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Dozens of cities in the United States remember the African American George Floyd, who was suffocated by a police officer in Minneapolis exactly one year ago, with the demand for a pending police reform that eliminates brutality against racial minorities in the country. President Joe Biden welcomed Floyd’s family to the White House and ratified their commitment to move forward with the bill. Floyd’s death sparked the biggest wave of protests against police brutality in the United States since the late 1960s. And Minneapolis The tension remained high on Tuesday: in full mobilization, a person was shot and wounded In the same corner that Floyd was killed.

After meeting George Floyd’s family, President Biden issued a statement calling on Congress to pass the Police Reform Bill. Biden stressed that the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin does not mean the end of racial problems. “Last month’s conviction of the policeman who murdered George was another important step towards justice, but our progress cannot stop there.”, assured the Democratic president. The president expressed hope that lawmakers would soon reach a bipartisan compromise on the bill and send it to his office. In a social media post, Biden previously said that US “now faces a tipping point”.

On the anniversary of Floyd’s death, his relatives traveled to the US Congress and the White House to lobby Biden and lawmakers. so that they move forward with the legislation which, in principle, was going to be approved quickly. One of Floyd’s brothers, Philonise, assured during a press conference of the Capitol that the invoice is needed in America and “must arrive at Biden’s office”.

“We need you to take care of this.”he said accompanied by several members of the Floyd family, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other Democratic lawmakers. After the private meeting with President Biden, he addressed members of Congress directly: “If they can make federal laws to protect the national bird, which is the bald eagle, they can make federal laws to protect people of color.”. Legislation intends to finish, among other things, with the use of strangulation techniques, as well as with “legal immunity” for officers and the militarization of police services.

Beyond the demand for the new law, The Floyd family set up a program on Tuesday to help the black community with some of the money obtained in the civil agreement with the town that was the scene of George’s crime.. The George Floyd Community Benevolence Fund, with seed capital of $ 500,000, will provide grants to black-owned organizations and businesses in the Powderhorn neighborhood of south Minneapolis.

While Floyd’s family was in the nation’s capital, dozens of people paid tribute to the young African-American where he died of suffocation by former agent Derek Chauvin. And on that day, which should be peaceful, an incident happened. The South Minneapolis street corner where Floyd stopped breathing was the scene of a gunfight that resulted in an injury, a spokesperson for the city’s police department confirmed.

According to this source, around ten shots were fired near the square now known as “George Floyd Square” around 10 a.m. local time. Witnesses interviewed by police reported that several people saw a suspicious vehicle leaving the area “at high speed”. One person had to be taken to a local hospital with a gunshot wound, although his injuries were not serious.

Beyond the scenes of panic experienced in Minneapolis, the tributes to Floyd passed with complete normality in other cities of the country. New York City authorities and community leaders knelt on Tuesday for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, the moment Floyd was suffocated by Agent Chauvin’s knee. The event was led by renowned civil rights activist Al Sharpton, and was attended by Big Apple Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“George Floyd will not only go down in history as a martyr, but also as a turning point in policing America.”, He said Sharpton, who highlighted the “intergenerational and multiracial” movement that last year, despite the coronavirus pandemic, took to the streets of the country to demand justice.

Floyd’s ordeal sparked an unprecedented global mobilization and his “I can’t breathe anymore” became a rallying cry against police abuse. Justice, for its part, advances: Derek Chauvin, agent who pressed his knee to Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes, was convicted last April of all three charges he faced: second degree manslaughter, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter. As he has no criminal record, he can only be sentenced to a maximum of 12 and a half years in prison for each of the first two counts and four years in prison for the third. The reading of his sentence will take place on June 25.