“I’m not over here blowing up stuff,” he said, impassioned. “What are y’all doing? You’re doing nothing. That’s not going to bring my brother back.”
Against the backdrop of a nation in turmoil and a city in the throes of protest, George Floyd’s younger brother Monday knelt at the street corner where Floyd died at the hands of police one week ago.
Floyd made his way through the crowd of several hundred supporters shortly after noon, shielded by a security detail wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts.Terrence Floyd, center, with the Rev. Kevin McCall.Floyd paused first in front of a mural of his brother’s face on the wall of the convenience store where
Then he moved on to the corner where police handcuffed his brother and held him on the ground, kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes, as was captured on the chilling videos seen round the world.Floyd knelt. So did the crowd. At first, they chanted George Floyd’s name. Then the street fell silent. The pastor put his hands on Floyd’s shoulders. He shook his head and cried some more.After about nine minutes, Floyd rose. The pastor beside him took hold of a protester’s bullhorn.
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