way: by voting.
Floyd’s comments came amid more than a week of protests across the country demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other victims of police violence.
Former Pres. Barack Obama addressed the connection he saw between George Floyd and voting in an essay posted online this week titled, “How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change.”
In remarks at Philadelphia City Hall on Tuesday, Biden himself addressed the killing of George Floyd.
In Minneapolis this week, organizers with Reclaim the Block, an activist group that pushes for money from the police budget to be redistributed to community needs and resources, has been urging their local City Council officials to reduce the Minneapolis Police Department budget by $45 million and reallocate the money to community programs.
