{"id":4144,"date":"2025-05-26T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4144"},"modified":"2025-05-26T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:29:56","slug":"the-anniversary-of-george-floyds-murder-is-a-reminder-of-americas-racial-divides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4144","title":{"rendered":"The anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s murder is a reminder of America\u2019s racial divides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to The anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s murder is a reminder of America\u2019s racial divides\" href=\"https:\/\/m.dogsarefamily.org\/the-anniversary-of-george-floyds-murder-is-a-reminder-of-americas-racial-divides.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"coolwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" title=\"The anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s murder is a reminder of America\u2019s racial divides\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.seiu721.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/floyd-chauvin-scaled.jpg?w=1200&amp;resize=1200,0&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"The anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s murder is a reminder of America\u2019s racial divides\" width=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"141\"><strong data-start=\"74\" data-end=\"141\">Five Years After George Floyd\u2019s Death: A Look at What\u2019s Changed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"267\">Sky News correspondent Shingi Mararike visited Minneapolis five years after George Floyd was murdered to see what\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"269\" data-end=\"589\">At the site where Floyd died, now George Perry Floyd Square, a mural and memorial mark the spot. The area has become a sacred space for many, filled with flowers, art, and tributes. His death, captured in a viral video of police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck, sparked global protests and a racial reckoning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"884\">On the fifth anniversary, the mood was one of remembrance and celebration. Floyd\u2019s family members, including his aunt Mahalia and cousin Paris, spoke of pride in his legacy and the awareness it brought. \u201cIt made us want to fight harder,\u201d Mahalia said. Paris added, \u201cOur voices are heard more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1140\">Nearby, the \u201cSay Their Names\u201d cemetery honors other Black lives lost to police violence. Activist Nikema Levy called the rollback of federal police investigations \u201cdiabolical,\u201d linking it to broader issues of systemic racism under Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1279\">Despite progress, Levy says true healing hasn\u2019t happened: \u201cThe aftermath of George Floyd is yet another example of what we already know.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Years After George Floyd\u2019s Death: A Look at What\u2019s Changed Sky News correspondent Shingi Mararike visited Minneapolis five years after George Floyd was murdered to see what\u2019s changed. At the site where Floyd died, now George Perry Floyd Square, a mural and memorial mark the spot. The area has become a sacred space for&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=4144\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s murder is a reminder of America\u2019s racial divides&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4145,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4144\/revisions\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}