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Biden to meet with Floyd family Tuesday, year after Floyd's death

The president has talked about his relationship with the Floyd family in pushing for police reform.

By Hunter Woodall

May 21, 2021 at 11:30PM
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represented the George Floyd family, is joined by family members of victims of racial injustice following a meeting with Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., who is working on a police reform bill in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021. At left are Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd who was killed by Minneapolis police during an arrest, and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner who was killed by a New York Police Department officer using a prohibited chokehold during his arrest. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represented the George Floyd family, is joined by family members of victims of racial injustice following a meeting with Sen. Tim Scott in Washington in April. (J. Scott Applewhite - Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

WASHINGTON — One year after George Floyd's killing, members of his family are set to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, according to a senior administration official.

The visit comes weeks after Biden evoked Floyd's death in his speech to a joint session of Congress and called on lawmakers to find an agreement on police reform legislation by the anniversary of Floyd's killing by Minneapolis police.

Floyd's family is hosting events with civil rights leaders and politicians in Minneapolis and across the country Tuesday to honor Floyd. Remembrance events are planned across the Twin Cities on Tuesday, including major events in downtown Minneapolis and at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, where Floyd was killed.

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Hunter Woodall

Washington Reporter

Hunter Woodall was a Washington-based reporter for the Star Tribune.

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