I felt my heart beating faster and faster as I watched the video of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin steadily applying pressure to the neck of George Floyd until he killed him.
In a program that included several members of the clergy and Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson proclaimed the day as George Perry Floyd Remembrance Day.
My heart once again began beating fast as the time came for eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence in Mr. Floyd’s honor.
Pastor of Hamilton Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX, was the officiant of the program and she immediately took to the ground where she laid for the duration.
It was a time to really think about Mr. Floyd.
