You have 4 free articles remaining this month, Sign-up to our daily newsletter for more articles like this + access to 5 extra articles. While you’re signing petitions, you might also consider this one at Change.org, which makes additional asks that Taylor’s family be paid damages and that Congress convene a special session to ban “no-knock” warrants, one of which allowed the police to barrel into Taylor’s apartment. The National for the Advancement of Colored People’s Legal Defense Fund fights systemic inequality through litigation, advocacy, and public education.

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Ask yourself: “What do you have available?” Weiss suggests. In Los Angeles, the City Council voted on June 16 to cut $150 million from the LAPD. DONATE Donate to Reclaim the Block. You can also help by supporting businesses owned by people of color in areas where they’ve been damaged. Pilar Weiss — director of the Community Justice Exchange — says that donating to local, grassroots formations is potentially the most impactful way to prioritize funds. Floyd, 46, gasped that he could not breathe, but Chauvin did not let up, and Floyd died from his injuries in police custody. It’s an unfortunately familiar pattern in the United States; in the aftermath of Floyd’s death, anger has boiled over. Try to maintain as much distance from others as possible, and not to touch anyone else if you can. Mother of Floyd's daughter: She wants to know how he died, See George Floyd hologram light up Confederate monument, New transcript reveals final moments of George Floyd's life, Minneapolis police chief vows to reform police department, See the Seattle area overtaken by protesters, Hear Philonise Floyd's opening statement to House committee, Friends and family pay last respects to George Floyd, Minneapolis mayor responds after being booed out of rally, Thousands mourn George Floyd at Houston memorial, Op-Ed: What speaking to my daughter about George Floyd taught me, Black Lives Matter supporters gather across globe, Former rookie police officers seek to blame Chauvin in Floyd death, See tributes to George Floyd painted on walls worldwide.

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On Wednesday, prosecutors charged him with a more serious count of second-degree murder. Donate Now Marches and protests continued in dozens of American cities over the final weekend in May in response to the death of George Floyd. Chat with us in Facebook Messenger.

Sometimes it can be these really small things, like, do you have meeting space you can donate to somebody? If you're feeling powerless in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, here are a few causes worth your hard-earned donation.

(CNN) Kanye West has made a $2 million donation to support the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, a representative for … • No New Jails NYC aims to keep the city from constructing new jails, and to instead divert funds that currently go toward the police and incarceration toward housing, ending homelessness, mental health, and other community support systems.