‘We know there is a long road ahead’: Beyonce responds to Minnesota AG’s decision to charge all four officers in George Floyd killing
Last week she urged her fans to sign a petition calling for justice for George Floyd, the black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.
And on Wednesday, after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that the now fired officer Derek Chauvin would face second-degree murder charges and three officers with him at the time would be charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder, Beyonce appeared to respond to the news in an Instagram post.
The pop superstar, 38, shared an image of a downtown skyline with the freeways in front of it filled with people marching.
Reaction: Beyonce appeared to respond to the news that all four officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been charged with this Instagram post on Wednesday
Above the image, it said: ‘The world came together for George Floyd. We know there is a long road ahead.’
Below the image were the words: ‘Let’s remain aligned and focused in our call for real justice.’
Beyonce let the picture speak for itself and didn’t add in anything in the caption.
Activist: Beyonce, pictured on stage in 2016 during her Formation tour, let the picture speak for itself and didn’t add in anything in the caption
Call for action: Last week the pop superstar, 38, had urged her fans to sign a petition calling for justice for Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes.
In her social media post last Friday night, the Lemonade hitmaker had expressed her hurt and anger at the death of Floyd on May 25.
‘We need justice for George Floyd. We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We’re broken and we’re disgusted and we cannot normalize this pain,’ she wrote.
‘I am not only speaking to people of color if you are white, black, brown, or anything in between, I’m sure you feel hopeless by the racism going on in America right now.’
Beyonce went on: ‘No more senseless killings of human beings, no more seeing people of color as less than human. We can no longer look away.’
Spoke out: Last Friday, Beyonce said: ‘We need justice for George Floyd. We all witnessed his murder in broad daylight. We’re broken and we’re disgusted and we cannot normalize this pain’
Cause: Meanwhile, Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z and his activist group Team ROC took out a full-page ad ‘in dedication to George Floyd’ in major newspapers across the nation on Tuesday
Meanwhile, Beyonce’s husband Jay-Z and his activist group Team ROC took out a full-page ad ‘in dedication to George Floyd’ that appeared in major newspapers across the nation on Tuesday.
Team Roc also published the ad on their official Instagram page, which featured a poignant excerpt from a speech Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave in Selma, Alabama in 1965.
The ad showcased the 50-year-old rapper’s virtual signature and the signatures of various attorneys, fellow activists, and victims of police brutality who partnered with Roc Nation to make the ad possible.
The rap mogul also had a phone conversation with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to urge for the prosecution of the police officers involved in Floyd’s death.
Influence: The rap mogul also had a phone conversation with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to urge for the prosecution of the police officers involved in Floyd’s death