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Trigger warning: some may find the details of these events disturbing.

“I can’t breathe,” were the words George Floyd uttered with his hands handcuffed behind his back, while a police officer kneeled directly on his neck, refusing to move for more than seven minutes.

When the police officer finally removed his knee from George’s neck, George’s body was unresponsive. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

George Floyd was an unarmed Black man. Earlier, a grocery clerk had called the police thinking George had tried to use a forged currency in the store, but that phone call proved to be fatal when the police arrived. If the police hadn’t used force unlawfully, George would still be alive today.

George’s death comes in the wake of a series of acts of racist violence against Black Americans that illustrates astounding levels of violence and discrimination in the USA. This includes the killing of a Black man who was out jogging, Ahmaud Arbery; the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was sleeping in her apartment when the police opened fire on her, and so many more. The police commit human rights violations at a shockingly frequent rate, particularly against racial and ethnic minorities, and especially Black Americans. In 2019 alone, the police were involved in the deaths of over 1,000 people in the USA. Those aren’t just numbers, but a person's life: someone's parent, sibling, cousin, nephew, spouse, child.

The officers involved in George’s death have been fired from their jobs, but this cannot be considered justice. George’s family and community are calling for all those responsible to be held accountable and for guarantees that this will not happen again. People in the USA are protesting in the streets and demanding answers to George’s death, but they are being met with repression by the police instead.

Take action now and call on USA authorities to make sure that all those responsible in the death of George Floyd are held accountable.

Join George’s friends, family, and community to demand #JusticeforFloyd!

⬇ Make Your Voice Heard ⬇

Attorney General William

William

Barr

Attorney General William Barr

Dear Attorney General William Barr,

I am shocked to learn about the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, following an attempted arrest that turned deadly with police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 25 May 2020. The actions taken by the police officers involved in this tragedy are unconscionable and reflect a wider pattern of excessive use of force against ethnic and racial minorities in the USA.

I call on you to ensure that those responsible for his killing do not enjoy impunity and that George’s family receives justice. Police departments that have a pattern or practice of abusing human rights should be investigated with a view to urgent and systemic reforms.

The use of unnecessary, excessive, or otherwise unlawful force by the police in the USA, especially against racial and ethnic minorities, is deeply disturbing and must stop immediately. I urge you to take all necessary actions to send a clear message that the unlawful use of force by the police is unacceptable and will not be tolerated anymore. No one should fear for their lives, and the state must provide accountability when a person is arbitrarily deprived of their rights, let alone their right to life.

George Floyd should be alive today.

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