On Tuesday, May 25, at 5 p.m., at the Bucks County Courthouse Lawn in Doylestown, the NAACP Bucks County is inviting the community for a George Floyd Memorial Vigil and Call to Action.
This date marks one year since former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, along with three other officers, knelt on the neck and back of Floyd for nine minutes and 29 seconds until he eventually succumbed to death. The officers had been called to the scene by a store clerk, who reported that Floyd had allegedly passed a counterfeit $20 bill.
Months of protest and demands for police reform followed the act, which was caught on video. On April 20, Chauvin was found guilty on all charges for the murder of Floyd. The guilty verdict was the spark that many hope will lead to systemic change.
Tuesday’s event will be held to remember Floyd, promote the wellbeing of Black communities and call for an end to police brutality.
Following the vigil, NAACP Bucks County invites the community to a special virtual discussion of the powerful film Do the Right Thing. The conversation will be led by Dr. Wilbert Turner, associate professor at Delaware Valley University. The film was inspired by the real life, racially motivated killing of Michael Griffith in New York in 1986, as well as Eleanor Bumpurs, an elderly Black woman, who was killed by police in 1984.
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