The fifth anniversary of the killing of George Floyd was characterized by calls for reform

Police reform activists and their civil rights joined thousands of people on Sunday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the killing of George Floyd and the Trump administration about the measures they say their efforts.

The pastor priest, the Sharbatoun, said in the service of the graves with the Floyd family in Houston in Floyd, 46, like “those who were isolated against people who thought they could put their knees on our neck.”

Floyd was compared to Amyit Tail, a 14 -year -old black child who was kidnapped, tarnished and slaughtered in Mississippi in 1955 after accusing him of controlling a white woman.

“What Emit Tale was in his time, George Floyd was for this time in history,” said Sharbaton.

The events in Minneapolis focused around George Floyd Square, where the police officer used Derek Choufan his knee to the neck of Floyd to the sidewalk for 9 minutes, even when Floyd cried “I could not breathe.”

By mid -Sunday, there was a continuous stream of people who were pushing their respect for a memorial in front of Unity Foods (previously known as CUP Foods), where Floyd was killed. Through the street, activists created a dietary area at an old fuel station that was often a starting area since the death of Floyd. In the middle of the street, a fake pig’s head was installed on a stick. The head wore a police hat.

The events started on Friday with concerts, the street festival and the “Self -Care Gallery”, and they were crowned with the service of worship, the Gospel, and the protest on candles on Sunday.

Even with the promises of Minneapolis officials to reshape the police station, some activists claim that the progress came at an ice pace.

“We understand that the change takes time,” Michelle Gross, head of the unified societies against the police brutality, said in a statement last week. “However, the progress that the city demands does not feel the streets.”

Slow change pace

Activists had hoped that the global protests that followed the killing of Floyd on May 25, 2020 would reform the national police and focus on ethnic justice.

During the era of President Joe Biden, the US Department of Justice strongly pushed the local police, which accused it of widespread violations. But the Trump administration moved on Wednesday to cancel the settlements with Minyapolis and Luisville, which called for a comprehensive reform of the police departments after Floyd was killed and Breyuna Taylor was killed.

Trump has also announced the end of the initiatives of diversity, fairness and integration within the federal government, and his administration uses federal funds such as financially to force local governments, universities and public schools to do the same. Republicans -led countries accelerated their efforts to reduce Dei initiatives.

In Houston, Sharbaton canceled the administration’s settlement, saying that they are “as” as “for the Ministry of Justice and the spitting president on the grave of George Floyd.”

He said, “The waiting for the anniversary and the announcement of this, knowing that this family will re -break what happened indicating the ignorance of this administration and lack of sensitivity.” “But the reason we will not deter is that Trump was president when George Floyd happened and did not do anything at that time. We have achieved things. We will make her happen again.”

Detrius Smith from Dallas, who was visiting Floyd Memorial with her three daughters and five grandchildren, told one of how to unite people globally to dismantle racial injustice after Floyd’s death.

“It is really good, just to see everyone here celebrating life, and the memories of George Floyd and remember what really happened,” said Smith. “We want to do everything we can to work together so that everyone can get the same equal rights and everyone can move forward and have nothing like that to continue in this nation.”