On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man, was murdered in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white police officer. [14] Floyd had been arrested after a store clerk reported that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. [15]

Local protests over the murder of George Floyd, sometimes called the Minneapolis riots [17] [18] or the Minneapolis uprising, [19] [20] [21] began on May 26, 2020, and within a few days had inspired a global protest movement against police brutality and racial inequality.

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]

Jan 6, 2025 · He called the murder of George Floyd "a tragedy that resonated across the globe," while noting that it was "felt most acutely by Black residents of Minneapolis."

May 25, 2024 · It was four years ago today that George Floyd died while three Minneapolis Police Officers pinned him face down on the pavement. One of them pressing his knee on Floyd's neck. Cellphone video...

Jan 24, 2025 · The future of George Floyd Square has been flooded with a mountain of ideas for nearly five years. “I’m looking forward to making some progress on this,” Latrisha Vetaw, Minneapolis city ...

Jan 6, 2025 · The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department ...

Jan 6, 2025 · The vote comes nearly five years after the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer, which sparked national protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement ...

May 25, 2023 · The murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer three years ago led to what’s often referred to as a national reckoning on race and policing.

Jul 29, 2022 · Mr. Floyd, a Black man, died in May 2020 after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by Minneapolis police officers in an episode that was captured on video, touching off nationwide...