What has actually changed since George Floyd died? Not enough
The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Based on polls from data science firms like Civis Analytics at the time, it was suggested that approximately 15 million to 26 million people in the United States participated in demonstrations over the deaths of unarmed Black people such as Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of law enforcement. Such figures, as the New York Times reported, would “make the recent protests the largest movement in the country’s history.” I can attest that it was surreal to not only see so many white people take to the streets to demand the police treat us like human beings, but in many cases take the lead. Yet, as we mark one year since George Floyd’s life was stolen by the now convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the atmosphere is different. “Let’s get it done next month, by the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death,” Biden said on April 28, one week after a jury convicted Chauvin of murdering Floyd.
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