PFAW Member,
As the nation continues grappling with the murder of George Floyd, the calls for justice and demands to address systemic racism grow louder.
One next step that Minnesota law enforcement officials should take right now is to arrest and charge the other three police officers involved in George Floyd’s murder.
Four days following the murder of George Floyd’s death and the ensuing public outrage, Derek Chauvin, the now former police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck, was arrested and charged with murder.
But the inaction of the other three Minneapolis cops who watched Chauvin murder George Floyd and did nothing to stop it was not just cowardly, it was criminal.
Now that Minnesota’s Attorney General, former U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, has been assigned as a special prosecutor in the case by the state’s governor, there is a greater reason to hope that justice might be served for those involved in George Floyd’s murder. Attorney General Ellison has been a strong ally on civil rights issues and we hope that his actions will include a close examination of the charges brought against Derek Chauvin and charging the remaining three officers involved.
Protests across the nation are not only illustrating the outrage at the latest example of institutionalized racial violence in our country. They reflect the despair of communities whose mere existence has been deemed suspect and undeserving by racist systems and structures that have been allowed to stand in this country for centuries and continue to this day.
The continuum of racial violence and trauma, particularly against Black people and communities, is as stubbornly persistent as any trend in American history. It seems indestructible, and that can be psychologically and emotionally crushing to so many of us – especially in the Black community.
We cannot allow this most recent series of racist murders of Black Americans (including Mr. Floyd, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery in Atlanta) to be just the latest chapter in a story that has no end. And true healing and progress must begin with accountability for those responsible for George Floyd’s death.
Please join us in calling for justice for George Floyd>>
While George Floyd’s murder highlights the deep roots of white supremacy and anti-Black racism that permeate our society, together we can begin dismantling the systems of oppression and building a country that values the lives, contributions, and the humanity of all communities – the real American Way.
Thank you for being part of this fight.
In solidarity,
– PFAW
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