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== Early life== |
== Early life== |
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George Perry Floyd Jr. was born in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] to George Perry and Larcenia “Cissy” Jones Floyd, and raised in [[Cuney Homes]] in the [[Third Ward, Houston|Third Ward]] of [[Houston]], Texas, a [[African-American neighborhood|historic black neighborhood]], and one of the poorest areas of the city known as Bricks.<ref name= |
George Perry Floyd Jr. was born in [[Fayetteville, North Carolina]] to George Perry and Larcenia “Cissy” Jones Floyd, and raised in [[Cuney Homes]] in the [[Third Ward, Houston|Third Ward]] of [[Houston]], Texas, a [[African-American neighborhood|historic black neighborhood]], and one of the poorest areas of the city known as Bricks.<ref name=BBC>{{Cite news|date=May 31, 2020|title=An athlete, friend and father - who was George Floyd?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52871936|url-status=live|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603074429/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52871936|archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name=ChicagoTribune>{{Cite web|last=Richmond|first=Todd|date=May 28, 2020|title=Who was George Floyd? Unemployed due to coronavirus, he'd moved to Minneapolis for a fresh start.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-george-floyd-biography-20200528-y3l67rrmfnb3dh4x3i5iipneq4-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603020616/https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-george-floyd-biography-20200528-y3l67rrmfnb3dh4x3i5iipneq4-story.html|archive-date=June 3, 2020|access-date=June 3, 2020|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name=HoustonChronicle>{{Cite web|last=Gill|first=Julian|date=May 27, 2020|title=In Houston, friends and family mourn 'gentle giant' George Floyd amid calls for murder charges for cops|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/george-floyd-family-police-video-death-minneapolis-15298275.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528225706/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/george-floyd-family-police-video-death-minneapolis-15298275.php|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|website=[[Houston Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref name=TexasMonthly>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Michael|date=May 31, 2020|title=The Houston Years of George Floyd|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/houston-years-george-floyd-dj-screw/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604191745/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/houston-years-george-floyd-dj-screw/|archive-date=June 4, 2020|access-date=June 5, 2020|website=Texas Monthly|language=en}}</ref><ref name=NewYorkTimes>{{Cite news|last=Fernandez|first=Manny|last2=Burch|first2=Audra D. S.|date=2020-06-10|title=George Floyd, From 'I Want to Touch the World' to 'I Can’t Breathe'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html|access-date=2020-06-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=Heavy>{{Cite web|last=McBride|first=Jessica|date=2020-06-10|title=Philonise Floyd, George Floyd's Brother: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=https://heavy.com/news/2020/06/philonise-floyd-george-brother/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=Heavy.com|language=en-US}}</ref> Floyd Jr.’s great-great-grandfather was a slave, and great-great-grandmother Larcenia, had 22 children.<ref name=Heavy/> His parents broke up when he was still a child, his mother moved with the children to the red-bricked Cuney Homes public housing named for [[Norris Wright Cuney]], “one of the most politically powerful black men” in Texas in the late 1800s. Cissy was active on the resident council, and also helped raise neighbors' children with her own. The city’s Third Ward had many families “scarred” by “poverty, drugs, gangs and violence". Floyd, called Perry as a child, was now also being called Big Floyd—being over six foot tall in middle school, he saw sports as his path out of the Bricks.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> |
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At [[Yates High School]], Floyd played on the [[basketball]] team as a [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]], and as [[tight end]] on the [[American football|football]] team helping lead them to the Texas state championships in 1992; he graduated in 1993.<ref name= |
At [[Yates High School]], Floyd played on the [[basketball]] team as a [[Power forward (basketball)|power forward]], and as [[tight end]] on the [[American football|football]] team helping lead them to the Texas state championships in 1992; he graduated in 1993.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=HoustonChronicle/><ref name=TexasMonthly/><ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Eric Levenson, Gregory Lemos and Amir Vera|first=|date=June 9, 2020|title=The Rev. Al Sharpton remembers George Floyd as an 'ordinary brother' who changed the world|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/us/george-floyd-funeral-tuesday/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-11|website=[[CNN]]}}</ref> He had made the [[Varsity team|varsity football team]] as a ninth grader; in tenth grade he was also co-captain the basketball team.<ref name=USAToday/> |
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He attended [[South Florida State College|South Florida Community College]] (now South Florida State College)—the first of his siblings to go to college—for two years on an football athletic scholarship, and also played on the basketball team.<ref name= |
He attended [[South Florida State College|South Florida Community College]] (now South Florida State College)—the first of his siblings to go to college—for two years on an football athletic scholarship, and also played on the basketball team.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ebrahimji|first1=Alisha|date=May 29, 2020|title=This is how loved ones want us to remember George Floyd|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/george-floyd-trnd/index.html|accessdate=June 1, 2020|website=[[CNN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529015725/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/george-floyd-trnd/index.html|archive-date=May 29, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Holton|first=Jennifer|date=May 29, 2020|title='A good guy:' College classmate, coach remember George Floyd|url=https://www.fox13news.com/news/a-good-guy-college-classmate-coach-remember-george-floyd|accessdate=June 1, 2020|website=[[WTVT]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603073837/https://www.fox13news.com/news/a-good-guy-college-classmate-coach-remember-george-floyd|archive-date=June 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> George Walker, his recruiter stated, “He was a starter and scored 12 to 14 points and seven to eight rebounds.”<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> Floyd transferred to [[Texas A&M University–Kingsville]] in 1995, where he also played basketball, before dropping out.<ref name=TexasMonthly/> Friends and family called him Perry, and characterized him as a "gentle giant."<ref name=FoxNews>{{Cite web|last=Wallace|first=Danielle|date=June 4, 2020|title=Hundreds, including Al Sharpton, Eric Garner's mom, mourn at George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-memorial-minneapolis-al-sharpton-eric-garner-mother|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604180305/https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-memorial-minneapolis-al-sharpton-eric-garner-mother|archive-date=June 4, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Fox News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=SkyNews>{{Cite web|last=Mee|first=Emily|date=June 7, 2020|title=Who was George Floyd? The 'gentle giant' who was trying to turn his life around|url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-was-george-floyd-the-gentle-giant-who-loved-his-hugs-11997206|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162838/https://news.sky.com/story/who-was-george-floyd-the-gentle-giant-who-loved-his-hugs-11997206|archive-date=June 4, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Sky News|language=en}}</ref> He was {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|223|lb|kg}}.<ref name=HennepinCounty>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 1, 2020|title=Hennepin County ME Autopsy Report|url=https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/Autopsy_2020-3700_Floyd.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604001830/https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/Autopsy_2020-3700_Floyd.pdf/|archive-date=June 4, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Hennepin County}}</ref> Retired pro-basketballer [[Stephen Jackson]], from Port Arthur, Texas, met Floyd and the two looked so alike they called each other twin. Jackson stated, "If George would have had more opportunities, he might have been a pro athlete in two sports."<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> |
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== Later life == |
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⚫ | Floyd returned to Houston from college in Kingston{{Where|date=June 2020}} in 1995 and became an automotive customizer and played club basketball.<ref name=TexasMonthly/><ref>{{cite book|author=Lance Scott Walker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qseFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|title=Houston Rap Tapes: An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop|publisher=University of Texas Press|year=2019|isbn=9781477317938|page=83|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604103041/https://books.google.ca/books?id=qseFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|archive-date=June 4, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Beginning in 1994, he had also performed as a [[rapper]] using the stage name "Big Floyd" in the [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[Screwed Up Click]].<ref name=TexasMonthly/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Julian|first1=Gill|date=May 27, 2020|title=Before dying in Minneapolis police custody, George Floyd grew up in Houston's Third Ward|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/George-Floyd-police-brutality-minneapolis-dead-vid-15296192.php|url-status=live|accessdate=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528232625/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/George-Floyd-police-brutality-minneapolis-dead-vid-15296192.php|archive-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Burney|first1=Lawrence|date=May 29, 2020|title=The Rap Report: To George Floyd a.k.a. Big Floyd of the legendary Screwed Up Click|url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/29/the-rap-report-to-george-floyd-aka-big-floyd-of-the-legendary-screwed-up-click|accessdate=June 1, 2020|website=[[The Fader|FADER]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601122710/https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/29/the-rap-report-to-george-floyd-aka-big-floyd-of-the-legendary-screwed-up-click|archive-date=June 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Holmes|first=Charles|title='He Shook the World': George Floyd's Legendary Houston Legacy|date=July 2, 2020|work=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/houston-big-floyd-bun-b-paul-wall-trae-the-truth-1009055/|accessdate=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603113213/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/houston-big-floyd-bun-b-paul-wall-trae-the-truth-1009055/|archive-date=June 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Houston's Hip-Hop Scene Remembers George Floyd|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874334270/houstons-hip-hop-scene-remembers-george-floyd|access-date=2020-06-11|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> Floyd has been called an early contributor to the development of Houston's hip-hop scene.<ref name=TexasMonthly/> He rapped with his deep voice in “purposeful” rhymes delivered in a slow-motion clip about “‘choppin’ blades’—driving cars with oversize rims—and his Third Ward pride”.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> He was also known as an informal community leader.<ref name="gospel">{{cite web|date=June 5, 2020|title=George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston|url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/may/george-floyd-ministry-houston-third-ward-church.html|accessdate=June 1, 2020|website=[[Christianity Today]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601144124/https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/may/george-floyd-ministry-houston-third-ward-church.html|archive-date=June 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 1997, starting in his twenties, he faced a series of arrests, mostly for drug possession, including one |
In 1997, starting in his twenties, he faced a series of arrests, mostly for drug possession, including one "for a $10 drug deal in 2004, [which] cost him ten months in a state jail".<ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref name=USAToday/> In 2007 he was charged with a group armed [[robbery]] in a [[home invasion]]; he agreed to a [[plea bargain|plea deal]] in 2009 and was sentenced to five years in prison.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Toone|first=Stephanie|date=June 3, 2020|title=George Floyd, man killed in Minneapolis police encounter, had started new life in Minnesota|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528221125/https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|language=English}}</ref><ref name=walters_05292020>{{cite news|last=Walters|first=Joanna|date=May 29, 2020|title=An athlete, a father, a 'beautiful spirit': George Floyd in his friends' words|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/george-floyd-who-was-he-his-friends-words|accessdate=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603221534/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/george-floyd-who-was-he-his-friends-words|archive-date=June 3, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He was paroled in 2013 after spending four years at the [[Diboll Unit]].<ref name=TexasMonthly/> After his release, he became more involved with Resurrection Houston, a local church and ministry, where he mentored young men in a Christian church community.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref name=gospel/> Many of the church’s services were held in Cuney Homes’ central courtyard on the basketball court; Floyd would set up the chairs and baptism tub. He became more devoted to Resurrection because of his daughter, born after he left prison.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> Floyd also took care of his mother Cissy, he helped her recuperate after she had a stroke, helping her with rehabilitation exercises. He also helped deliver meals, and assisted on other projects with Angel By Nature Foundation, a charity founded by rapper [[Trae tha Truth|Trae Tha Truth]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kantor|first=Wendy Grossman|date=June 10, 2020|title=Years Before George Floyd Cried Out for Late Mom in Final Moments, He Nursed Her After Stroke|url=https://people.com/crime/george-floyd-mother-nursed-her-after-stroke/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-11|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN}}</ref> Later he also became involved with another ministry that had a reputation for taking men from the Third Ward to Minnesota in a church-work program with drug rehabilitation and job placement services.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/> |
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In 2014, he moved to the [[Minneapolis]] to find work, as some of his close friends had done.<ref name="AJC">{{cite news|last=Toone|first=Stephanie|date=May 29, 2020|title=Floyd's brother tearfully asked for justice and peace following the 46-year-old bouncer's death Thursday|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|url-status=live|accessdate=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528221125/https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|quote=George Floyd moved to Minneapolis a few years ago from his native Houston, Texas, seeking new opportunities, following some close friends who had done likewise, and found jobs in the Minnesota city.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Evelyn|first=Kenya|title='I miss him': George Floyd's daughter speaks out for first time|date=June 3, 2020|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out|accessdate=June 5, 2020|quote=She added Floyd was a good father who wanted his daughter 'to have the best'.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605034030/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out|archive-date=June 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked as a [[truck driver]] and a [[bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]], and lived in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]], a gentrifying Minneapolis suburb.<ref name= |
In 2014, he moved to the [[Minneapolis]] to find work, as some of his close friends had done.<ref name="AJC">{{cite news|last=Toone|first=Stephanie|date=May 29, 2020|title=Floyd's brother tearfully asked for justice and peace following the 46-year-old bouncer's death Thursday|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|url-status=live|accessdate=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528221125/https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|quote=George Floyd moved to Minneapolis a few years ago from his native Houston, Texas, seeking new opportunities, following some close friends who had done likewise, and found jobs in the Minnesota city.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Evelyn|first=Kenya|title='I miss him': George Floyd's daughter speaks out for first time|date=June 3, 2020|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out|accessdate=June 5, 2020|quote=She added Floyd was a good father who wanted his daughter 'to have the best'.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605034030/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out|archive-date=June 5, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked as a [[truck driver]] and a [[bouncer (doorman)|bouncer]], and lived in [[St. Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]], a gentrifying Minneapolis suburb.<ref name=ChicagoTribune/><ref name=TexasMonthly/><ref name="economist">{{cite news|date=June 4, 2020|title=George Floyd was killed on May 25|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020/06/04/george-floyd-was-killed-on-may-25th|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|accessdate=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604232010/https://www.economist.com/obituary/2020/06/04/george-floyd-was-killed-on-may-25th|archive-date=June 4, 2020|quote=He liked being a bouncer. His regular stint was at the Conga Latin Bistro on East Hennepin, another Mexican-Latino joint with dining and dancing.}}</ref> In 2017, he filmed an {{nobr|anti{{ndash}}gun violence}} video.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=SkyNews/> From 2017 to 2018, Floyd worked as a security guard for [[The Salvation Army]]'s Harbor Light Center in Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raddatz|first1=Kate|date=June 7, 2020|title=Friends, Colleagues Remembering George Floyd’s Work With Salvation Army|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/friends-colleagues-remembering-george-floyds-work-with-salvation-army/|accessdate=June 10, 2020|website=CBS Local|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609155957/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/friends-colleagues-remembering-george-floyds-work-with-salvation-army/|archive-date=June 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, he lost his security job because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Richmond|first1=Todd|date=May 28, 2020|title=George Floyd had started a new life in Minnesota before he was killed by police|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/nation/george-floyd-had-started-new-life-minnesota-before-he-was-killed-by-police/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528200530/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/nation/george-floyd-had-started-new-life-minnesota-before-he-was-killed-by-police/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|accessdate=May 28, 2020|website=Boston Globe}}</ref> In April 2020, Floyd fell ill with [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] and recovered after a few weeks.<ref name=NewYorkTimes/><ref name=HuffPost/> |
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Floyd was the oldest boy of six children, the next oldest is Philonise who started a fund for Floyd’s legal expenses, funeral costs, and for his children; {{As of|2020|June|lc=y}} it has over fourteen million in donations.<ref name= |
Floyd was the oldest boy of six children, the next oldest is Philonise who started a fund for Floyd’s legal expenses, funeral costs, and for his children; {{As of|2020|June|lc=y}} it has over fourteen million in donations.<ref name=Heavy/> He has an older sister ZsaZsa, younger sister LaTonya, and brothers Terrence, and Rodney Floyd.<ref name=HuffPost/><ref name=USAToday>{{Cite web|last=Jervis|first=Rick|title='George Floyd changed the world': Public viewing in Houston honors the man behind the social justice movement|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/george-floyd-third-ward-presence-athlete-police-history/3154912001/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Floyd had five children, including two daughters who reside in Houston, ages 6 and 22, and an adult son in [[Bryan, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ortiz|first1=Jorge L.|last2=Hertel|first2=Nora G.|last3=Emert|first3=Mark|date=June 4, 2020|title='He was like the general': Mourners grieve George Floyd at Minneapolis memorial service|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3142320001|accessdate=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608081924/https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3142320001|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Nicquel Terry|last2=Davis|first2=Tyler J.|date=May 28, 2020|title=George Floyd remembered as 'gentle giant' as family calls his death 'murder'|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/|accessdate=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604092032/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/|archive-date=June 4, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>"[https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ George Floyd's son joins Texas protesters in peaceful demonstration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094727/https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ |date=June 4, 2020 }}," ''KTRK-TV,'' (a local ''ABC News'' affiliate), June 1, 2020.</ref> Floyd’s former partner, Roxie Washington, lives in Houston with his youngest daughter Gianna.<ref name= |
Floyd had five children, including two daughters who reside in Houston, ages 6 and 22, and an adult son in [[Bryan, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ortiz|first1=Jorge L.|last2=Hertel|first2=Nora G.|last3=Emert|first3=Mark|date=June 4, 2020|title='He was like the general': Mourners grieve George Floyd at Minneapolis memorial service|newspaper=USA Today|url=https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3142320001|accessdate=June 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608081924/https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3142320001|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis|first1=Nicquel Terry|last2=Davis|first2=Tyler J.|date=May 28, 2020|title=George Floyd remembered as 'gentle giant' as family calls his death 'murder'|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/|accessdate=June 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604092032/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/|archive-date=June 4, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>"[https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ George Floyd's son joins Texas protesters in peaceful demonstration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094727/https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ |date=June 4, 2020 }}," ''KTRK-TV,'' (a local ''ABC News'' affiliate), June 1, 2020.</ref> Floyd’s former partner, Roxie Washington, lives in Houston with his youngest daughter Gianna.<ref name=Heavy/><ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=A. B. C.|title=Family members, dignitaries honor George Floyd at funeral service in Houston|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-floyds-final-funeral-service-burial-place-houston/story?id=71130521|access-date=2020-06-11|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref> He also had two grandchildren.<ref name=HuffPost>{{Cite web|last=Vagianos|first=Alanna|date=2020-06-09|title='He's Gonna Change The World': George Floyd's Family Remembers The Man They Lost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-floyd-funeral-service-houston-family-changes_n_5ee003fec5b6c7462e002894|access-date=2020-06-11|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> |
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On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested on a charge of passing a [[Counterfeit money|counterfeit]] $20 bill at a grocery store in the [[Powderhorn Park]] neighborhood of Minneapolis. According to the store clerk, the bill was an obvious fake and Floyd had refused to return the purchased cigarettes when challenged.<ref name="nytimes2020-05-29">{{Cite news|last1=Furber|first1=Matt|last2=Burch|first2=Audra D. S.|last3=Robles|first3=Frances|date=May 29, 2020|title=George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530004703/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|archive-date=May 30, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested on a charge of passing a [[Counterfeit money|counterfeit]] $20 bill at a grocery store in the [[Powderhorn Park]] neighborhood of Minneapolis. According to the store clerk, the bill was an obvious fake and Floyd had refused to return the purchased cigarettes when challenged.<ref name="nytimes2020-05-29">{{Cite news|last1=Furber|first1=Matt|last2=Burch|first2=Audra D. S.|last3=Robles|first3=Frances|date=May 29, 2020|title=George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|url-status=live|access-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530004703/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|archive-date=May 30, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> |
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He died after Derek Chauvin, a [[White Americans|white]] police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for [[8′46″|eight minutes and 46 seconds]] during the arrest. Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street,<ref name="ChauvinCpl">[https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf Complaint – ''State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530173331/https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf |date=May 30, 2020 }}, Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District, File No. 27-CR-20-12646. May 29, 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Jennifer|date=May 28, 2020|title=George Floyd and the city that killed him|url=https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528113043/https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|website=[[Star Tribune]]|quote=Down the road, people were marching and mourning Floyd, whose irreplaceable life ended after an arrest face-down on the asphalt of E. 38th Street.}}</ref><ref name="3mins">{{cite web|last1=Silverman|first1=Hollie|date=May 29, 2020|title=Floyd was "non-responsive" for nearly 3 minutes before officer took knee off his neck, complaint says|url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530030751/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695|archive-date=May 30, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]|quote=Chauvin had his knee on Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total, and 2 minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd was unresponsive, the complaint said.}}</ref> while two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening.{{r|WPtimeline|p=6:24}}<ref |
He died after Derek Chauvin, a [[White Americans|white]] police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for [[8′46″|eight minutes and 46 seconds]] during the arrest. Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street,<ref name="ChauvinCpl">[https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf Complaint – ''State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530173331/https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf |date=May 30, 2020 }}, Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District, File No. 27-CR-20-12646. May 29, 2020.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Jennifer|date=May 28, 2020|title=George Floyd and the city that killed him|url=https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528113043/https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|website=[[Star Tribune]]|quote=Down the road, people were marching and mourning Floyd, whose irreplaceable life ended after an arrest face-down on the asphalt of E. 38th Street.}}</ref><ref name="3mins">{{cite web|last1=Silverman|first1=Hollie|date=May 29, 2020|title=Floyd was "non-responsive" for nearly 3 minutes before officer took knee off his neck, complaint says|url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530030751/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695|archive-date=May 30, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|publisher=[[CNN]]|quote=Chauvin had his knee on Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in total, and 2 minutes and 53 seconds after Floyd was unresponsive, the complaint said.}}</ref> while two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening.{{r|WPtimeline|p=6:24}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mannix|first=Andy|date=May 26, 2020|title=What we know about Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao, two of the officers caught on tape in the death of George Floyd|work=[[Star Tribune]]|url=https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-derek-chauvin-and-tou-thao-two-of-the-officers-caught-on-tape-in-the-death-of-george-floyd/570777632/|url-status=live|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527041830/https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-derek-chauvin-and-tou-thao-two-of-the-officers-caught-on-tape-in-the-death-of-george-floyd/570777632/|archive-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref><ref name="nyt5.29.20">{{cite news|date=May 29, 2020|title=Officer Charged With George Floyd's Death as Protests Flare|work=[[The New York Times]]|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/05/29/us/ap-us-minneapolis-police-death-protests.html|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606213336/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/05/29/us/ap-us-minneapolis-police-death-protests.html|archive-date=June 6, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> For the last three of those minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse,<ref name="ChauvinCpl" />{{r|3mins}} but officers made no attempt to revive him.{{r|NYTtimeline|p=6:46}} Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck as arriving emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.{{r|NYTtimeline|p=7:21}} |
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The [[Killing of George Floyd#Autopsies|official autopsy]] found Floyd died of [[cardiopulmonary arrest]] caused by subdual and restraint.<ref name= |
The [[Killing of George Floyd#Autopsies|official autopsy]] found Floyd died of [[cardiopulmonary arrest]] caused by subdual and restraint.<ref name=HennepinCounty/><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 1, 2020|title=George Floyd death was homicide, says updated medical examiner's report|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/us-medical-examiner-declares-george-floyd-death-homicide/12310334|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602161337/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/us-medical-examiner-declares-george-floyd-death-homicide/12310334|archive-date=June 2, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The toxicologist found several psychoactive substances or metabolites in his system, and the medical examiner noted [[fentanyl]] intoxication and recent [[methamphetamine]] use as significantly contributory to his death, though not the cause.<ref name=HennepinCounty/><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 1, 2020|title=Hennepin County Press Release on George Floyd's Death|url=https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2020/06/01/file_attachments/1464238/2020-3700%20Floyd,%20George%20Perry%20Update%206.1.2020.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605222445/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2020/06/01/file_attachments/1464238/2020-3700%20Floyd,%20George%20Perry%20Update%206.1.2020.pdf|archive-date=June 5, 2020|access-date=June 5, 2020|website=Hennepin County}}</ref> A second autopsy, commissioned by Floyd's family and performed by [[Michael Baden]], without access to various tissue and fluid samples, found that the "evidence is consistent with [[mechanical asphyxia]] as the cause" of death, with neck compression restricting blood flow to the brain, and back compression restricting breathing.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Furber|first1=Matt|last2=Burch|first2=Audra D. S.|last3=Robles|first3=Frances|date=May 29, 2020|title=George Floyd Worked With Officer Charged in His Death|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|access-date=May 30, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530004703/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html|archive-date=May 30, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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After Floyd's death, [[George Floyd protests|protests were held globally]] against the use of [[Police brutality|excessive force by police officers]] against black suspects and lack of [[police accountability]]. Protests developed in over 400 cities [[List of George Floyd protests in the United States|throughout all 50 U.S. states]] and [[List of George Floyd protests outside the United States|internationally]].<ref name="WCCO2">{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Esme|date=May 26, 2020|title='I Can't Breathe!': Video Of Fatal Arrest Shows Minneapolis Officer Kneeling On George Floyd's Neck For Several Minutes|publisher=[[KSTP-TV]]|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/|url-status=live|accessdate=May 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526170730/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/|archive-date=May 26, 2020|quote=While lying facedown on the road, Floyd repeatedly groans and says he can't breathe.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayor makes emotional call for peace after violent protests: "I believe in Minneapolis" |first=Erin |last=Donaghue |date=May 29, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529064054/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/|archive-date=May 29, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|publisher=CBS News}}</ref> |
After Floyd's death, [[George Floyd protests|protests were held globally]] against the use of [[Police brutality|excessive force by police officers]] against black suspects and lack of [[police accountability]]. Protests developed in over 400 cities [[List of George Floyd protests in the United States|throughout all 50 U.S. states]] and [[List of George Floyd protests outside the United States|internationally]].<ref name="WCCO2">{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Esme|date=May 26, 2020|title='I Can't Breathe!': Video Of Fatal Arrest Shows Minneapolis Officer Kneeling On George Floyd's Neck For Several Minutes|publisher=[[KSTP-TV]]|url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/|url-status=live|accessdate=May 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526170730/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/|archive-date=May 26, 2020|quote=While lying facedown on the road, Floyd repeatedly groans and says he can't breathe.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayor makes emotional call for peace after violent protests: "I believe in Minneapolis" |first=Erin |last=Donaghue |date=May 29, 2020 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529064054/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/|archive-date=May 29, 2020|access-date=May 29, 2020|publisher=CBS News}}</ref> |
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[[File:The George Floyd mural outside Cup Foods at Chicago Ave and E 38th St in Minneapolis, Minnesota.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Mural of George Floyd near where he died ]] |
[[File:The George Floyd mural outside Cup Foods at Chicago Ave and E 38th St in Minneapolis, Minnesota.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Mural of George Floyd near where he died ]] |
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[[File:LastmileGeorgeFloydprocession6920-7.jpg|thumb|Floyd's casket in a horse drawn carriage during his burial procession on June 9 in [[Pearland, Texas]]]] |
[[File:LastmileGeorgeFloydprocession6920-7.jpg|thumb|Floyd's casket in a horse drawn carriage during his burial procession on June 9 in [[Pearland, Texas]]]] |
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Various memorial services were planned across the world. On June 4, 2020, a memorial service for Floyd took place in Minneapolis with the Rev. [[Al Sharpton]] delivering the eulogy.<ref name= |
Various memorial services were planned across the world. On June 4, 2020, a memorial service for Floyd took place in Minneapolis with the Rev. [[Al Sharpton]] delivering the eulogy.<ref name=FoxNews/><ref> |
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{{cite web|last=Ling|first=Thomas|date=June 2020|title=How to watch the George Floyd memorial online and on TV|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-04/george-floyd-memorial-watch-live/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=June 6, 2020|website=|publisher=[[Radio Times]]}} |
{{cite web|last=Ling|first=Thomas|date=June 2020|title=How to watch the George Floyd memorial online and on TV|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-04/george-floyd-memorial-watch-live/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=June 6, 2020|website=|publisher=[[Radio Times]]}} |
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</ref> Services were planned in North Carolina with a public viewing and private service on June 6 and in Houston on June 8 and 9.<ref>{{Cite web|title=George Floyd memorial in North Carolina as sheriff's officers escort his body|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-memorial-north-carolina-sheriff-s-officers-escort-his-n1226576|access-date=June 6, 2020|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> Floyd was buried next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd, in [[Pearland, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 8, 2020|title=Floyd's casket arrives at Houston church for public viewing|url=https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b|website=AP NEWS|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153221/https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Jay|last=Croft|title=Mourners visit George Floyd's casket in Houston to pay respects|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153217/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 7, 2020|title=George Floyd's Body Returns To Houston For Memorial Service, Funeral|url=https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607231940/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/|archive-date=June 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
</ref> Services were planned in North Carolina with a public viewing and private service on June 6 and in Houston on June 8 and 9.<ref>{{Cite web|title=George Floyd memorial in North Carolina as sheriff's officers escort his body|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-memorial-north-carolina-sheriff-s-officers-escort-his-n1226576|access-date=June 6, 2020|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> Floyd was buried next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd, in [[Pearland, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 8, 2020|title=Floyd's casket arrives at Houston church for public viewing|url=https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b|website=AP NEWS|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153221/https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Jay|last=Croft|title=Mourners visit George Floyd's casket in Houston to pay respects|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153217/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html|archive-date=June 8, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 7, 2020|title=George Floyd's Body Returns To Houston For Memorial Service, Funeral|url=https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/|access-date=June 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607231940/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/|archive-date=June 7, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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[[North Central University]] hosted the Minneapolis memorial service, announcing a memorial scholarship in Floyd's name and challenging other colleges and universities to follow suit.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nietzel|first=Michael T.|title=A University President Challenges Every College In America To Fund A George Floyd Memorial Scholarship |date=June 4, 2020 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/06/04/a-univeristy-president-challenges-every-college-in-america-to-fund-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship/|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive- |
[[North Central University]] hosted the Minneapolis memorial service, announcing a memorial scholarship in Floyd's name and challenging other colleges and universities to follow suit.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nietzel|first=Michael T.|title=A University President Challenges Every College In America To Fund A George Floyd Memorial Scholarship |date=June 4, 2020 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/06/04/a-univeristy-president-challenges-every-college-in-america-to-fund-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship/|access-date=June 4, 2020|website=Forbes|language=en|archive- |
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Street artists globally created murals honoring Floyd. Depictions included Floyd as a ghost in Minneapolis, as an angel in Houston and as a saint weeping blood in [[Naples]]. A mural on the International Wall in [[Belfast]] commissioned by Festival of the People (''[[Féile an Phobail]]'') and Visit West Belfast (''Fáilte Feirste Thiar'') features a large portrait of Floyd above a tableau showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck while the three other officers turn their backs and each covers his eyes, ears, or mouth in the manner of the [[Three wise monkeys|Three Wise Monkeys]] ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/sinnfein/videos/black-lives-matter-mural-solidarity-with-family-of-george-floyd/724418191697605/|title='Black Lives Matter' mural solidarity with family of George Floyd|via=www.facebook.com}}</ref><ref name = "Mural05June">{{cite web |
Street artists globally created murals honoring Floyd. Depictions included Floyd as a ghost in Minneapolis, as an angel in Houston and as a saint weeping blood in [[Naples]]. A mural on the International Wall in [[Belfast]] commissioned by Festival of the People (''[[Féile an Phobail]]'') and Visit West Belfast (''Fáilte Feirste Thiar'') features a large portrait of Floyd above a tableau showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck while the three other officers turn their backs and each covers his eyes, ears, or mouth in the manner of the [[Three wise monkeys|Three Wise Monkeys]] ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/sinnfein/videos/black-lives-matter-mural-solidarity-with-family-of-george-floyd/724418191697605/|title='Black Lives Matter' mural solidarity with family of George Floyd|via=www.facebook.com}}</ref><ref name = "Mural05June">{{cite web |
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George Floyd | |
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Born | George Perry Floyd Jr. October 14, 1973[1] |
Died | (aged 46) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Truck driver, security guard |
Children | 5 |
George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was killed by police during an arrest in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Protests in response to both Floyd's death, and more broadly to police violence against black people, quickly spread across the United States and internationally. The June 13, 2020 edition of The Economist, in a cover story on Floyd and the protests surrounding his death, said, "His legacy is the rich promise of social reform."
Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas. He excelled in football and played other sports throughout high school and college. A blue-collar worker, Floyd was also an early contributor to the development of Houston's hip-hop scene and a mentor who was active in his religious community. Later, he faced several arrests for theft and drug possession; in 2009, he made a plea deal for an armed robbery, serving four years in prison.
In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area, finding work both as a truck driver and a bouncer. In 2020, he lost his security job because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He died after being arrested for allegedly using counterfeit money to buy cigarettes; during the arrest, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck and back for eight minutes and 46 seconds, leading to his death. Events of his arrest, death, and the actions of the officers have led to international Black Lives Matter protests, calls for police reform, and legislation to address perceived racial inequalities.
Early life
George Perry Floyd Jr. was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina to George Perry and Larcenia “Cissy” Jones Floyd, and raised in Cuney Homes in the Third Ward of Houston, Texas, a historic black neighborhood, and one of the poorest areas of the city known as Bricks.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Floyd Jr.’s great-great-grandfather was a slave, and great-great-grandmother Larcenia, had 22 children.[7] His parents broke up when he was still a child, his mother moved with the children to the red-bricked Cuney Homes public housing named for Norris Wright Cuney, “one of the most politically powerful black men” in Texas in the late 1800s. Cissy was active on the resident council, and also helped raise neighbors' children with her own. The city’s Third Ward had many families “scarred” by “poverty, drugs, gangs and violence". Floyd, called Perry as a child, was now also being called Big Floyd—being over six foot tall in middle school, he saw sports as his path out of the Bricks.[6]
At Yates High School, Floyd played on the basketball team as a power forward, and as tight end on the football team helping lead them to the Texas state championships in 1992; he graduated in 1993.[2][4][5][6][8] He had made the varsity football team as a ninth grader; in tenth grade he was also co-captain the basketball team.[9]
He attended South Florida Community College (now South Florida State College)—the first of his siblings to go to college—for two years on an football athletic scholarship, and also played on the basketball team.[6][10][11] George Walker, his recruiter stated, “He was a starter and scored 12 to 14 points and seven to eight rebounds.”[6] Floyd transferred to Texas A&M University–Kingsville in 1995, where he also played basketball, before dropping out.[5] Friends and family called him Perry, and characterized him as a "gentle giant."[12][13] He was 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 223 pounds (101 kg).[14] Retired pro-basketballer Stephen Jackson, from Port Arthur, Texas, met Floyd and the two looked so alike they called each other twin. Jackson stated, "If George would have had more opportunities, he might have been a pro athlete in two sports."[6]
Later life
Floyd returned to Houston from college in Kingston[where?] in 1995 and became an automotive customizer and played club basketball.[5][15] Beginning in 1994, he had also performed as a rapper using the stage name "Big Floyd" in the hip hop group Screwed Up Click.[5][16][17][18][19] Floyd has been called an early contributor to the development of Houston's hip-hop scene.[5] He rapped with his deep voice in “purposeful” rhymes delivered in a slow-motion clip about “‘choppin’ blades’—driving cars with oversize rims—and his Third Ward pride”.[6] He was also known as an informal community leader.[20]
In 1997, starting in his twenties, he faced a series of arrests, mostly for drug possession, including one "for a $10 drug deal in 2004, [which] cost him ten months in a state jail".[6][9] In 2007 he was charged with a group armed robbery in a home invasion; he agreed to a plea deal in 2009 and was sentenced to five years in prison.[2][6][21][22] He was paroled in 2013 after spending four years at the Diboll Unit.[5] After his release, he became more involved with Resurrection Houston, a local church and ministry, where he mentored young men in a Christian church community.[2][6][20] Many of the church’s services were held in Cuney Homes’ central courtyard on the basketball court; Floyd would set up the chairs and baptism tub. He became more devoted to Resurrection because of his daughter, born after he left prison.[6] Floyd also took care of his mother Cissy, he helped her recuperate after she had a stroke, helping her with rehabilitation exercises. He also helped deliver meals, and assisted on other projects with Angel By Nature Foundation, a charity founded by rapper Trae Tha Truth.[23] Later he also became involved with another ministry that had a reputation for taking men from the Third Ward to Minnesota in a church-work program with drug rehabilitation and job placement services.[6]
In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis to find work, as some of his close friends had done.[24][25] He worked as a truck driver and a bouncer, and lived in St. Louis Park, a gentrifying Minneapolis suburb.[3][5][26] In 2017, he filmed an anti–gun violence video.[2][13] From 2017 to 2018, Floyd worked as a security guard for The Salvation Army's Harbor Light Center in Minneapolis.[27] In 2020, he lost his security job because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] In April 2020, Floyd fell ill with COVID-19 and recovered after a few weeks.[6][29]
Personal life
Floyd was the oldest boy of six children, the next oldest is Philonise who started a fund for Floyd’s legal expenses, funeral costs, and for his children; as of June 2020 it has over fourteen million in donations.[7] He has an older sister ZsaZsa, younger sister LaTonya, and brothers Terrence, and Rodney Floyd.[29][9]
Floyd had five children, including two daughters who reside in Houston, ages 6 and 22, and an adult son in Bryan, Texas.[30][31][32] Floyd’s former partner, Roxie Washington, lives in Houston with his youngest daughter Gianna.[7][33] He also had two grandchildren.[29]
Death
On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested on a charge of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. According to the store clerk, the bill was an obvious fake and Floyd had refused to return the purchased cigarettes when challenged.[34]
He died after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds during the arrest. Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street,[35][36][37] while two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening.[38]: 6:24 [39][40] For the last three of those minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse,[35][37] but officers made no attempt to revive him.[41]: 6:46 Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck as arriving emergency medical technicians attempted to treat him.[41]: 7:21
The official autopsy found Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest caused by subdual and restraint.[14][42] The toxicologist found several psychoactive substances or metabolites in his system, and the medical examiner noted fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use as significantly contributory to his death, though not the cause.[14][43] A second autopsy, commissioned by Floyd's family and performed by Michael Baden, without access to various tissue and fluid samples, found that the "evidence is consistent with mechanical asphyxia as the cause" of death, with neck compression restricting blood flow to the brain, and back compression restricting breathing.[44]
After Floyd's death, protests were held globally against the use of excessive force by police officers against black suspects and lack of police accountability. Protests developed in over 400 cities throughout all 50 U.S. states and internationally.[45][46]
Memorials and legacy
Various memorial services were planned across the world. On June 4, 2020, a memorial service for Floyd took place in Minneapolis with the Rev. Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy.[12][47] Services were planned in North Carolina with a public viewing and private service on June 6 and in Houston on June 8 and 9.[48] Floyd was buried next to his mother, Larcenia Floyd, in Pearland, Texas.[49][50][51]
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North Central University hosted the Minneapolis memorial service, announcing a memorial scholarship in Floyd's name and challenging other colleges and universities to follow suit.[52][53] University president Scott Hagen announced that as of June 4, the scholarship fund had received US$53,000 in donations.[53] Alabama State announced a scholarship honoring Floyd and Greg Gunn in response hours later, challenging other historically black colleges and universities to follow suit; HBCU Oakwood University announced a scholarship that same day.[54][55] Missouri State University, Southeast Missouri State and Ohio University announced June 5 that the schools would offer George Floyd scholarships.[56][57][58] On June 6 SUNY Buffalo State and Copper Mountain College announced scholarships in Floyd's name.[59][60] By June 11, thirteen universities had announced scholarships in Floyd's name.[61]
Street artists globally created murals honoring Floyd. Depictions included Floyd as a ghost in Minneapolis, as an angel in Houston and as a saint weeping blood in Naples. A mural on the International Wall in Belfast commissioned by Festival of the People (Féile an Phobail) and Visit West Belfast (Fáilte Feirste Thiar) features a large portrait of Floyd above a tableau showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck while the three other officers turn their backs and each covers his eyes, ears, or mouth in the manner of the Three Wise Monkeys ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil").[62][63][64] By June 6, murals had been created in many cities, including Manchester, Dallas, Miami, Idlib, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Oakland, Strombeek-Bever, Berlin, Pensacola, and La Mesa.[65][66]
On 5 June 2020, Australian scientist Raymond Hoser named a newly discovered tree frog in honor of George Floyd. Published in a peer reviewed scientific paper that named 62 species, this species was named as Nyctimystes georgefloydi Hoser, 2020. It is found in New Guinea. [67]. Hoser wrote: "The species is named in honour of the late George Floyd, a victim of an unprovoked attack by four thug police officers at Powderhorn, in downtown Minneapolis, USA, on 25 May 2020".
A bill proposed by Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and named for Floyd, the George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, was designed to reduce police brutality and establish national policing standards and accreditations.[68][69]
The June 13th edition of The Economist, in a cover story on Floyd and the protests surrounding his death, said, "His legacy is the rich promise of social reform."[70]
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External links
- Media related to George Floyd at Wikimedia Commons