George Floyd
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George Perry Floyd Jr. 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 had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. One of four police officers who arrived on the scene, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. After his murder, a series of protests against police brutality, especially toward Black people, quickly spread nationally and then globally. His dying words became a rallying slogan: "I can't breathe".
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George Floyd was an American male who worked as a security guard, rapper, truck driver, and basketball player. Born in Fayetteville in 1973, he was a member of the Screwed Up Click and used the pseudonym Big Floyd. He was educated at Texas A&M University–Kingsville and resided in St. Louis Park and Minneapolis. Floyd spoke American English and had two children.
He died in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, due to asphyxia resulting from a homicide committed by Derek Chauvin. His significant events included imprisonment and his murder. His last words were reported as "I can't breathe! i can't breathe." Floyd was an African American citizen of the United States.
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
George Floyd (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 had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. One of four police officers who arrived on the scene knelt on Floyd's neck and back for almost ten minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. After his murder, a…
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- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- South to Black Power — Self2023
- The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — Self (archive footage)2022
- After Floyd: The Year that Shook the World – A Soul of a Nation Special — Self (archive footage)2021
- 3 Brothers: Radio Raheem, Eric Garner and George Floyd — Self (archival footage)2020
- Ku Klux Klan: An American Story — Self - Police Brutality Victim (archive footage)2020
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1973
- Active to
- 2020
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- Perry
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- United States
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- Fayetteville
- Place of death
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- pornographic actor
- Educated at
- Texas A&M University–Kingsville
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- rapping
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Sport
- American football
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- 223
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- Security still image of George Floyd inside Cup Foods.png
- Height
- 193
- Number of children
- 2
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- Minneapolis
- Residence
- St. Louis Park
- Significant event
- imprisonment
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- 2020-05-25
- pseudonym
- Big Floyd
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- 1973-10-14
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- asphyxia
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- homicide
- killed by
- Derek Chauvin
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- African Americans
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- George Floyd
- last words
- I can't breathe! i can't breathe
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- George Perry Floyd Jr.
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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 had used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. One of four police officers who arrived on the scene, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. After his murder, a series of protests against police brutality, especially toward Black people, quickly spread nationally and then globally. His dying words became a rallying slogan: "I can't breathe".
Floyd was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Houston, Texas, playing football and basketball throughout high school and college. 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. After he was paroled in 2013, he served as a mentor in his religious community and posted anti-violence videos to social media. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, and worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost both jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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