Six years after George Floyd’s death, a push for federal policing reform begins anew

By Ashlee BanksSpecial to the AFRO Six years ago today, a cellphone video recorded on a Minneapolis street corner fundamentally shook the conscience of the nation. May 25 marks the sixth anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man whose dying breaths under the knee of a White police officer ignited a […] The post Six years after George Floyd’s death, a push for federal policing reform begins anew appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .