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A year since George Floyd’s murder, Americans reflect on his legacy

Offerings are left at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., May 21, 2021. [Reuters]

Americans on Tuesday will mark the first anniversary of the murder of George Floyd beneath a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee, which catalyzed the largest U.S. protest movement in decades over police brutality against Black people.

In Washington, President Joe Biden will meet privately with members of Floyd's family at the White House, not far from where promised police reform legislation in Floyd's name has stalled in the U.S. Congress.

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