George Floyd - Wikipedia 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 had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020 [2]
George Floyd | Biography, Early Life and Struggles, Murder by . . . George Floyd (born October 14, 1973, Fayetteville, North Carolina, U S —killed May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was a Black man whose videotaped death under the knee of a white police officer sparked protests in 2020, including some of the largest street demonstrations in U S history
Live Updates: Trial Over George Floyds Killing - NPR The 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning about race and policing A former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in April
For George Floyd, a complicated life and consequential death HOUSTON (AP) — Years before a bystander’s video of George Floyd’s last moments turned his name into a global cry for justice, Floyd trained a camera on himself “I just want to speak to you all real quick,” Floyd says in one video, addressing the young men in his neighborhood who looked up to him