After a banner on the lawn of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist in Flossoor with a message supporting the Black Lives Matter movement was vandalized, community members brought more than a dozen of their own Black Lives Matter signs to replace it. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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Community responds to racial injustice: A timeline
On May 25, George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, died while in police custody in Minneapolis after a white officer, Derek Chauvin, pinned him to the street with his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. The incident was caught on video, and the recordings quickly went viral[Read More…]
Vigil at Irwin Park on Sunday night honored memory of George Floyd
About 25 to 30 people gathered at Irwin Park on Sunday evening to hold a protest and vigil in honor of George Floyd, the black Minneapolis man whose death on May 25 while in police custody set off nationwide protests. A white police officer, Derek Chauvin, was fired and later[Read More…]