George Floyd
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George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd had used a counterfei
The carriage carrying Floyd's casket to his burial in Pearland, Texas, on June 9, 2020
Memorial to Floyd two days after his murder
Makeshift memorial near site of murder
I can't breathe
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"I can't breathe" is a slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the last words of Eric Garner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a chokehold b
George Floyd
…against police brutality, especially towards African Americans, quickly spread nationally and then globally. His dying words became a rallying slogan: "I can't breathe". Floyd was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and grew up in Houston, Texas, playing football and basketball throughout high school and college…
George Floyd protest in 2020
Justice for All March/National March Against Police Violence, Washington, D.C., December 2014
A protester in Berlin, Massachusetts, December 2014
Speakers at a December 2014 march in Washington, D.C.