Meghan Markle took the time to reflect to pay tribute to George Floyd, who died during a police arrest in Minneapolis on May 25. The Duchess of Sussex finally chose to express herself during her meeting - by videoconference - with the students of her former high school in Los Angeles, Immaculate Heart.
Meghan Markle: “I wanted to say the right thing ... I realized the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered ... ”pic.twitter.com/2CeH7aRnZN
- Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) June 4, 2020"I didn't really know what to tell you. I wanted to find the right words and I was nervous because I was afraid of failing and of being hurt, but I understood that the worst thing to do was to say nothing. Because the life of George Floyd was important, like those of Philando Castile and Tamir Rice, and that of all those whose names we do not know, "she said, as People points out.
Everyone counts
Archie's mother also shared the advice given to her by one of her teachers. “As we have seen in recent days, what is happening in our country and in our city of Los Angeles is absolutely devastating. But I remember what my teacher, Mrs. Pollia, told me when I was going to leave for a day of volunteering when I was a student here: `` Remember to always put the needs of others first. yours''. And it has been chasing me all my life and I have been thinking about it for a week now, ”she added.
If protests for justice and an end to systemic racism continue in the United States and around the world, the death of George Floyd has been classified as "murder" by American justice and the four police officers implicated in his arrest have been charged.
🔴 [INFO ALERT] The death of #GeorgeFloyd reclassified as “murder”
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Until then, only Derek Chauvin, whom we see pressing his knee for more than 8 minutes on the neck of George Floyd in several videos, had been charged with "manslaughter".
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