R.I. activists push for racial justice, police accountability on the anniversary of George Floyd's

R.I. activists push for racial justice, police accountability on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death


Several dozen people gathered on the steps of the Rhode Island State House Tuesday evening to mark one year since the murder of George Floyd.

“Today is really a day of remembrance,” organizer Harrison Tuttle, executive director of the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee, told the crowd of around fifty, after asking for a moment of silence to remember Floyd.

Floyd’s killing by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin helped spur protests across the country and around Rhode Island over the summer of 2020, calling for racial justice.

Tuttle and other activists around the state have pushed for broad changes in Rhode Island, including reforming local law enforcement.

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