Bon Iver leads effort in raising $30k for George Floyd memorial fund
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nme.com"A police state cannot fix what a police state has broken" Bon Iver has joined forces with record labels to raise funds for the George Floyd memorial fund and other racial equality organisations in the US.
The musician used his platform to speak out against the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died on May 25 after being apprehended by a white police officer.
Derek Chauvin has since been sacked and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Protests and riots have erupted in Minneapolis, Minnesota and in other large US cities including Atlanta, Georgia.
People are calling for justice for Floyd and other black victims of police brutality as well as for an overhaul of institutional racism in the US.
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