It’s been a year since video of African American George Floyd’s death exploded across the globe, triggering months of anger, racial justice protests and demands for an end to police brutality in the United States and beyond. Images of white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin fatally pinning a handcuffed Floyd on the street with a knee to his neck for more than 9 minutes remain etched in the psyches of millions of people, especially those in the Black community.
“For me it’s been painful and traumatic,” Shelia Holden of Maryland told VOA.
