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Alma Adams Statement on Anniversary of Floyd Killing

May 25, 2021

Congresswoman Adams reflects on the year since Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd

WASHINGTON, D.C.Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) released the following statement on the one year anniversary (May 25) of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN:

"The horrific violence committed against George Floyd – nine minutes of torture that ended his life – became a clarion call for justice heard around the world," said Congresswoman Adams. "The jury delivered a guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin's case, but as many of my friends and colleagues have remarked, in a truly just world George Floyd would still be alive. True justice would mean that Breonna Taylor, Jonathan Price, Sincere Pierce, and the hundreds of people killed by police in 2020 would still be with us."

"George Floyd and all of the people who we have lost to police violence are not martyrs or symbols or hashtags so much as they were parents, siblings, children, and members of their community. While we march in the streets after a shooting, a family is sitting in a funeral home, grieving. A pastor is finding a new singer for Sunday morning. A hospital is trying to find someone to cover shifts in the ER. Police killings are not only acts of violence against an individual; they're an act of violence against a community, and that is why communities across the country have taken a stand over the past year."

"We must continue to take action by speaking up, by investing in our neighborhoods and families, and by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act so that these killings, these attacks on our communities, become a thing of the past. That is how we will best approach justice in an unjust world,"concluded Adams.