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George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd might have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. [2]
Derek Michael Chauvin (/ ˈ ʃ oʊ v ən / SHOH-vən; born March 19, 1976) is an American former police officer who murdered George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mass protests demanding justice for George Floyd, in some cases also to demonstrate against issues with police brutality in their own countries, took place in over 2,000 cities in the United States and around the world, [244] By May 30, 12 U.S. states called up the National Guard, [245] and at least 12 major cities imposed curfews that weekend ...
George Floyd's younger brother took the witness stand Monday and lovingly recalled how George used to make the best banana mayonnaise sandwiches, how George drilled him in catching a football, and ...
Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, and his sister-in-law, Keeta Floyd, established the Philonise and Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change, to advocate for police accountability and racial justice.
Family members of George Floyd held a prayer service Sunday night, hours before opening statements were to start in Derek Chauvin's murder trial. George Floyd's brothers speak out hours before ...
After the death of 46-year old George Floyd in May 2020, Crump began representing his family. [42] George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes. [42] At the time, Floyd was unarmed and exclaimed to Chauvin and other deputies "I can't breathe". [42]
Stevante Clark felt a glimmer of hope when racial justice protests swept the globe in 2020 after the police killing of George Floyd. His own brother, Stephon Clark, was killed by Sacramento police ...