Quotes tagged ‘George Floyd’

(5 total)

“More witnesses took the stand Tuesday in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, including a mixed martial arts fighter, the teenager who recorded a video showing the death of George Floyd, and her 9-year-old cousin.”

— Grace Hauck, N'dea Yancey-Bragg , Kevin McCoy , Tami Abdollah , Eric Ferkenhoff, usatoday.com

“He said he believed that most of the threats CUP Foods was getting were a form of grief, expressions of outrage from people who felt powerless after watching another Black man get killed by police. But he still didn’t know what might happen. When the brothers closed the doors, they had no idea if th…”

— Aymann Ismail, slate.com

“The images are something, as they say down South, perhaps even more so because George Floyd is so present and absent from them. Where is he?”

— Chaédria LaBouvier , The Cut, thecut.com

“Remind yourself that simply existing in a Black body is part of the work.”

— Patia Braithwaite, self.com

“Protesters say they want to see charges for all four police officers involved in the death of Floyd.”

— CNN, cnn.com