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George Floyd

George Floyd

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 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.Wikipedia
BornOctober 14, 1973
HometownFayetteville, North Carolina, United States of America
Height6'4" (1.93m)
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Takeaways from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's response to violence after George Floyd's murder

  • Kamala Harris' selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be the Democratic vice presidential candidate has revived the debate over how he handled the biggest crisis of his political career. Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man’s murder in 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning over racial discrimination and police misconduct.

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Derek Chauvin, ex-officer who killed George Floyd, stabbed in prison

Minneapolis former police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted of murdering George Floyd, was reportedly stabbed in an Arizona federal prison. He was seriously injured after he was attacked by another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tucson, around 12:30 local time on Friday. The Bureau of Prisons said “life-saving measures” were performed on an unnamed inmate before they were taken to hospital. Chauvin is reported to have survived the attack.
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