"This year, petitions calling for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain broke records, with all three becoming Change.org's most-signed petitions of all time," the group said in a news release. George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, died in an encounter with Minneapolis police on May 25 after a police officer knelt on Floyd's neck. The petition also led to a collaborative project between the George Floyd Foundation and Change.org. The social media outcry following the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor reinvigorated interest in the death of a 23-year-old Black musician in Aurora, Colorado. Cardenas' petition started to gain traction during the George Floyd protests, when conversations about race were elevated to the national stage.

Source: CNN December 24, 2020 21:00 UTC