02/07/2020
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill.
When he was born:
14 October 1973 (Aged 46)
Where he was born:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
When he died:
25 May 2020
Where he died:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Why he died: It began with a report of a fake $20 (£16.20) bill
Floyd grew up in Houston, Texas. He played football and basketball throughout high school and college. He held several working-class jobs, and he was also a hip hop artist and a mentor in his religious community. Between 1997 and 2005, he was convicted of eight crimes; in 2009, he accepted a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery, serving four years in prison. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, finding work as a truck driver and a bouncer. In 2020, he lost his security job during the COVID-19 pandemic. He died while being arrested for allegedly using counterfeit money to buy cigarettes; Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, knelt on his neck for nearly eight minutes.
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