Activism After George Floyd's Murder
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Today is the 1-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. His friends, family, and the community of Minneapolis will memorialize him with a gathering and a candlelight vigil. Floyd's killing by now-former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin rallied activists to demand that their local police departments reform, be defunded, or be abolished completely. We discussed these efforts with Oluchi Omeoga, a co-creator of Black Visions Collective and organizer in Minneapolis.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, May 25th. I'm Hila Hughes. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Gideon Ressick and this is what a day where like Andrew Yang, our favorite subway |
| 0:11.9 | stop in New York is Times Square and our favorite place in New York is the M&M store in Times Square. |
| 0:16.8 | Yeah, and our favorite drink in New York is hot dog water. |
| 0:19.2 | Mm-hmm. That is what I start every day in the Big Apple with. |
| 0:23.1 | On today's show, the death of George Floyd one year later. |
| 0:29.4 | Floyd was killed on May 25th, 2020 by now former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. |
| 0:35.0 | Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter and await sentencing. |
| 0:39.8 | And today George Floyd's friends and family will gather in South Minneapolis at 1 p.m. |
| 0:43.6 | local time for a public memorial. And then a candle that vigil will be held later tonight |
| 0:47.8 | at the site he was killed. But over the past year, Floyd's death became a focal point for activists |
| 0:52.6 | around the world to demand that their own local police departments reform, |
| 0:56.1 | be defunded or abolished completely. |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah, so we wanted to revisit with a local organizer in Minneapolis who we've talked to before |
| 1:02.6 | and who has continued to work on this issue. Allotgy Omiyoga. |
| 1:06.2 | There are co-creator of Black Vision's Collective, a Black Lead Grassroots organization that centers |
| 1:11.0 | on Black Queer and trans people in the Twin Cities. Welcome back. |
| 1:14.6 | Yeah, great to be back. Thank you for inviting me. |
| 1:16.6 | Yes, great to talk again. So the last time that we checked in, |
| 1:20.1 | you made some big gains in organizing and protesting on a personal level, |
| 1:24.6 | what was one of your biggest victories? |
| 1:26.7 | I think one of my biggest victories personally was honestly getting my parents to talk about |
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