On May 25th, 2025, we celebrated the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
George was at a Cup Food to buy cigarettes when he was suspected of using a counterfeit $ t 20$ bill, and an employee called the police.
He was killed by the Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, who put a knee on his throat for more than nine minutes, which remove any movements the victim from. The officer was sentenced to 22 years in prison for murder.
The scene was recorded by a citizen who was watching, The video became viral very quickly on television, the journal took part in the story and reported it. A lot of people thought it proved that there was still a lot of racial injustice from the police.
When Joe Biden the president when the event occured saw the news he decided to open civil investigations including Minneapolis, Louisville, Phoenix and Lexington, Mississippi about law enforcements,Investigation later showed evidence of systemic police misconduct.Donald Trump dissagreed and removed any investiagtions about these cities.
Thousands of people, including police members and civil rights activists, gathered to celebrate his death.
The corner where George Floyd died was changed to the George Floyd Square in honour of him.
His family was broken after they heard the incidents her daughter had to learn to live a life without a dad. When asked what she would tell her father if she could see him again, she simply answered: “I miss you and I love you.”We used to have dinner meals every single night before we went to bed,” Gianna said in her video, before adding that she misses brushing her teeth with her dad’s help.
His brother says he still has nightmares about his brother’s death.
George Floyd became a sort of icon of the Black Lives Matter movement, calling out the police violence to the black community. His family wants people to continue to put pressure, even though it’s a hostile political climate in the United States right now.
“Now is the time for the people to rise and continue the good work we started,” Angela Harrelson, Floyd’s aunt and co-chair of the Rise and Remember nonprofit, said in a statement about the festival.
