Radio Television Digital News Association: Journalists Covering Civil Unrest, Know Your Rights, Report Responsibly and Stay Safe
June 01, 2020
June 01, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Radio Television Digital News Association issued the following statement by Executive Director Dan Shelley:
I am sickened by the death of George Floyd while under arrest. As he pleaded with an officer "I can't breathe," I was reminded the 2014 deaths of Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in a St. Louis suburb, and the 2016 death of Philando Castile near Minneapolis - among many others.
All were killed by police. All of the . . .
I am sickened by the death of George Floyd while under arrest. As he pleaded with an officer "I can't breathe," I was reminded the 2014 deaths of Eric Garner in New York City and Michael Brown in a St. Louis suburb, and the 2016 death of Philando Castile near Minneapolis - among many others.
All were killed by police. All of the . . .