The Five — 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds, Gianna Floyd, 8CANTWAIT, Lighting Up the Sky, and Facebook

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This is The Five, our weekday rundown of five things that we are passionate about, bring levity to our day or are truly inspirational.

Today in The Five, we are featuring an 8 minute and 46 second moment of silence for George Floyd, Gianna Floyd missing her daddy, the #8CANTWAIT hashtag, a tribute of lights and Facebook is still horrible.

ONE: 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds

Rest in power, George Floyd.

Rev. Sharpton asked attendees to observe an 8 min and 46 second long moment of silence — the time that Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee pressed into George Floyd’s neck. Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, and actress Tiffany Haddish joined him on stage. #GeorgeFloydMemorial pic.twitter.com/O1h6BOFFeu
— Aaron L. Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) June 4, 2020

TWO: Gianna Floyd Misses Her Daddy

“My daddy changed the world.”

Heartbroken and inspired by these words from George Floyd’s daughter. Yes, Gianna, he changed the world. pic.twitter.com/0BYAWbcSnr
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 3, 2020

THREE: #8CANTWAIT

It stands for eight policies, which purportedly will help decrease police violence if enacted by municipalities.

FOUR: Light Up the Sky

The comments on this tweet show how very, very, very much further we need to go.

Demonstrators light up cell phones in Denver, Colorado, in a tribute to George Floyd. https://t.co/lcB4jAdjR3 pic.twitter.com/Pdx500uZ7P
— CNN (@CNN) June 4, 2020