One year since George Floyd's Funeral

FLOYD ONE YEAR AGOIN HOUSTON.ONLY DAYSEARLIER.HUNDREDSOF CENTRAL TEXANSJOINED IN LOCALMARCHES TO PROTESTHIS MURDER.TONIGHT.WE'RETAKING A DEEP LOOKBACK.THROUGH THEEYES OF A LOCAL 23YEAR OLD.WHOREMEMBERS THOSEDAYS VIVIDLY.ONE YEARAGO.DOWNTOWNWACO BECAME ARALLYING POINT FORCENTRAL TEXANS."IT WAS REALLYINTENSE.

VERY, VERYPOWERFUL."T'NEYAH THOMASHELPED ORGANIZE THELOCAL GEORGE FLOYDPROTESTS.THOSE SHOULDER TOSHOULDERMOMENTS.THEFEELINGS.SHE STILLTHINKS OF IT EVERYDAY."FOR EVERYONETO HAVE THAT AWARENESSAT THE SAME TIME, IT WASJUST REALLY POWERFUL.

ALLSHADES, AND COLORS ANDGENDERS."JUNE 8TH 2020.ONEYEAR AGO TO THEDAY.WE WERE INHOUSTON.COVERINGFLOYD'S VISITATION ANDMEMORIAL SERVICELIVE."WE JUST WANT THESAME THING THATIEACH AND EVERYAMERICAN, THAT THECONSITUTION GIVESUS."WE FOUND TEXANSFROM EVERY WALK OFLIFE TAKING TIME IN THEMIDST OF APANDEMIC.TO PAYTHEIR RESPECTS TO ANATIVE TEXAS SON."I THINK THIS IS SIMILARTO A ROSE PARKSISSUE.SHE SAID ENOUGH ISENOUGH.

I THINK THE WHITECOMMUNITY, THE HISPANICS,THE ASIANS, THEY'RE SAYINGENOUGH IS ENOUGH."T'NEYAH ATTENDED ALOCAL FLOYD SERVICE,AS WELL.ALL THESE MONTHSLATER.IT'S TOUGH TOSTEP BACK AND SEEWHAT.IFANYTHING.HASCHANGED WHEN ITCOMES TO POLICINAND RACE."ANOTHER INSANCEWITH SOMEONE ELSE,ANOTHER WITHSOMEONE."BUT ON THISTUESDAY.THE 23 YEAROLD REMAINS LAZERFOCUSED ON RAISINGAWARENESS, EVEN IFTHE PACE OF CHANGECAN SEEM PAINFULLYSLOW."THE START OF THESECHANGES.

IT'S NOTGONNA JUST HAPPENOVERNIGHT."CALL THAT SOME ADULTPERSPECTIVE.FROM AYOUNG ADULT WORKINGTO RESHAPE CENTRALTEXAS.THE GEORGE