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African American man who was a victim of police violence in the United States, killed by Derek Chauvin
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020.Wikipedia
| Born | October 14, 1973 |
| Hometown | Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States of America |
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Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd’s killing
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George Floyd: Three former police officers found guilty of depriving him civil rights as he was killed
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