George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was a black American man killed during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after allegedly using counterfeit money to buy cigarettes. Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck for nearly eight minutes as he lay handcuffed on the ground. After his death, protests against police violence toward black people quickly spread across the United States and internationally.
Star Tribune reports. It comes nearly two weeks after city resident George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died with a police officer’s knee on his neck, something that sparked outrage and protests across the nation.
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post, people will gather at noon at 19th and Dolores streets, a block from where demonstrators gathered earlier this month to protest the police killing of George Floyd and express support for the Black Lives Matter movement and police reform. The march will begin at 2 p.m.