Thousands of people have participated presentations worldwide in the aftermath of the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd by an authorities officer in Minneapolis on Monday 25 May.
Demonstrations, marches and vigils have been held in the United States and worldwide in assistance of the Black Lives Matter motion, with activists demanding justice in the wake of Mr Floyd’s death and requiring an end to cops cruelty versus black people.
On 29 May, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis law enforcement officer, was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree murder. The officer had been recorded kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for over 8 minutes.
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On Sunday 31 May, thousands took part in an anti-racist demonstration in London, which saw numerous protestors kneel and repeat: “No justice, no peace” and “State my name, George Floyd.” Placards were likewise held up with declarations including: “Racism has no location” and “I can’t breathe,” the latter in recommendation to the words Mr Floyd said as the officer knelt on his neck.
Further demonstrations are set up to occur on Wednesday 3 June at London’s Hyde Park at 1pm, on Saturday 6 June at the Grey’s Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne at 1pm, on Saturday 6 June at London’s Parliament Square at 1pm, and on 7 June at the US Embassy in London at 2pm.
Big crowds are expected to participate the organised demonstrations in the coming days. Not all who wish to participate in may be able to do so.
This might be since they are not able to travel to the place of a demonstration, have been advised to stay home and continue protecting due to a health condition, or they feel worried about standing among a large crowd due to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown rules.
If you are not able to attend the demonstrations, there are still a number of methods you can act to show your support, such as by contributing to a bail fund or by donating to a fundraising event set up in support of Mr Floyd’s family.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund is a non-profit organisation that offers funds for protesters who have actually been detained and need to pay bail in order to avoid being sent to prison.
“We will stroll with transparency and responsibility to use those funds to firstly pay bail for those who have actually appeared in love and sorrow and rage to require justice for the murder of George Floyd, and after that to publish bail in our community for those who are held pretrial just due to the fact that they can not pay and to publish bonds to complimentary individuals from ICE detention,” the organisation said.
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The Bail Task likewise supplies funds to pay bail “to prevent imprisonment and fight racial financial variations in the bail system”.
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You can ensure your donation is divided among several bail funds on the ActBlue website.
These 37 bail funds include the Philadelphia Bail Fund, the LGBTQ Freedom Fund, the Community Justice Exchange National Bail Fund Network and the Mississippi Bail Fund Collective.
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Two fundraisers have actually been set up in Mr Floyd’s memory by his household. The very first, which was created by his sibling Philonise Floyd, was produced in order to raise money to cover funeral and burial expenses, to spend for counselling, to cover accommodation and travel expenses during court proceedings and to provide assistance for the household.
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The 2nd fundraising event was released by Mr Floyd’s sis, Bridgett Floyd, to provide more take care of the household.
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There are numerous regional Minnesota-based organisations that need contributions, including Black Visions Cumulative, a black, trans and queer-led organisation that is “committed to Black freedom and to collective liberation”.
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Recover the Block, which was established in 2018, is devoted to moving money from the authorities force to assist support other locations of the neighborhood in Minneapolis. “We do not believe that increased guideline of or public engagement with the authorities will result in more secure communities, as community testimony and recorded cops conduct suggest otherwise,” the organisation states.
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You can help to offer medical products to those in need throughout protests by contributing to the North Star Health Collective, a Minnesota-based organisation that coordinates and supplies healthcare services, resources and training.
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You can contribute straight towards the Black Lives Matter motion, in order to support the organisation’s “ongoing fight to end state-sanctioned violence, free black individuals, and end white supremacy permanently”.
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A fundraiser has been established on GoFundMe for Black Lives Matter UK (BLMUK), a coalition of black activists and organisers from around the UK. The fundraising event is asking for donations in order to “support UKBLM’s deal with black neighborhoods in the UK”.
To contribute, click on this link.
In April, Tummy Mujinga, a black railway employee, passed away 2 weeks after being spat at while working at Victoria station in London by a male who claimed he had coronavirus. The British Transportation Authorities just recently validated that no additional action is being taken in relation to her death, stating that there is “no proof to validate any criminal offences”. A fundraiser
has been established on GoFundMe in order to support her household, including her daughter.
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The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, is called after Stephen Lawrence, a black teen who was killed in southeast London in 1993 in a racist attack.
The organisation “intends to be a fitting legacy to Stephen’s memory” by supporting youths “to transform their lives by overcoming disadvantage and discrimination”, encouraging greater variety in services and “continuing to project for fairness and justice”.
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The Motion for Black Livesis a worldwide initiative that intends to develop for black organisations to perform discussions about existing political conditions.
“Our company believe that jails, police and all other institutions that cause violence on Black individuals need to be eliminated and changed by institutions that value and verify the growing of black lives,” the organisation states. “The present systems we live inside of need to be radically changed, that includes an adjustment of worldwide power.”
To contribute, click on this link.
Stop Watch UK, an organisation that has been running for the previous decade, is devoted to promoting reasonable and liable policing, making sure the general public is notified about the use of stop and search and supplying “legal assistance difficult stop and search”.
A charity event, entitled “National Campaign for Fair and Accountable Policing”, has actually been produced on behalf of the charity following recent requests.
To contribute, click here.
Sign petitions
Several petitions have been gaining traction in the past week requiring for justice in the wake of Mr Floyd’s death.
One petition, on the website for Color of Change, has actually collected practically 3.5 million signatures, simply shy of its 4 million target.
In the petition’s description, it mentions that while Chauvin was detained and charged with third-degree murder and murder, the 3 officers also at the scene– Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng– “should also be charged for taking part in George’s murder”.
To sign the petition, click here.
On Change.org, a petition entitled “Justice for George Floyd” has actually gained more than 10 million signatures.
“We are trying to reach the attention of Mayor Jacob Frey and DA Mike Freeman to beg to have the officers included in this disgusting situation fired and for charges to be submitted immediately,” the petition states. “Please help us get justice for George and his household!”
To sign the petition, click here.
Another petition, launched on the site wecantbreathenational.org, specifies that it is calling on Hennepin County District Attorney Mike Freeman to arrest and charge the cops officers involved with Mr Floyd’s death with second degree murder.
To sign the petition, click here.
The NAACP, an US civil liberties organisation, has created a petition requiring the instant arrest of the three officers who were present when Chauvin kneeled on Mr Floyd’s neck.
The petition is also requiring the “appointment of an independent unique prosecutor to lead the federal government’s full and neutral examination of the murder of George Floyd”, the “resinstitution by the Department of Justice of consent decrees on cops departments and municipal federal governments throughout this nation that have actually demonstrated patterns of racism towards and mistreatment of people of colour” and the “sweeping cops reform– federal legislation mandating a zero-tolerance method in punishing and/or prosecuting police officers who eliminate unarmed, non-violent, and non-resisting people in an arrest”.
To sign the petition, click on this link.
A petition calling for justice for Ms Mujinga has actually been set up on Change.org, garnering more than 400,000 signatures. The objective of the petition is to discover the individual who attacked Ms Mujinga at Victoria station and to make sure that frontline employees within Transport for London are offered with needed protective equipment.
“At this time, we are not pursuing a prosecution but are still campaigning to secure security and assistance for those operating at GTR [Govia Thameslink Railway] Please sign to help us,” it mentions.
To sign the petition, click here.
In March, Breonna Taylor, a black emergency medical service technician, was fatally shot by the Louisville City Authorities Department in her home, after officers got in the home while serving a “no-knock warrant”. Her family is seeking reprimand for the killing in a claim, implicating the authorities officers of wrongful death, excessive force and gross negligence.
A petition has actually been launched on the devoted website standwithbre.com. “We’re getting in touch with the Louisville Metro Police Department to terminate the police involved, and for a special prosecutor to be appointed to advance charges versus the officers and manage all parts of this case,” the petition states.
To sign the petition, click on this link.
