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The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in the U.S.
FLORIDA — His name chanted. His last words screamed. Five years later, George Floyd’s life, and the video of an officer kneeling on him until he died, is still seared into people’s minds.
In Houston, Sharpton castigated the administration’s settlement cancellations, saying they were “tantamount to the Department of Justice and the president spitting on the grave of George Floyd.” ...
After George Floyd’s death in 2020, many of America’s top companies committed unprecedented sums of cash and promised policy changes, all geared towards racial justice. Now, five years later ...
Another Times article wrote: "Sunday is the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer, a searing moment of brutality that ignited what may have been the largest ...
George Floyd’s was one of dozens of names we chanted that summer and continued to throughout the subsequent years. Opinion: Columbus deserves more than 'manipulative and cynical' words.
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis. The event sparked nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racist policing.
At the time of George Floyd’s death, there were discussions about whether the protests were a moment or a movement. It appeared to be more of the former.
Business owner Edwin Reed describes the challenges faced by his Minneapolis shop near George Floyd Square, citing crime, barricades, and city inaction as major issues.
George Floyd’s was one of dozens of names we chanted that summer and continued to throughout the subsequent years. Opinion: Columbus deserves more than 'manipulative and cynical' words.
Soon she had an answer: About 18 months. The New Commonwealth fund was born in June 2020, just weeks after the brutal murder of George Floyd, out of a sense of urgency to end systemic racism.