Floyd family kneels outside courthouse in symbolic statement

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The family of George Floyd, their lawyers and hundreds of supporters joined the Rev. Al Sharpton in an act they said symbolizes the torture their loved one endured -- taking a collective knee in front of the Hennepin County Courthouse on Monday morning and counting down the minutes former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the back of Floyd's neck.

At 8:46 a.m., the family knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds before entering the heavily-guarded courthouse for the first day of Chauvin's murder trial.

The time was symbolic of how long authorities initially said Chauvin, who is white, had his knee on Floyd's neck as the 46-year-old Black man repeatedly cried out "I can't breathe" and begged for his dead mother.

"Chauvin had George Floyd down. It had to be intentional. That's the case we make. With that taking of the knee, the family goes in this court seeking justice for all of us in America," Sharpton said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/floyd-family-kneels-outside-courthouse-in-symbolic-statement/ar-BB1f5B1M?li=BBnb7Kz

[Aristus]

1. Uh-oh.

When white people see black people kneeling, they usually want to end the kneeling, instead of the abuse...