George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man killed during an arrest after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill in Minneapolis. A white police officer named Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for a period initially reported to be 8 minutes and 46 seconds.[discuss][note 1][4][8] After his death, protests against police brutality towards black people quickly spread across the United States and internationally.
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George Floyd
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Floyd in 2016
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George Perry Floyd Jr.
October 14, 1973[1] |
| Died | (aged 46)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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| Other names | Big Floyd |
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| Home town | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Partner(s) | Courtney Ross (2017–2020; engaged) (his death)[2] |
| Children | 5 |
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas playing football and basketball throughout high school and college. He was a hip hop artist and served as a mentor in his religious community. Between 1997 and 2005, he was convicted of eight crimes. He served four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery in a home invasion.[9] In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, where he worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost his security job during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Linda Ikeji 