George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an...
wikipedia - 19 Aug 2020George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man killed during an arrest after allegedly passing a counterfeit $20 bill in Minneapolis. A white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes.[note 1][3][4] After his death, protests against police violence toward black people quickly spread across the United States and internationally.