George Floyd was choked to death by Minneapolis police.
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#JusticeforFloyd: Demand the officers are charged now!
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Dear John,
We write this email with a heavy heart because once again we are asking
you to join us to demand justice for another slain Black person. Last week
it was Breonna Taylor, the week before it was Ahmuad Arbery, and this week
it’s George Floyd.
On Monday, May 25th, a grocery clerk thought George was writing a fake
check and then called the police. Shortly after the police arrived,
officers choked George as he and a crowd of people pleaded with them to
stop. The entire murder was captured on camera and shared widely across
social media.^1 The following day, after a national outcry erupted, the
police chief announced that all four officers who were on the scene were
fired from the force.^2
And while this is a step in the right direction, it does not absolve the
officers of their blatant crime and we’re demanding Mayor Jacob Frey and
District Attorney Michael Freeman take further action to secure justice
for George Floyd.
[ [link removed] ]Mayor Frey must:
1. Block the from receiving their pensions;
2. Ban the officers from ever becoming police officers again; and
3. DA Freeman must immediately charge the officers with murdering
George.
[ [link removed] ]#JusticeforFloyd: Demand Mayor Frey and DA Freeman take action now to
hold the officers accountable for murdering George.
George’s death at the hands of the MPD is eerily similar to Eric Garner’s.
Both Black men uttered the same words as cops took their lives. Police
violence, harassment, and assaults on Black people happen far too often.
Just two months ago, officers in Louisville stormed Breonna Taylor’s home
and murdered her in a botched investigation. And the names of Black people
murdered for simply existing goes on and on.
But when we fight and hold powerful people to account, we win. After more
than 43,000 Color Of Change members called for #JusticeforBre and more
than 300,000 members #RanwithAhmaud, charges filed against Bre’s boyfriend
were dropped and Ahmaud’s killers were charged with murder. And we can win
justice for George, as well, if we keep up sustained pressure on Mayor
Frey and DA Freeman to take action.
[ [link removed] ]Stand with George’s family and demand that the officers are charged
with murder.
Officers rarely, if ever, are held accountable for inflicting harm on
Black people. Even after viral videos are released, they continue to earn
paychecks, collect pensions, and walk free as the Black bodies they took
from us are gone. This must end. They should not be rewarded for egregious
misconduct. Derek Chauvin, George’s killer, and the Minneapolis Police
Department have an ugly history of misconduct. Chauvin has been involved
in at least three other incidents where he shot someone and has never been
held accountable for any of them. And the MPD kills Black people at a rate
13x higher than white people - a larger racial disparity than almost
anywhere else in the nation. It’s imperative we fight to hold these
officers accountable and push this department to reform their practices.
[ [link removed] ]Will you stand with us in our fight for justice?
Until justice is real,
--Scott, Rashad, Arisha, Erika, Malachi, Marybeth, Madison, Leonard, and
the rest of the Color Of Change team
References:
1. "[ [link removed] ]Video shows Minneapolis cop with knee on neck of motionless,
moaning man who later died." CBS News.
2. "[ [link removed] ]4 Minneapolis Police Officers Fired Over George Floyd Death."
Huffington Post.
3. "[ [link removed] ]Police Accountability Tool." Mapping Police Violence.
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