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]

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 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, 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.

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.

Jun 16, 2023 · The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal.

May 24, 2021 · On the evening of May 25, 2020, white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kills George Floyd, a Black man, by kneeling on his neck for almost 10 minutes. The death, recorded by...