Change primary picture of the article "Killing of George Floyd" on Wikipedia

The Issue

Please change the primary picture on the article entitled "Killing of George Floyd". The current picture is a still image of the murderer with his knee on George Floyd's neck as he is being killed. This image is extremely dehumanizing, and triggers hurtful emotions that are unnecessary to tell the story of what happened to George Floyd. The image can also be perceived as a celebration of the murderer, and violence in general. 

Please remove this picture and replace it with an image that properly memorializes the victim.

 

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The Issue

Please change the primary picture on the article entitled "Killing of George Floyd". The current picture is a still image of the murderer with his knee on George Floyd's neck as he is being killed. This image is extremely dehumanizing, and triggers hurtful emotions that are unnecessary to tell the story of what happened to George Floyd. The image can also be perceived as a celebration of the murderer, and violence in general. 

Please remove this picture and replace it with an image that properly memorializes the victim.

 

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“Wikipedia is a freely accessible encyclopedia (both as in free of charge, but also free to re-use and distribute in regards to copyrights) that tries to describe the history and the world around us using reliable third-party sources from a neutral point of view. It is written and maintained entirely by volunteer editors like you and me. There is no editorial board that makes decisions, everything is decided by consensus amongst editors. Therefore petitions to Wikipedia do not lead anywhere. This article in question is about the "Killing of George Floyd" and not the person "George Floyd" (we have a separate article about him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd). In order to illustrate the actual killing, the picture in question is used. This is similar to other articles, such as e.g. "Killing of Eric Garner". While I, the one responding to this petition, is only a volunteer and cannot (shall not) speak for the rest of the editing community, but I still want to express my deepest sympathies to the family of George Floyd, and everyone else who has lost a loved one to police brutality, lack of police accountability, race inequality, and racism. #BlackLivesMatter”

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Petition created on June 18, 2020