George Floyd

Black American man murdered by a policeman

This article is about the man murdered during a police arrest. For his murder, see Murder of George Floyd. For other uses, see George Floyd (disambiguation).

George Floyd

Floyd in October 2016

Born|

George Perry Floyd Jr.

(1973-10-14)October 14, 1973[1]

Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.

Died| May 25, 2020(2020-05-25) (aged 46)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

Cause of death| Cardiopulmonary arrest due to neck compression[2]
Resting place| Houston Memorial Gardens, Pearland, Texas, U.S.
Education|

* South Florida Community College
* Texas A&M University–Kingsville (dropped out)

Occupations|

* Truck driver
* security guard

Known for| Circumstances of his death
Children| 5

George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was a black American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020.[3] Derek Chauvin, one of four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, causing his death from a lack of oxygen.[4] After his murder, protests against police brutality, especially towards black people, quickly spread across the United States and globally. His dying words, "I can't breathe", became a rallying slogan.

Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Floyd 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.[5] After he was paroled in 2013, he served as a mentor in his religious community and posted anti-violence videos to social media.[6][7][8][9] 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 his job as a truck driver, and then his security job during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following his death, the City of Minneapolis settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Floyd's family for $27 million. Chauvin was convicted on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter on April 20, 2021,[10] and on June 25, 2021, was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison.[11] The other three officers at the scene were also later convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights.[12]

## Early life and education[edit]

Floyd was born on October 14, 1973, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to George Perry (1949–2002) and Larcenia "Cissy" Jones Floyd (1947–2018).[8][13] He had four siblings.[14][15][16]

When he was two, after Floyd's parents separated, his mother moved with the children to the Cuney Homes public housing,[6][17][18] known as the Bricks, in Houston's Third Ward, a historically African-American neighborhood.[8][13][6] Floyd was called Perry as a child, but also Big Floyd; being over six feet (183 cm) tall in middle school, he saw sports as a vehicle for improving his life.[6]

Floyd attended Ryan Middle School,[19] and graduated from Yates High School in 1993. While at Yates, he was co-captain of the basketball team playing as a power forward. He was also on the football team as a tight end, and in 1992, his team went to the Texas state championships.[8][15][6][17]

The first of his siblings to go to college, Floyd attended South Florida Community College for two years on a football scholarship, and also played on the basketball team.[6][20][21] He transferred to Texas A&M University–Kingsville in 1995, where he also played basketball before dropping out.[22][23][24] Floyd became a friend of future NBA player Stephen Jackson, who was referred to as his "twin" because of their strong resemblance to one another, after being introduced in the mid-1990s.[25][26] At his tallest he was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm)[27][15][28] and by the time of his autopsy he was 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) tall and weighed 223 pounds (101 kg).[29]

## Adult life[edit]

### Post-college[edit]

Floyd returned to Houston from college in Kingsville, Texas, in 1995 where he became an automotive customizer and played club basketball.[22][30] Beginning in 1994, he performed as a rapper using the stage name Big Floyd in the hip-hop group Screwed Up Click.[31][32][33][34] The New York Times described his deep-voiced rhymes as "purposeful", delivered in a slow-motion clip about "'choppin' blades' - driving cars with oversize rims - and his Third Ward pride."[6] The second rap group he was involved in was "Presidential Playas" and he worked on their album Block Party released in 2000.[35][36]

#### Criminal convictions[edit]

Between 1997 and 2005, Floyd served eight jail terms on various charges, including drug possession, theft, and trespass.[6][15] In one of these cases, Floyd was convicted of possessing half a gram of crack cocaine in 2004 based on the sole testimony of police officer Gerald Goines. Later in 2019, Goines' involvement in the Harding Street raid led to Goines being investigated for a pattern of falsifying evidence, resulting in the District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, requesting in April 2021 a posthumous pardon for this particular conviction of Floyd's due to Goines' lack of credibility.[37][38] In October 2021, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Floyd be pardoned for this conviction, but withdrew the recommendation (and also withdrew 24 other clemency recommendations) in December 2021 citing "procedural errors and lack of compliance with board rules", while announcing that they would reconsider these recommendations.[39]

In 2007, Floyd faced charges for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon; according to investigators, he had entered an apartment by impersonating a water department worker and barging in with five other men, then held a pistol to a woman's stomach and searched for items to steal.[18][40][41] Floyd was arrested three months later during a traffic stop, and victims of the robbery identified him from a photo array.[41] In 2009, Floyd was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal,[40][42][43] and was paroled in January 2013.[22]

#### Post-prison life[edit]

After his release, Floyd became more involved with Resurrection Houston, a Christian church and ministry, where he mentored young men and posted anti-violence videos to social media.[6][7][8][9] He delivered meals to senior citizens and volunteered with other projects, such as the Angel By Nature Foundation, a charity founded by rapper Trae tha Truth.[44] Later, Floyd became involved with a ministry that brought men from the Third Ward to Minnesota in a church-work program with drug rehabilitation and job placement services.[6] A friend of his acknowledged that Floyd "had made some mistakes that cost him some years of his life", but that he had been turning his life around through religion.[7]

In 2014, Floyd moved to Minneapolis to help rebuild his life and find work.[45][46] Soon after his arrival, he completed a 90-day rehabilitation program at the Turning Point program in north Minneapolis. Floyd expressed the need for a job and took up security work at Harbor Light Center, a Salvation Army homeless shelter.[41] He lost the job at Harbor Light and took several other jobs. Floyd hoped to earn a commercial driver's license to operate trucks. He passed the required drug test and administrators of the program felt his criminal past did not pose a problem, but he dropped out as his job at a nightclub made it difficult to attend morning classes, and he felt pressure to earn money. Floyd later moved to St. Louis Park and lived with former colleagues.[41] Floyd continued to battle drug addiction and went through periods of use and sobriety.[41]

An influential member of his community, Floyd was respected for his ability to relate with others in his environment based on a shared experience of hardships and setbacks, having served time in prison and living in a poverty-stricken project in Houston.[7] In a video addressing the youth in his neighborhood, Floyd reminds his audience that he has his own "shortcomings" and "flaws" and that he is not better than anyone else, but also expresses his disdain for the violence that was taking place in the community, and advises his neighbors to put down their weapons and remember that they are loved by him and God.[7]

In May 2019, Floyd was detained by Minneapolis police when an unlicensed car in which he was a passenger was pulled over in a traffic stop. Floyd was found with a bottle of pain pills. Officers handcuffed him and took him to the city's third police precinct station. Floyd told police he did not sell the pills and that they were related to his own addiction. When he appeared agitated, officers encouraged him to relax and helped calm him down, and they later called an ambulance as they grew worried about his condition. No charges were filed in connection with the incident.[41]

In 2019, Floyd worked in security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club, where police officer Derek Chauvin also worked off-duty as a security guard.[47] In 2020, Floyd was working part-time as a security guard at the Conga Latin Bistro club, and began another job as a delivery driver. He lost the delivery driver job in January, after being cited for driving without a valid commercial license and for being involved in a minor crash. He was looking for another job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota, and his personal financial situation worsened when the club closed in March due to pandemic rules.[41] Also in March, Floyd was hospitalized after overdosing on drugs.[48] In April, he contracted COVID-19, but he recovered a few weeks later.[6][14]

## Murder[edit]

Main article: Murder of George Floyd

Memorial to Floyd two days after his murder

On May 25, 2020, police were called by a Cup Foods grocery store employee who suspected that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill.[49] Floyd was sitting in a car with two other passengers. Police officers forcibly removed Floyd from the car and handcuffed him.[50]

Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer,[51] who pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds[note 1][52] while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street.[53][54][55] As seen in a witness's cellphone video,[6][56] two other officers further restrained Floyd and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening[57]: 6:24 [58][59] as Floyd repeatedly pleaded that he could not breathe.[13] During the final two minutes[60] Floyd was motionless and had no pulse,[61][62] but Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck and back even as emergency medical technicians arrived to treat Floyd.[63]: 7:21

The medical examiner found that Floyd's heart stopped while he was being restrained and that his death was a homicide,[64][65] caused by "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression",[2] though fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use may have increased the likelihood of death.[66][67] A second autopsy, commissioned by Floyd's family,[68][69] also found his death to be a homicide, specifically citing asphyxia due to neck and back compression;[70][68][71] it ruled out that any underlying medical problems had contributed to Floyd's death,[72] and said that Floyd being able to speak while under Chauvin's knee does not mean he could breathe.[72]

On March 12, 2021, the Minneapolis city council approved a settlement of $27 million to the Floyd family following a wrongful death lawsuit.[73]

Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.[74][75] Chauvin was found guilty on all three murder and manslaughter charges on April 20, 2021.[56] On May 12, 2021, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill allowed for the prosecution to seek a greater prison sentence for Chauvin after finding that he treated Floyd "with particular cruelty".[76] On June 25, Judge Cahill sentenced Chauvin to twenty-two and a half years in prison.[77]

## Legacy[edit]

### Protests[edit]

Main article: George Floyd protests

After Floyd's murder, protests were held globally against the use of excessive force by police officers against black suspects and lack of police accountability. Protests began in Minneapolis the day after his murder and developed in cities throughout all 50 U.S. states and internationally.[78][79] The New York Times described the events in the wake of Floyd's murder and video that circulated of it as "the largest protests in the United States since the Civil Rights era."[80] Calls to both defund and abolish the police were widespread.[81]

### Memorials[edit]

Main article: Memorials to George Floyd

The carriage carrying Floyd's casket to his burial in Pearland, Texas, on June 9, 2020

Several memorial services were held. On June 4, 2020, a memorial service for Floyd took place in Minneapolis with Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy.[82] Services were held in North Carolina with a public viewing and private service on June 6 and in Houston on June 8 and 9.[83] Floyd was buried next to his mother in Pearland, Texas.[84][85][86]

Colleges and universities which have created scholarships in Floyd's name included North Central University, which hosted a memorial service for Floyd,[87][88] Alabama State, Oakwood University,[89][90] Missouri State University, Southeast Missouri State, Ohio University,[91][92][93] Buffalo State College, Copper Mountain College,[94][95] and others.[96] Amid nationwide protests over Floyd's murder, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife Patty Quillin made a $120 million donation to be split equally among Morehouse College, Spelman College and the United Negro College Fund.[97] The donation was the largest ever made to historically black colleges and universities.[98]

In 2020, social media-based artists and activists posted tributes to Floyd, and one of the more popular tributes was a digital illustration created by Shirien Damra which had more than 3.4 million "likes" on Instagram.[99][100] Damra's work was later turned into painted murals in many communities and other re-uses.[101][102] Other viral social media-based tributes to Floyd were made by Nikkolas Smith, Stormy Nesbit, Dani Coke, Robin Hilkey, and Miriam Mosqueda.[103][104]

Tributes and mural outside Cup Foods, where Floyd was murdered

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) featured 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").[105][106][107] One Houston mural is on the side of Scott Food Mart in the Third Ward,[108][109] while the other is on the property of The Breakfast Klub restaurant in Midtown.[110] A childhood friend of Floyd's said that Floyd would never "have imagined that this is the tragic way people would know his name."[6]

A GoFundMe account to support Floyd's funeral costs and benefit his family broke the site's record for number of individual donations.[111]

Makeshift memorial near site of murder

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.[112][113] The mural in Manchester was defaced with graffiti, resulting in a Greater Manchester Police investigation into the incident.[114] Beyond the creation of the mural, Floyd's murder has also brought attention to the presence of institutional racism within the United Kingdom.[115] Protest graffiti has also been put up throughout Los Angeles, offering phrases such as "I Can't Breathe", "Say Their Names", and others.[citation needed] The phrase "Black Lives Matter" has also been used often in the outpouring of protest regarding Floyd's murder.[116] The phrase has been especially popular on social media platforms.[117] Since Floyd's murder, there has also been a global outcry for memorials commemorating bigoted individuals to be demolished.[118]

A bill proposed by US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, the George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, was designed to reduce police brutality and establish national policing standards and accreditations.[119][120] In addition to the work of lawmakers, there has been an outcry from leaders in varieties of fields. Researcher Temitope Oriola, author of 'How police departments can identify and oust killer cops', wrote the piece intending to prevent more deaths mirroring Floyd's.[121] Oxiris Barbot, former New York City Health Commissioner, wrote an article describing Floyd's murder as "collective moral injury" and compared it to "the sustained acuity of health inequities playing out in horrifying details through the COVID-19 pandemic."[122] Religious leaders have also been called upon to address violence taking place against black Americans.[123]

The length of time that Chauvin was initially believed to have had his knee on Floyd's neck, eight minutes 46 seconds, was widely commemorated as a "moment of silence" to honor Floyd.[124][125]

Floyd's murder was featured prominently in The Economist, with the magazine running an obituary, multiple articles, and numerous reader letters, ultimately making Floyd's legacy its June 13 cover story.[126] It wrote that his legacy "[is] the rich promise of social reform."[127]

In August 2020, musician John Mellencamp released the song "A Pawn in the White Man's Game" which was a re-working of Bob Dylan's 1964 song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" that reflected on the killing of Civil Rights activist Medger Evers. Mellencamp's version featured new lyrics that reflected the racial conflicts in the U.S. that followed in the wake of Floyd's murder. Mellencamp also released a video to YouTube which included a warning that it might be seen as "inappropriate for some viewers". The video featured footage of protesters and police clashing violently in 2020 and 1968. YouTube eventually removed the video claiming it violated their community guidelines.[128]

On September 18, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council approved designating the section of Chicago Avenue between 37th and 39th Streets as George Perry Floyd Jr. Place, with a marker at the intersection with 38th Street where the incident took place. The intersection had been the location of a makeshift memorial that emerged the day after his murder.[129]

On October 6, 2020, Amnesty International delivered a letter with one million signatures from around the world to the US Attorney General William Barr to demand justice for George Floyd. The human rights advocacy group demanded that the police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd be held accountable.[130] The NAACP, which has already published a criminal justice fact sheet, issued a statement voicing their support for the protests taking place demanding justice for George Floyd.[131][132]

On May 21, 2021, Bridgett Floyd gave a $25,000 check from the George Floyd Memorial Foundation to Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be used for scholarships. On the same day, the city declared May 25 George Floyd Jr. Day.[133]

After Floyd's murder, a petition was started on the public benefit corporation website change.org, asking for "Justice for George Floyd". The petition quickly gathered more signatures than any other petition that had ever been pushed on the site, amounting to roughly five million in the first few days.[134] The petition was considered a "success" with the sentencing of Derek Chauvin. At the time that the petition was closed to new signers, it had attained close to twenty million signatures.[135][136]

In May 2022, a biography of Floyd titled His Name Is George Floyd was published, written by Washington Post journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.[137]

### Attempts for a posthumous pardon[edit]

In 2022, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to issue a posthumous pardon for the 2004 drug raid that led to Floyd's criminal conviction.[138]

## Personal life[edit]

Floyd was the oldest of five siblings and had five children, including two daughters (aged 6 and 22 at the time of his murder) and an adult son.[139][140][141][142][143] He also had two grandchildren.[13][14]

In August 2017, Floyd met his girlfriend Courteney Ross in Minneapolis. In early 2020, the two separated.[48]

## Discography[edit]

Appears on (as Big Floyd):[144][145][146]

* DJ Screw – Ballin in da Mall (Screwed Up Records, Cassette, 1997), appears as feature on "Tired of Ballin (Freestyle)" by Tela
* Diary of the Originator (Chapter 319 – Floyd & Screw) (Screwed Up Records, CD, 1998), appears on "Freestyle Sugar Hill"
* Presidential Playas – Block Party the Album (Presidential Records, CD, 2000), appears on "Presidential Playas"
* Diary of the Originator: Chapter 7 (Ballin in the Mall) (Screwed Up Records, CD, 2004), appears on "Freestyle"

## See also[edit]

* Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
* List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 9:29, not 7:46

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## Further reading[edit]

* Barbot, Oxiris (July 2, 2020). "George Floyd and Our Collective Moral Injury". American Journal of Public Health. 110 (9): 1253. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305850. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 7427243. PMID 32614647.
* Samuels, Robert; Olorunnipa, Toluse (2022). His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice. New York: Viking. ISBN 9780593490617. OCLC 1312917362.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Floyd.

External videos

George Floyd Memorial Service in Minneapolis, June 4, 2020, C-SPAN
George Floyd Funeral Service in Houston, June 9, 2020, C-SPAN

* George Floyd at IMDb

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* t
* e

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Groups|

* ABN
* Botany Boyz

Members|

* Big Floyd
* Big Hawk
* Big Mello
* Big Moe
* Big Pokey
* C-Note
* DJ Screw
* E.S.G.
* Fat Pat
* Lil' Flip
* Lil' Keke
* Lil' O
* Trae tha Truth
* Z-Ro
* Mr. 3-2

Albums|

* Blockbleeders (1999)

See also|

* Chopped and screwed
* E.S.G. discography
* Lil' Flip discography
* Lil Keke discography
* Trae tha Truth discography
* Z-Ro discography

* v
* t
* e

Protests of the murder of George Floyd

* George Floyd
* memorials
* Derek Chauvin
* trial
* trial protests

Locations
(map)|

| Minneapolis–
Saint Paul|

* Aftermath
* Arson damage
* George Floyd Square occupied protest
* 2021 Minneapolis Question 2
* 2020–2023 local racial unrest
* Save the Boards

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Elsewhere in
the U.S.|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
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* Australia
* Belgium
* Canada
* Germany
* Italy
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* United Kingdom

Violence and
controversies|

| Incidents|

* Police violence incidents
* Buffalo police shoving incident
* Vehicle-ramming incidents
* Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church
* St. Louis gun-toting incident

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Deaths|

* James Scurlock
* David McAtee
* David Dorn
* Sean Monterrosa
* Garrett Foster
* Aaron Danielson and Michael Reinoehl

Arrests|

* Omar Jimenez

Slogans|

* "8:46"
* "I can't breathe"
* "When the looting starts, the shooting starts"
* "Defund the police"

Reactions
(to the murder ·
to the protests)|

| Law enforcement|

* 2020 deployment of federal forces in the United States
* Operation Legend
* Police reforms

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Social and cultural|

* 8 to Abolition
* 8:46
* Actions against memorials in Great Britain
* Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm
* George Floyd Square
* Black Lives Matter Plaza
* Black Lives Matter street murals
* Blackout Tuesday
* Capitol Hill Occupied Protest
* Changes made
* Monuments and memorials removed
* Name changes
* Labor action
* Strike for Black Lives (general)
* Sports strikes
* Strike for Black Lives (academic)

Proposed
legislation|

* BREATHE Act
* Ending Qualified Immunity Act
* George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act
* George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Related|

* 2020–2023 United States racial unrest
* Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
* Killing of Breonna Taylor
* Breonna Taylor protests
* Breonna Taylor
* Killing of Nina Pop
* Killing of Rayshard Brooks
* Shooting of Jacob Blake
* Kenosha unrest
* shooting
* Killing of Dijon Kizzee
* Killing of Daniel Prude
* Killing of Alvin Cole
* Killing of Marcellis Stinnette
* Killing of Walter Wallace
* Killing of Andre Hill
* Killing of Winston Boogie Smith
* List of other incidents
* Anonymous
* Black Lives Matter
* Campaign Zero
* Darnella Frazier
* Minneapolis Police Department
* Wall of Moms
* Monument and memorial controversies in the United States
* Monuments and memorials in Canada removed in 2020–2022
* Police abolition movement
* Police accountability
* Blue wall of silence
* Gypsy cops
* Qualified immunity
* Police brutality in the United States
* Use of torture by police
* Use of deadly force by police

* Category

* v
* t
* e

Black Lives Matter

People|

* Melina Abdullah
* Tay Anderson
* Cat Brooks
* Cori Bush
* Gwen Carr
* Benjamin Crump
* Patrisse Cullors
* Aalayah Eastmond
* Johnetta Elzie
* Bruce Franks Jr.
* Darnella Frazier
* Erica Garner
* Alicia Garza
* Elle Hearns
* Sandy Hudson
* Blair Imani
* Natalie Aleta Jackson
* Marissa Johnson
* Sasha Johnson
* Jari Jones
* Tishaura Jones
* Mariame Kaba
* Colin Kaepernick
* Brittany Kamai
* Janaya Khan
* Shaun King
* Nekima Levy Armstrong
* Eva Lewis
* Tamika Mallory
* Philip McHarris
* DeRay Mckesson
* Muhiyidin Moye
* Bree Newsome
* Nikkita Oliver
* Ijeoma Oluo
* Brittany Packnett Cunningham
* Eugene Puryear
* Teressa Raiford
* Jen Reid
* Linda Sarsour
* Al Sharpton
* Samuel Sinyangwe
* Nova Stevens
* Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
* John Thompson
* Ayọ Tometi
* Assa Traoré
* Syrus Marcus Ware

Events|

| 2010s|

* Ferguson unrest
* 2015 Baltimore protests
* 2015–2016 University of Missouri protests
* Dismissal of Robert Rialmo
* 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest
* 2017 St. Louis protests

|

2020s|

* Breonna Taylor protests
* George Floyd protests
* changes made
* name changes
* removal of monuments and memorials
* reactions
* trial of Derek Chauvin
* violence and controversies
* Donald Trump photo op at St. John's Church
* police violence incidents
* Buffalo police shoving incident
* St. Louis gun-toting incident
* vehicle-ramming incidents
* Black Birders Week
* Blackout Tuesday
* Capitol Hill Occupied Protest
* Academic strike
* General strike
* Kenosha unrest
* shooting
* Athlete strikes
* 2020 Minneapolis false rumors riot
* 2020–2023 Minneapolis–Saint Paul racial unrest
* Orisha Land
* Daunte Wright protests
* 2021 Uptown Minneapolis unrest
* vehicle-ramming attack
* Tyre Nichols protests

Locations|

* Protests in New York City
* List of George Floyd protests
* United States
* outside the United States
* List of Daunte Wright protests

Deaths protested|

| 2009–2011|

* Oscar Grant
* Aiyana Jones
* James Anderson
* Mark Duggan
* Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
* Anthony Lamar Smith

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2012–2013|

* Ramarley Graham
* Trayvon Martin
* Rekia Boyd
* Jordan Davis
* Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams
* Tyrone West
* Larry Jackson Jr.
* Jonathan Ferrell
* Miriam Carey
* Renisha McBride

2014|

* Dontre Hamilton
* Eric Garner
* John Crawford III
* Michael Brown
* Ezell Ford
* Laquan McDonald
* Akai Gurley
* Tamir Rice
* Antonio Martin
* Jerame Reid

2015|

* Natasha McKenna
* Charley Leundeu Keunang
* Tony Robinson
* Anthony Hill
* Meagan Hockaday
* Eric Harris
* Walter Scott
* Freddie Gray
* William Chapman
* Charleston church shooting
* Jonathan Sanders
* Sandra Bland
* Samuel DuBose
* Mansur Ball-Bey
* Jeremy McDole
* Corey Jones
* Jamar Clark
* Mario Woods

2016|

* Greg Gunn
* Alton Sterling
* Philando Castile
* Joseph Mann
* Adama Traoré
* Abdirahman Abdi
* Paul O'Neal
* Korryn Gaines
* Jamarion Robinson
* Sylville Smith
* Elijah Doughty
* Terence Crutcher
* Keith Lamont Scott
* Alfred Olango
* Deborah Danner

2017|

* Jocques Clemmons
* Jordan Edwards
* Edson Da Costa
* Rashan Charles
* Patrick Harmon

2018|

* Anthony Weber
* Stephon Clark
* Marcus-David Peters
* Antwon Rose Jr.
* Markeis McGlockton
* Daniel Hambrick
* Botham Jean
* Tamla Horsford
* Jemel Roberson
* EJ Bradford Jr.

2019|

* George Robinson
* Willie McCoy
* Danquirs Franklin
* Javier Ambler
* Lassana Cisse
* Ronald Greene
* Pamela Turner
* Layleen Polanco
* Shukri Abdi
* Christopher Kapessa
* Elijah McClain
* Atatiana Jefferson

2020|

* Alvin Cole
* Ahmaud Arbery
* Manuel Ellis
* Breonna Taylor
* Daniel Prude
* Nina Pop
* George Floyd
* Dion Johnson
* Tony McDade
* Regis Korchinski-Paquet
* James Scurlock
* David McAtee
* Oluwatoyin Salau
* Carlos Carson
* Rayshard Brooks
* Julian Lewis
* Dijon Kizzee
* Marcellis Stinnette
* Chaniece Wallace
* Walter Wallace
* Andre Hill
* Dolal Idd

2021|

* Marvin Scott
* Adam Toledo
* Daunte Wright
* Lindani Myeni
* Ma'Khia Bryant
* Andrew Brown Jr.
* Winston Boogie Smith
* Leneal Frazier

2022|

* Amir Locke
* Patrick Lyoya
* Jayland Walker
* Donovan Lewis

2023|

* Keenan Anderson
* Tyre Nichols
* Irvo Otieno
* Jordan Neely
* Ricky Cobb II
* Johnny Hollman
* Ta'Kiya Young
* Leonard Cure

Other cases
protested|

* Kalief Browder
* 2015 Texas pool party incident
* Shooting of Charles Kinsey
* Shooting of Jacob Blake
* Shooting of Ralph Yarl
* Rankin County torture incident

In popular culture|

| Art|

* New York City
* Bust of George Floyd
* Portland, Oregon
* George Floyd mural
* We Stand with You
* Say Their Names
* Statue of George Floyd

| Street murals|

* Cincinnati
* Indianapolis
* Portland, Oregon
* Salt Lake City
* Santa Cruz, California
* Seattle
* Capitol Hill
* City Hall
* Springfield, Massachusetts

|

Books|

* All American Boys
* Black Software
* Blackout
* Brit(ish)
* Dear Martin
* The Hate U Give
* His Name Is George Floyd
* I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
* Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Film|

* 16 Shots
* 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
* American Son
* Bars4Justice
* Fruitvale Station
* Generation Revolution
* The Hate U Give
* Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story
* Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement
* Stranger Fruit
* Two Distant Strangers
* Whose Streets?

Music|

* "Alright"
* "Angel Down"
* "The Bigger Picture"
* "Black Parade"
* "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate"
* "Chains"
* "Cop vs. Phone Girl"
* "Don't Shoot"
* "Formation"
* "Freedom"
* "Hell You Talmbout"
* "I Can't Breathe"
* "Lavender (Nightfall Remix)"
* "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy"
* "Otherside of America"
* "Riot"
* "Rockstar (BLM Remix)"
* The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
* "Snow on tha Bluff"
* "This Is America"
* "What They'll Say About Us"
* "White Privilege II"

Other|

* Colin in Black & White
* 8:46
* "Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town"
* Our Lady of Ferguson
* Taking a Stand in Baton Rouge
* Woke (TV series)

Activist groups|

* 8 to Abolition
* Assata's Daughters
* Black Feminist Future
* Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation
* Black Visions Collective
* BlackinChem
* BYP100
* Campaign Zero
* Don't Shoot Portland
* Millennial Activists United
* Mothers of Gynecology Movement
* Mothers of the Movement
* Movement for Black Lives
* Peoples Power Assemblies
* #SayHerName
* Stop Cop City
* Street Riders NYC
* Taking the Initiative Party
* Wall of Moms
* White Coats for Black Lives

Proposed
legislation|

* BREATHE Act
* Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm
* Ending Qualified Immunity Act
* George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
* George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act
* Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today Act
* List of police reforms related to the George Floyd protests

Groups associated
with opposition|

* All Lives Matter
* Alt-right
* Black Guns Matter
* Blue Lives Matter
* Patriot Front
* Russian disinformation campaigns
* Trump administration
* United Citizens' Alarm
* White Lives Matter

Related|

* 2020 deployment of federal forces in the United States
* 2020–2023 United States racial unrest
* list of incidents
* Black Lives Matter Plaza
* Black maternal mortality in the United States
* Criminal stereotype of African Americans
* Defund the police
* Driving while black
* Running while Black
* shopping while black
* Ferguson effect
* George Floyd Square
* Hands up, don't shoot
* I can't breathe
* National anthem protests
* Native Lives Matter
* No justice, no peace
* Police abolition movement
* 2021 Minneapolis Question 2
* Police accountability
* blue wall of silence
* gypsy cops
* police perjury
* qualified immunity
* Police brutality
* militarization
* pain compliance
* use of deadly force
* use of torture
* Police misconduct
* false arrest
* racial profiling
* ticket quota
* Racial bias in criminal news
* Rest in power
* Save the Boards
* Taking the knee
* Terry stop
* The talk
* Woke

* Category

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* 2

National|

* Norway
* Catalonia
* Germany
* United States
* 2
* Poland

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

Other|

* IdRef

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