Watch Live: George Floyd Memorial Foundation holds rally and march in Minneapolis
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The George Floyd Memorial Foundation and the National Action Network are holding a rally and march to Sunday in Minneapolis to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Floyd's death, which sparked worldwide protests and a reckoning on race in the U.S. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of killing Floyd after pressing his knee into Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. What: George Floyd Memorial Foundation and the National Action Network rally and march Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021 Time: 4 p.m. CT Location: Hennepin County Government Center – Minneapolis Online stream: Live on CBSN Minnesota in the player above and on your mobile or streaming device.
The rally will begin at Hennepin County Government Center at 4 p.m. CT. Bridgett Floyd, Floyd's sister and founder of the George Floyd Memorial Foundation, attorney Ben Crump and Reverend Al Sharpton are set to speak.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.