A candlelight vigil to honor George Floyd’s memory at the intersection where he died was among the remembrances scheduled for the second anniversary of the Black man’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
last year. The ex-officer also pleaded guilty to violating Floyd's civil rights in a federal case, where he now faces a sentence ranging from 20 to 25 years.
Former officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao are scheduled to stand trial on state charges in June. Thomas Lane pleaded guilty last week to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter for his role in Floyd's killing, months after all three former Officers were convicted in February of federal charges of willfully violating Floyd's rights.
Mohamed Ibrahim is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Minneapolis photographer Uzoma Obasi was invited to shadow George Floyd’s family in the wake of his May 2020 murder that sparked mass protests across the country. He took more than 30,000 photos with the goal of “documenting the humanity around George.” NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe brings his Family Geography Project to Minneapolis to share Obasi’s powerful images and his story.
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