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Remembering George Floyd: Events to commemorate man killed by Minneapolis police​


Floyd's death under the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin not only changed our community but it changed the nation.

It's been three years since George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officers, and there are several events planned to commemorate his death. Here's a list:

Rise & Remember Candlelight Vigil:
May 25, 8-10 p.m.
 George Floyd Square, E 38th St. and Chicago Ave. S, in Minneapolis.

Ubuntu Conference:
May 25-26
 Best Buy headquarters

George Floyd Global Memorial Gala:
 May 26, 6-11 p.m.
 Paisley Park, Chanhassen

Rise & Remember Festival:
 May 27, 1-7 p.m.
 George Floyd Square, E 38th St. and Chicago Ave. S, in Minneapolis

Justice for George: Breaking Barriers, Building Bonds
 May 27 and May 28
 Squirrel Haus Arts, 3450 Snelling Avenue Minneapolis

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George Floyd's death offers lessons on how to stop cycle of police violence: AG​


Three years ago this week, George Floyd died while in police custody in Minneapolis after Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was the lead prosecutor in the case against Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in 2021. Ellison's new book, "Break the Wheel Ending the Cycle of Police Violence," explores the George Floyd case and offers insights for future cases of police brutality, aiming to foster justice, accountability and the end of the violent cycle within the criminal justice system.

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Here’s what’s changed since George Floyd’s murder three years ago​


Three years after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis at the age of 46, Black Americans are still more than twice as likely to be killed by police as white Americans. Much has changed since Floyd’s killing, but that startling statistic from the database Mapping Police Violence, underscores how much hasn’t changed all the same. Floyd’s death led to mass protests around the country and the world, and awakened much of the country to how much change is necessary to take real strides toward racial equality and justice.

Perhaps the biggest shift since Floyd’s death has come in efforts to hold police more accountable when people are killed in their custody or as a result of their actions. Police have repeatedly been able to avoid jail time for the killings or beatings of Black Americans, from Rodney King to the more recent examples of Trayvon Martin, Stephon Clark, Freddie Gray, Philando Castille and Alton Sterling.

Those involved in Floyd’s case, however, were charged and convicted. Officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes before his death, was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department and charged with second-degree murder days after the killing.

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George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin's jail life - 'bloated, balding and bed of concrete'​


George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin On May 25, 2020, and a wave of social justice protests followed around the world as people came to terms with the vicious killing

George Floyd's death sent shockwaves around the world after he was callously murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin in a horrifying incident that was captured on camera. The Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin George's neck to the ground for nine and a half minutes as the victim pleaded, "I can't breathe" on May 25, 2020.

Chauvin was charged with murder and found guilty of three charges - second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to 22 years and six months behind bars. Chauvin's family, including his mother Carolyn Pawlenty, begged for mercy and Chauvin has appealed his sentence - but every plea has fallen on deaf ears and the disgraced police officer is set to spend most of his remaining days behind bars.

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President Joe Biden calls for police reform on third anniversary of George Floyd killing
"George Floyd's murder exposed for many what Black and Brown communities have long known and experienced -- that we must make a whole of society commitment to ensure that our Nation lives up to its founding promise of fair and impartial justice for all under the law," Biden wrote.

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Floyd's killing, which was shared in viral footage by multiple witnesses at the scene, galvanized the Black Lives Matter movement and sparked fierce protests around the country that toppled numerous Civil War relics and Confederate statues,
 

George Floyd’s autopsy report is not new, does not say he died of an overdose​


A new autopsy report for George Floyd has been released in 2023, revealing he died from a drug overdose, not from the actions of arresting Minneapolis police officers.

False. Social media users are sharing a page from the 20-page autopsy repou that was publicly released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s office in full on June 3, 2020. It has not been changed since. While the page says he had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system, and did not have “life-threatening injuries,” the full report concludes Floyd died from “cardiopulmonary arrest,” not an overdose.

THE FACTS: As the three-year anniversary of Floyd’s death arrived on Thursday, some social media users shared what they erroneously claimed was new evidence about the circumstances of his passing.

“BREAKING NEWS: George Floyd full autopsy released,” reads one tweet. “Says ‘no life threatening injuries identified’ and reveals high levels of multiple additional toxic drugs on top of the Fentanyl that was initially reported.” It had received more than 48,000 likes and more than 16,000 shares by Friday.

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George Floyd autopsy report is not new, does not say he died of an overdose
But the image being shared online simply shows the second page of the autopsy report released three years ago by Hennepin County. It does not prove anything new about Floyd’s death, and ignores that the prior page concludes that it was a homicide due to “cardiopulmonary arrest” from “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” Expert witnesses called by prosecutors during the trial concluded that Floyd did not die of an overdose or because of his drug use.
 

3 years after George Floyd, I want to tell my daughter Michigan changed policing​


My older daughter was 4 three years ago today, when George Floyd was brutally murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis outside of Cup Foods. The officer knelt on his neck for nine minutes as other officers stood by and failed to intervene. I remember explaining to my daughter in basic terms what happened. She was sad, and asked why the other police officers didn’t stop the bad one. It broke my heart. We lit a candle for George Floyd outside of our home; it burned
for nine minutes. Last year, my daughter was 6 when Patrick Lyoya was shot in the head by a police officer in Grand Rapids. He was a 26-year-old refugee from eastern Congo with two children. I never found the right words to explain to my daughter what happened to Patrick. How do you explain to a child that in a city only a few hours from home, an unarmed Black man was pulled over by the police and then shot in the back of his head?

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George Floyd’s murder ushered in big talk of equity and justice. 3 years later, this work is still a matter of life and death​


Last week marked three years since George Floyd’s murder. In the weeks and months that followed the tragedy of that day, it seemed as though America had finally woken up, finally seen the way that racism pervades every system in our country. The anguish and the rage of people who had marched for Mike Brown and Freddie Gray and Tamir Rice, and so many others, was finally being heard in boardrooms and state houses, in newsrooms and courthouses. The movement for Black lives prompted a racist backlash against “wokeness.” Today, it’s a movement led by people like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and picked up by right wing politicians and commentators across the country, which seeks to ban books that discuss racism, whitewash American history and end affirmative action. To hear these politicians speak is to see and hear echoes of George Wallace blocking the schoolhouse door in Alabama.

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A mural painted by artist Kenny Altidor depicting George Floyd is unveiled on a sidewall of CTown Supermarket on July 13, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
 
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