One Year Since Floyd’s Murder

One Year Since Floyd’s Murder

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1606 , Segment 1

Impact of Floyd’s Murder, IBS Therapy, Pandemic Dreams

Episode: Impact of Floyd’s Murder, IBS Therapy, Pandemic Dreams

  • May 25, 2021 8:00 pm
  • 22:35 mins

It’s been a year since George Floyd died after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck. Floyd was not the first unarmed black man killed by a white police officer in America. But his death had an impact others have not. New York University professor David Elcott explores just why and how Floyd’s death impacted the nation so strongly. Elcott studies social movements and activism. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)