{"id":1492407,"date":"2022-05-25T23:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T03:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492407"},"modified":"2022-05-25T23:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T03:59:47","slug":"obama-uses-texas-shooting-to-commemorate-second-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-uses-texas-shooting-to-commemorate-second-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Uses Texas Shooting To Commemorate Second Anniversary Of George Floyd\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-uses-texas-shooting-to-commemorate-second-anniversary-of-george-floyds-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama appeared to use the Uvalde shooting to commemorate the second anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death in a tweet Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/barack-obama-returns-white-house-joe-biden-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obama<\/a> in a Twitter post. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/sick-son-of-a-bitch-beto-orourke-derails-greg-abbott-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Sick Son Of A B*tch\u2019: Beto O\u2019Rourke Derails Gov. Abbott\u2019s Press Conference)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1529555038246428672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">In the aftermath of his murder, a new generation of activists rose up to channel their anguish into organized action, launching a movement to raise awareness of systemic racism and the need for criminal justice and police reform,\u201d the former president continued in a separate post.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the aftermath of his murder, a new generation of activists rose up to channel their anguish into organized action, launching a movement to raise awareness of systemic racism and the need for criminal justice and police reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1529555040414867457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/washington-post-deletes-tweet-george-floyd-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">George Floyd<\/a> was handcuffed by officers on May 25. 2020 after police responded to a phone call alleging that someone tried using a fake $20 at a convenience store. Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/04\/judge-accepts-derek-chauvins-plea-deal-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derek Chauvin<\/a> was reportedly recorded by bystanders kneeling on Floyd\u2019s neck for almost nine minutes as Floyd yelled that he couldn\u2019t breathe.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2021, Chauvin was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/25\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-george-floyd-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">convicted<\/a> of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, an 18-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/25\/texas-school-shooting-witness-suspect-crashed-truck-uvalde\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gunman<\/a> opened fire in a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing at least 19 students and two teachers. The gunman was shot after barricading himself inside the school by a Border Patrol <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/border-patrol-agent-killed-texas-shooter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Barack Obama appeared to use the Uvalde shooting to commemorate the second anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death in a tweet Wednesday.\u201cAs we grieve the children of Uvalde today,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":1492412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1492412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}