George Floyd

Floyd was born on October 14, 1973, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to George Perry (1949–2002) and Larcenia "Cissy" Jones Floyd (1947–2018). He had four siblings.{{Cite web |last=Vagianos |first=Alanna |date=June 9, 2020 |title='He's Gonna Change The World': George Floyd's Family Remembers The Man They Lost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-floyd-funeral-service-houston-family-changes_n_5ee003fec5b6c7462e002894 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611164258/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-floyd-funeral-service-houston-family-changes_n_5ee003fec5b6c7462e002894 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |website=HuffPost}}

When Floyd was two, after his parents separated, his mother moved with the children to Houston, Texas. The family settled in the Cuney Homes public housing complex, known as the Bricks, in Houston's Third Ward, a historically African-American neighborhood. Floyd was called Perry as a child and also Big Floyd; being over {{convert|6|ft|cm|0|spell=in}} tall in middle school, he saw sports as a vehicle for improving his life.

Floyd attended Ryan Middle School{{Cite web |last=Shaw |first=Rissa |date=May 30, 2020 |title=George Floyd's former teammate wants him remembered as more than a news story |url=https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/George-Floyds-former-teammate-wants-him-remembered-as-more-than-a-news-story-570889511.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412184221/https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/George-Floyds-former-teammate-wants-him-remembered-as-more-than-a-news-story-570889511.html |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |publisher=KWTX |quote=... met Floyd in the sixth grade at James D. Ryan Middle School in the Third Ward community of Houston.}} and graduated from Yates High School in 1993. While at Yates, he was co-captain of the basketball team, playing as a power forward. He was also on the football team as a tight end, and in 1992, his team went to the Texas state championships.

Starting college before any of his siblings, Floyd attended South Florida Community College for two years on a football scholarship and also played on the basketball team.{{Cite news |last=Ebrahimji |first=Alisha |date=May 29, 2020 |title=This is how loved ones want us to remember George Floyd |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/george-floyd-trnd/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529015725/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/27/us/george-floyd-trnd/index.html |archive-date=May 29, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Holton |first=Jennifer |date=May 29, 2020 |title='A good guy:' College classmate, coach remember George Floyd |url=https://www.fox13news.com/news/a-good-guy-college-classmate-coach-remember-george-floyd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603073837/https://www.fox13news.com/news/a-good-guy-college-classmate-coach-remember-george-floyd |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |website=WTVT}} He transferred to Texas A&M University–Kingsville in 1995, where he also played basketball before dropping out.{{Cite web |last=Wallace |first=Danielle |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Hundreds, including Al Sharpton, Eric Garner's mom, mourn at George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-memorial-minneapolis-al-sharpton-eric-garner-mother |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604180305/https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-memorial-minneapolis-al-sharpton-eric-garner-mother |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |publisher=Fox News}}{{Cite web |last=Mee |first=Emily |date=June 7, 2020 |title=Who was George Floyd? The 'gentle giant' who was trying to turn his life around |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-was-george-floyd-the-gentle-giant-who-loved-his-hugs-11997206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604162838/https://news.sky.com/story/who-was-george-floyd-the-gentle-giant-who-loved-his-hugs-11997206 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |publisher=Sky News}} Floyd became a friend of future National Basketball Association (NBA) player Stephen Jackson, who was referred to as his twin because of their strong resemblance to one another, after being introduced in the mid-1990s.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Stephen Jackson, 'twin' of George Floyd, speaks at rally after police officer charged with murder |first=Eric |last=Woodyard |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29241854/stephen-jackson-twin-george-floyd-speaks-rally-police-officer-charged-murder |access-date=May 28, 2022 |publisher=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529021700/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29241854/stephen-jackson-twin-george-floyd-speaks-rally-police-officer-charged-murder |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Stein |first=Marc |date=June 11, 2020 |title=Stephen Jackson Was Known in the N.B.A. as an Agitator. Now He's Leading a Movement. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/sports/basketball/stephen-jackson-george-floyd-protests.html |access-date=May 28, 2022 |quote=Jackson, 42, was introduced to Floyd through a mutual friend in the mid-1990s, before he was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 42nd overall pick in the 1997 draft. The two bonded immediately over their facial resemblance — they habitually referred to each other as "twin" — and became close enough that Jackson brought Floyd as a guest to Washington in 2001 for the N.B.A.'s All-Star Weekend, where Jackson played in the Rookie Challenge as a member of the Nets. |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529021700/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/sports/basketball/stephen-jackson-george-floyd-protests.html |url-status=live }} At his tallest, he was {{convert|6|ft|6|in|cm}} tall.{{Cite news |date=June 4, 2020 |title=George Floyd mourned and celebrated at Minneapolis memorial |publisher=CBC News |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/america-protests-george-floyd-1.5597922 |url-status=live |access-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118120738/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/america-protests-george-floyd-1.5597922 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |quote=Floyd, who was six-foot-six, once harboured dreams of playing professional basketball}}{{Cite news |date=May 30, 2020 |title=George Floyd: 'Gentle giant' killed in U.S. police custody |newspaper=The Japan Times |agency=Agence France-Presse-Jiji Press |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/30/world/george-floyd-police-us/ |url-status=dead |access-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422132652/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/30/world/george-floyd-police-us/ |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |quote=Floyd, standing at an imposing 6 feet, 6 inches (two meters), became a star athlete in basketball and football, and dabbled in hip hop music.}} By the time of his autopsy, he was {{convert|6|ft|4|in|cm}} tall and weighed {{convert|223|lb|kg}}.{{Cite report |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office Autopsy Report |url=https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/Autopsy_2020-3700_Floyd.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604001830/https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/documents/Autopsy_2020-3700_Floyd.pdf/ |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |work=Hennepin County Medical Examiner |id=ME No.: 20–3700 |quote=The body is that of a normally developed, muscular and adequately nourished appearing, 6 feet 4 inch long, 223 pound male }}

Floyd returned to Houston from college in Kingsville, Texas, in 1995 where he became an automotive customizer and played club basketball.{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Lance Scott |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qseFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |title=Houston Rap Tapes: An Oral History of Bayou City Hip-Hop |publisher=University of Texas Press |year=2019 |isbn=9781477317938 |page=83 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604103041/https://books.google.ca/books?id=qseFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |url-status=live}} Beginning in 1994, he performed as a rapper using the stage name Big Floyd in the hip-hop group Screwed Up Click.{{Cite web |last1=Greene |first1=David |last2=Tanis |first2=Fatma |last3=Rezvani |first3=Arezou |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Houston's Hip-Hop Scene Remembers George Floyd |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874334270/houstons-hip-hop-scene-remembers-george-floyd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611211549/https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874334270/houstons-hip-hop-scene-remembers-george-floyd |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=NPR}}{{Cite magazine |last=Neale |first=Matthew |date=June 7, 2020 |title=George Floyd's rap collaborator remembers "legendary" freestyler |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/george-floyds-rap-collaborator-remembers-legendary-freestyler-2683242 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610004717/https://www.nme.com/news/music/george-floyds-rap-collaborator-remembers-legendary-freestyler-2683242 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |magazine=NME}} Following his death, The New York Times described his deep-voiced rhymes as "purposeful", delivered in a slow-motion clip about {{" '}}choppin' blades'{{snd}}driving cars with oversize rims{{snd}}and his Third Ward pride." The second rap group he was involved in was Presidential Playas and he worked on their album Block Party released in 2000.{{Cite magazine |last=Schkloven |first=Emma |date=June 2, 2020 |title=Remembering Big Floyd |url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2020/06/friends-remembering-george-floyd-love-of-third-ward-houston-hip-hop-contributions |url-status=live |access-date=November 16, 2020 |magazine=Houstonia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128004102/https://www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-city-life/2020/06/friends-remembering-george-floyd-love-of-third-ward-houston-hip-hop-contributions |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |quote=Big Floyd, who also appeared on a track in 2000 as part of another group, the Presidential Playas, freestyled on at least half a dozen of Screw's famous mixtapes, if not more.}}

Between 1997 and 2005, Floyd served eight jail terms on various charges, including drug possession, theft, and trespass. In one of these cases, Floyd was convicted of possessing half a gram of crack cocaine in 2004 based on the sole testimony of police officer Gerald Goines. Later in 2019, Goines' involvement in the Harding Street raid led to Goines being investigated for a pattern of falsifying evidence. As a result, in April 2021, the district attorney of Harris County, Texas, requested a posthumous pardon for this particular conviction of Floyd's because of Goines' lack of credibility.{{Cite web |last=Barker |first=Aaron |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Harris County DA requests posthumous pardon for George Floyd in 2004 drug conviction |url=https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/04/29/harris-county-da-requests-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd-of-2004-drug-conviction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117210802/https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/04/29/harris-county-da-requests-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd-of-2004-drug-conviction/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |publisher=KPRC-TV}}{{Cite news |last=McCullough |first=Greg |date=November 29, 2021 |title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott remains silent on posthumous pardon for George Floyd |work=The Texas Tribune |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/29/texas-greg-abbott-george-floyd-pardon/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224005100/https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/29/texas-greg-abbott-george-floyd-pardon/ |archive-date=December 24, 2021}} In October 2021, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Floyd be posthumously pardoned for this conviction but withdrew the recommendation (and also withdrew 24 other clemency recommendations) in December 2021, citing "procedural errors and lack of compliance with board rules", while announcing that it would reconsider these recommendations.{{Cite news |last1=Levenson |first1=Michael |last2=Goodman |first2=J. David |date=December 23, 2021 |title=Texas Board Withdraws Clemency Recommendation for George Floyd |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/us/george-floyd-posthumous-pardon.html |access-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211223222720/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/us/george-floyd-posthumous-pardon.html |archive-date=December 23, 2021}}

In 2007, Floyd faced charges for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon; according to investigators, he entered an apartment by impersonating a water department worker and barged in with five other men, held a pistol to a woman's stomach, and searched for items to steal.{{Cite news |last1=Henao |first1=Luis Andres |last2=Merchant |first2=Nomaan |last3=Lozano |first3=Juan |last4=Geller |first4=Adam |date=June 10, 2020 |title=For George Floyd, a complicated life and a notorious death |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/a55d2662f200ead0da4fed9e923b60a7 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214081136/https://apnews.com/article/a55d2662f200ead0da4fed9e923b60a7 |archive-date=February 14, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Hernández |first=Arelis R. |date=October 26, 2020 |title=A knee on his neck |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/policing/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209052156/https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/george-floyd-america/policing/ |archive-date=February 9, 2021}} Floyd was arrested three months later during a traffic stop, and victims of the robbery identified him from a photo array. In 2009, Floyd was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal{{Cite news |last=Walters |first=Joanna |date=May 29, 2020 |title=An athlete, a father, a 'beautiful spirit': George Floyd in his friends' words |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/george-floyd-who-was-he-his-friends-words |url-status=live |access-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603221534/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/george-floyd-who-was-he-his-friends-words |archive-date=June 3, 2020}} and was paroled in January 2013.

After his release, Floyd became more involved with Resurrection Houston, a Christian church and ministry, where he mentored young men and posted anti-violence videos to social media. He delivered meals to senior citizens and volunteered with other projects, such as the Angel By Nature Foundation, a charity founded by rapper Trae tha Truth.{{Cite magazine |last=Kantor |first=Wendy Grossman |date=June 10, 2020 |title=Years Before George Floyd Cried Out for Late Mom in Final Moments, He Nursed Her After Stroke |url=https://people.com/crime/george-floyd-mother-nursed-her-after-stroke/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611152352/https://people.com/crime/george-floyd-mother-nursed-her-after-stroke/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |magazine=People}} Later, Floyd became involved with a ministry that brought men from the Third Ward to Minnesota in a church-work program with drug rehabilitation and job placement services. A friend of his acknowledged that Floyd "had made some mistakes that cost him some years of his life" and noted that he was turning his life around through religion.

In 2014, Floyd moved to Minneapolis to rebuild his life and find work.{{Cite news |last=Toone |first=Stephanie |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Floyd's brother tearfully asked for justice and peace following the 46-year-old bouncer's death Thursday |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528221125/https://www.ajc.com/news/victim-police-encounter-had-started-new-life-minnesota/rMmT2wipeQFNnsypmh6oBL/ |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |quote=George Floyd moved to Minneapolis a few years ago from his native Houston, Texas, seeking new opportunities, following some close friends who had done likewise, and found jobs in the Minnesota city.}}{{Cite news |last=Evelyn |first=Kenya |date=June 3, 2020 |title='I miss him': George Floyd's daughter speaks out for first time |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out |url-status=live |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605034030/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/03/george-floyd-daughter-gianna-speaks-out |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |quote=She added Floyd was a good father who wanted his daughter 'to have the best'.}} Soon after his arrival, he completed a 90-day rehabilitation program at the Turning Point program in north Minneapolis. He expressed the need for a job and took up security work at Harbor Light Center, a Salvation Army homeless shelter.{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=Maya |date=December 27, 2020 |title=George Floyd hoped moving to Minnesota would save him. What he faced here killed him. |url=https://www.startribune.com/george-floyd-hoped-moving-to-minnesota-would-save-him-what-he-faced-here-killed-him/573417181/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230035723/https://www.startribune.com/george-floyd-hoped-moving-to-minnesota-would-save-him-what-he-faced-here-killed-him/573417181/ |archive-date=December 30, 2020 |access-date=December 29, 2020 |newspaper=Star Tribune}} He lost that job and took several other ones. Floyd hoped to earn a commercial driver's license to operate trucks. He passed the required drug test, and program administrators felt that his criminal past did not pose a problem. But he dropped out because his job at a nightclub made it difficult to attend morning classes, and he felt pressure to earn money. Floyd later moved to St. Louis Park and lived with former colleagues. He continued to battle drug addiction and went through periods of use and sobriety.

An influential member of his community, Floyd was respected for his ability to relate with others in his environment based on a shared experience of hardships and setbacks, having served time in prison and living in a poverty-stricken project in Houston.{{Cite news |last1=Henao |first1=Luis Andres |last2=Merchant |first2=Nomaan |last3=Lozano |first3=Juan |last4=Geller |first4=Adam |date=June 11, 2020 |title=A long look at the complicated life of George Floyd |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-life-of-george-floyd-biography-20200611-cxmlynpyvjczpbe6izfduzwv54-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617102312/https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-life-of-george-floyd-biography-20200611-cxmlynpyvjczpbe6izfduzwv54-story.html |archive-date=June 17, 2020}} In a video addressing youth in his neighborhood, Floyd reminded his audience that he had his own "shortcomings" and "flaws" and that he was not better than anyone else. He also expressed his disdain for violence taking place in the community, advising his neighbors to put down their weapons and remember that they were loved by him and God.

In May 2019, Floyd was detained by Minneapolis police when an unlicensed car in which he was a passenger was pulled over in a traffic stop. Floyd was found with a bottle of pain pills. Officers handcuffed him and took him to the city's third police precinct station. Floyd told police he did not sell the pills and that they were related to his own addiction. When he appeared agitated, officers encouraged him to relax and helped calm him down, and they later called an ambulance as they grew worried about his condition. No charges were filed in connection with the incident.

In 2019, Floyd worked in security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club, where police officer Derek Chauvin also worked off-duty as a security guard.{{Cite web |last=Kates |first=Graham |date=June 3, 2020 |title=George Floyd and Derek Chauvin worked at same club and may have crossed paths, owner says |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/derek-chauvin-nightclub-george-floyd-security-shifts-el-nuevo-rodeo-minneapolis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620175243/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/derek-chauvin-nightclub-george-floyd-security-shifts-el-nuevo-rodeo-minneapolis/ |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |publisher=CBS News}} In 2020, Floyd was working part-time as a security guard at the Conga Latin Bistro Club and began another job as a delivery driver. He lost the delivery driver job in January after being cited for driving without a valid commercial license and for being involved in a minor crash. He was looking for another job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Minnesota, and his personal financial situation worsened when the club closed in March because of pandemic rules. Also in March, Floyd was hospitalized after overdosing on drugs.{{Cite news |last1=McCoy |first1=Kevin |last2=Hauck |first2=Grace |date=April 1, 2021 |title=George Floyd's girlfriend Courteney Ross gives jurors first glimpse of his personal life, good times and bad |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/01/george-floyd-girlfriend-courteney-ross-describes-relationship-trial/4837917001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127062712/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/01/george-floyd-girlfriend-courteney-ross-describes-relationship-trial/4837917001/ |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=November 27, 2021 |newspaper=USA Today}} In April, he contracted COVID-19, but he recovered a few weeks later.

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On May 25, 2020, police were called by a Cup Foods grocery store employee, who suspected that Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill.{{Cite web |last1=Bogel-Burroughs |first1=Nicholas |last2=Wright |first2=Will |date=April 19, 2021 |title=Little has been said about the $20 bill that brought officers to the scene |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/george-floyd-bill-counterfeit.html |access-date=August 9, 2022 |website=The New York Times |quote=Nearly a year after Mr. Floyd's death, it remains unclear where the bill came from and whether Mr. Floyd committed the crime that brought police officers to the scene. |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409101419/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/us/george-floyd-bill-counterfeit.html |url-status=live }} Floyd was sitting in a car with two other passengers. Police officers forcibly removed him from the car and detained him.{{Cite news |last1=Furber |first1=Matt |last2=Burch |first2=Audra D. S. |last3=Robles |first3=Frances |date=May 29, 2020 |title=What Happened in the Chaotic Moments Before George Floyd Died |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530004703/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-worked-together.html |archive-date=May 30, 2020}}

Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer,{{Cite news |last=Dastagir |first=Alia E. |date=April 8, 2021 |title=Derek Chauvin trial: Why white people need to watch, confront racism |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/04/08/derek-chauvin-trial-why-white-people-need-watch-confront-racism/7133918002/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418181606/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/04/08/derek-chauvin-trial-why-white-people-need-watch-confront-racism/7133918002/ |archive-date=April 18, 2021}} who pressed his knee to Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds{{Cite web |last1=Forliti |first1=Amy |last2=Karnowski |first2=Steve |last3=Webber |first3=Tammy |date=April 5, 2021 |title=Police chief: Kneeling on Floyd's neck violated policy |url=https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-c3e3fe08773cd2f012654e782e326f6e |access-date=September 22, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |language=en}} while Floyd was handcuffed face down in the street.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Complaint – State of Minnesota v. Derek Michael Chauvin |url=https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530173331/https://www.hennepinattorney.org/-/media/Attorney/Derek-Chauvin-Criminal-Complaint.pdf |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |publisher=Minnesota District Court, Fourth Judicial District, File No. 27-CR-20-12646 |quote=The defendant pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car at 8:19:38 p.m. and Mr. Floyd went to the ground face down and still handcuffed.}}{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Jennifer |date=May 28, 2020 |title=George Floyd and the city that killed him |url=https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528113043/https://www.startribune.com/brooks-george-floyd-and-the-city-that-killed-him/570818542/ |archive-date=May 28, 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |newspaper=Star Tribune |quote=Down the road, people were marching and mourning Floyd, whose irreplaceable life ended after an arrest face-down on the asphalt of E. 38th Street.}}{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Hollie |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Floyd was 'non-responsive' for nearly 3 minutes before officer took knee off his neck, complaint says |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695 |url-status=live |access-date=May 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530030751/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protest-updates-05-28-20/h_d6de512e51a8858a57f93ffa732c2695 |archive-date=May 30, 2020 |quote=The complaint noted that police are trained that this type of restraint with a subject in a "prone position is inherently dangerous."}} As seen in a witness's cellphone video, two other officers further restrained Floyd, and a fourth prevented onlookers from intervening{{r|WPtimeline|p=6:24}}{{Cite news |last=Mannix |first=Andy |date=May 26, 2020 |title=What we know about Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao, two of the officers caught on tape in the death of George Floyd |newspaper=Star Tribune |url=https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-derek-chauvin-and-tou-thao-two-of-the-officers-caught-on-tape-in-the-death-of-george-floyd/570777632/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527041830/https://www.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-derek-chauvin-and-tou-thao-two-of-the-officers-caught-on-tape-in-the-death-of-george-floyd/570777632/ |archive-date=May 27, 2020}}{{Cite news |last1=Forliti |first1=Amy |last2=Sullivan |first2=Tim |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Officer Charged With George Floyd's Death as Protests Flare |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/e27cfce9464809aa8c91afd74c930bb5 |url-status=live |access-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420125134/https://apnews.com/article/e27cfce9464809aa8c91afd74c930bb5 |archive-date=April 20, 2021}} as Floyd repeatedly stated that he could not breathe. During the final two minutes,{{Cite news |last=Forliti |first=Amy |date=June 18, 2020 |title=Prosecutors: Officer had knee on Floyd for 7:46, not 8:46 |publisher=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/0b4714f6a42b362b0e2c0cd701c6392b |url-status=live |access-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213201901/https://apnews.com/article/0b4714f6a42b362b0e2c0cd701c6392b |archive-date=February 13, 2022}} Floyd was motionless and had no pulse,{{Cite news |last=Thorbecke |first=Catherine |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes, complaint says |publisher=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/derek-chauvin-knee-george-floyds-neck-minutes-complaint/story?id=70961042 |url-status=live |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605020604/https://abcnews.go.com/US/derek-chauvin-knee-george-floyds-neck-minutes-complaint/story?id=70961042 |archive-date=June 5, 2020}}{{Cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Tucker |last2=Mangan |first2=Dan |date=June 3, 2020 |title=3 more cops charged in George Floyd death, other officer's murder charge upgraded |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/03/3-more-cops-charged-in-george-floyd-death-other-officers-murder-charge-upgraded.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604093653/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/03/3-more-cops-charged-in-george-floyd-death-other-officers-murder-charge-upgraded.html |archive-date=June 4, 2020}} but Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck and back even as emergency medical technicians arrived to treat Floyd.{{r|NYTtimeline|p=7:21}}

The medical examiner found that Floyd's heart stopped while he was being restrained and that his death was a homicide{{Cite press release |title='Press Release Report: Floyd, George Perry |date=June 1, 2020 |url=https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2020/06/01/file_attachments/1464238/2020-3700%20Floyd,%20George%20Perry%20Update%206.1.2020.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605222445/https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2020/06/01/file_attachments/1464238/2020-3700%20Floyd,%20George%20Perry%20Update%206.1.2020.pdf |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |id=Case No: 2020–3700 |work=Hennepin County Medical Examiner}} caused by "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression",{{Cite news |date=June 2, 2020 |title=George Floyd death homicide, official post-mortem declares |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52886593 |url-status=live |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602005418/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52886593 |archive-date=June 2, 2020}} though fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use may have increased the likelihood of death.{{Cite news |last1=Furber |first1=Matt |last2=Arango |first2=Tim |last3=Eligon |first3=John |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Police Veteran Charged in George Floyd Killing Had Used Neck Restraints Before |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-trial.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209151509/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/us/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-trial.html |archive-date=February 9, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Brad |date=June 2, 2020 |title=State, independent autopsies agree on homicide in George Floyd case, but clash on underlying cause |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-minneapolis-police-autopsy-idUKKBN2383JU |url-status=live |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603070436/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-minneapolis-police-autopsy-idUKKBN2383JU |archive-date=June 3, 2020}} A second autopsy, commissioned by Floyd's family,{{Cite news |last=Pereira |first=Ivan |date=May 30, 2020 |title=Independent autopsy finds George Floyd died of asphyxia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/independent-autopsy-george-floyd-findings-announced/story?id=70994827 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601182319/https://abcnews.go.com/US/independent-autopsy-george-floyd-findings-announced/story?id=70994827 |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |publisher=ABC News}}{{Cite news |last=Gors |first=Michele |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Family autopsy: Floyd asphyxiated by sustained pressure |publisher=KTTC |url=https://kttc.com/2020/06/01/family-autopsy-floyd-asphyxiated-by-sustained-pressure/ |url-status=dead |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603071517/https://kttc.com/2020/06/01/family-autopsy-floyd-asphyxiated-by-sustained-pressure/ |archive-date=June 3, 2020}} also found his death to be a homicide, specifically citing asphyxia due to neck and back compression;{{Cite news |last=Robles |first=Frances |date=June 2, 2020 |title=How Did George Floyd Die? Here's What We Know |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-autopsy-michael-baden.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603003005/https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-autopsy-michael-baden.html |archive-date=June 3, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |last=Ockerman |first=Emma |date=June 2, 2020 |title=Independent Autopsy Says George Floyd's Death Was a 'Homicide' Due to Asphyxiation |magazine=Vice |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/independent-autopsy-says-george-floyds-death-was-a-homicide-due-to-asphyxiation/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603044422/https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/y3zdyk/independent-autopsy-says-george-floyds-death-was-a-homicide-due-to-asphyxiation |archive-date=June 3, 2020}} it ruled out the possibility that underlying medical problems contributed to Floyd's death{{Cite news |last=Ensor |first=Josie |date=June 1, 2020 |title=Independent autopsy reveals George Floyd died from 'asphyxiation' as lawyers call for first-degree murder charges |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/01/independent-autopsy-reveals-george-floyd-died-asphyxiation-lawyers/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200602085321/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/01/independent-autopsy-reveals-george-floyd-died-asphyxiation-lawyers/ |archive-date=June 2, 2020}} and said that Floyd being able to speak while under Chauvin's knee did not mean he could breathe.

On March 12, 2021, the Minneapolis city council approved a settlement of $27{{nbsp}}million to the Floyd family after a wrongful death lawsuit.{{Cite news |last=Bogel-Burroughs |first=Nicholas |date=March 12, 2021 |title=George Floyd's Family Settles Suit Against Minneapolis for $27 Million |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312222358/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/us/george-floyd-minneapolis-settlement.html |archive-date=March 12, 2021}}

Chauvin was fired and charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.{{Cite web |last1=Forliti |first1=Amy |last2=Press |first2=Associated |date=March 7, 2021 |title=Key points in Derek Chauvin's trial: George Floyd's cause of death, ex-cop's use of force |url=https://abc13.com/10395073/ |access-date=March 28, 2021 |publisher=KTRK-TV}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite news |last1=Abdollah |first1=Tami |last2=McCoy |first2=Kevin |date=April 19, 2021 |title=What are the charges against Derek Chauvin? Here's what the jury is considering for the death of George Floyd |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/04/19/derek-chauvin-murder-manslaughter-charges-sentencing-breakdown/7286597002/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512132758/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/04/19/derek-chauvin-murder-manslaughter-charges-sentencing-breakdown/7286597002/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021}} He was found guilty on all three murder and manslaughter charges on April 20, 2021.{{Cite web |date=March 29, 2021 |title=Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd 'slowly fading away' during police arrest |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56572472 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330100658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56572472 |archive-date=March 30, 2021 |access-date=March 30, 2021 |website=BBC}} On May 12, Hennepin County district judge Peter Cahill allowed the prosecution to seek a greater prison sentence for Chauvin after finding that he treated Floyd "with particular cruelty".{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Paul |date=May 12, 2021 |title=Judge's ruling echoes prosecution's points, setting stage for Chauvin getting longer sentence |url=https://www.startribune.com/judge-s-ruling-echoes-prosecution-s-points-setting-stage-for-chauvin-getting-longer-sentence/600056317/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512213552/https://www.startribune.com/judge-s-ruling-echoes-prosecution-s-points-setting-stage-for-chauvin-getting-longer-sentence/600056317/ |archive-date=May 12, 2021}} On June 25, Judge Cahill sentenced Chauvin to twenty-two and a half years in prison.{{Cite news |last=Halter |first=Nick |date=June 25, 2021 |title=Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for murder of George Floyd |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2021/06/25/derek-chauvin-sentenced-george-floyd-murder |url-status=live |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625200805/https://www.axios.com/derek-chauvin-sentenced-george-floyd-murder-c6256513-cca5-4e40-a629-cd5014f6ae7d.html |archive-date=June 25, 2021}}

{{Main|George Floyd protests|}}

After Floyd's murder, there were global protests and riots{{Cite web |last2=Jones |first1=Roudabeh |last1=Kishi |first2=Sam |date=September 3, 2020 |title=Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020 |url=https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/ |access-date=May 26, 2024 |publisher=Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project |archive-date=December 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211125401/https://acleddata.com/2020/09/03/demonstrations-political-violence-in-america-new-data-for-summer-2020/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Robbins |first=James S. |title=Rioting is beginning to turn people off to BLM and protests while Biden has no solution |date=August 31, 2020 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/31/riots-violence-erupting-turning-many-away-blm-and-protests-column/5675343002/ |access-date=May 26, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526042727/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/08/31/riots-violence-erupting-turning-many-away-blm-and-protests-column/5675343002/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2021 |publisher=World Economic Forum |title=How 2020 protests changed insurance forever |access-date=May 27, 2024 |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/2020-protests-changed-insurance-forever/ |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526042727/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/2020-protests-changed-insurance-forever/ |url-status=live }} against the use of excessive force by police officers against black suspects and a lack of police accountability. Protests began in Minneapolis the day after Floyd’s murder and developed in cities throughout all 50 U.S. states and internationally.{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Esme |date=May 26, 2020 |title='I Can't Breathe!': Video Of Fatal Arrest Shows Minneapolis Officer Kneeling On George Floyd's Neck For Several Minutes |publisher=KSTP-TV |url=https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526170730/https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/26/george-floyd-man-dies-after-being-arrested-by-minneapolis-police-fbi-called-to-investigate/ |archive-date=May 26, 2020 |quote=While lying facedown on the road, Floyd repeatedly groans and says he can't breathe.}}{{Cite web |last=Donaghue |first=Erin |date=May 29, 2020 |title=Mayor makes emotional call for peace after violent protests: 'I believe in Minneapolis' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529064054/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-mayor-jacob-frey-peace/ |archive-date=May 29, 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |publisher=CBS News}} The New York Times described the events in the wake of Floyd's murder and the video that circulated of it as "the largest protests in the United States since the Civil Rights era."{{Cite news |last1=Martínez |first1=Andrés R. |last2=Arango |first2=Tim |date=March 29, 2021 |title=First Witnesses in Derek Chauvin Trial Testify About George Floyd's Death |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/29/us/derek-chauvin-trial-live |access-date=April 2, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031234655/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/29/us/derek-chauvin-trial-live |url-status=live }} Calls to defund and abolish the police were widespread.{{Cite news |date=July 6, 2020 |title=What Defunding the Police Really Means |publisher=Black Lives Matter |url=https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-defunding-the-police-really-means/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427033019/https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-defunding-the-police-really-means/ |archive-date=April 27, 2021}} The protests became the first civil disorder event to exceed $1 billion in losses to the insurance industry. In some cities, protests were so violent that curfews were put in place.{{Cite news |first=Helier |last=Cheung |publisher=BBC News |date=May 31, 2020 |title=George Floyd death: Why do some protests turn violent? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52869563 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526042734/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52869563 |url-status=live }}

{{Main|Memorials to George Floyd|}}

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Several memorial services were held. On June 4, 2020, a memorial service for Floyd took place in Minneapolis. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy.{{Cite magazine |last=Ling |first=Thomas |date=June 2020 |title=How to watch the George Floyd memorial online and on TV |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-04/george-floyd-memorial-watch-live/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010947/https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-04/george-floyd-memorial-watch-live/ |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |magazine=Radio Times}} Services were held in North Carolina with a public viewing and private service on June 6 and in Houston on June 8 and 9.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Minyvonne |date=June 6, 2020 |title=George Floyd memorial in North Carolina as sheriff's officers escort his body |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-memorial-north-carolina-sheriff-s-officers-escort-his-n1226576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819000421/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-memorial-north-carolina-sheriff-s-officers-escort-his-n1226576 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=NBC News}} Floyd was buried next to his mother in Pearland, Texas.{{Cite web |last1=Lozano |first1=Juan A. |last2=Merchant |first2=Nomaan |date=June 8, 2020 |title=Floyd's casket arrives at Houston church for public viewing |url=https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153221/https://apnews.com/98f81b8baa3a7d20e98f8b085f98536b |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press}}{{Cite news |last=Croft |first=Jay |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Mourners visit George Floyd's casket in Houston to pay respects |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608153217/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/us/george-floyd-houston-visitation/index.html |archive-date=June 8, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=June 7, 2020 |title=George Floyd's Body Returns To Houston For Memorial Service, Funeral |publisher=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607231940/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/07/george-floyd-body-returns-houston-memorial-service-funeral/ |archive-date=June 7, 2020}}

Colleges and universities that created scholarships in Floyd's name included North Central University, which hosted a memorial service for Floyd,{{Cite magazine |last=Nietzel |first=Michael T. |date=June 4, 2020 |title=A University President Challenges Every College in America to Fund a George Floyd Memorial Scholarship |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/06/04/a-univeristy-president-challenges-every-college-in-america-to-fund-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604212638/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2020/06/04/a-univeristy-president-challenges-every-college-in-america-to-fund-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship/ |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |magazine=Forbes}}{{Cite news |last=Torres |first=Ella |date=June 4, 2020 |title=George Floyd memorial updates: Floyd's brother says 'he touched so many people's hearts' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/memorial-service-george-floyd-held-minneapolis/story?id=71063710 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604161754/https://abcnews.go.com/US/memorial-service-george-floyd-held-minneapolis/story?id=71063710 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 4, 2020 |publisher=ABC News}} Alabama State, Oakwood University,{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Lois G. |date=June 4, 2020 |title=ASU Establishes George Floyd/Greg Gunn Memorial Scholarship |url=https://www.alasu.edu/asu-establishes-george-floydgreg-gunn-memorial-scholarship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605014857/https://www.alasu.edu/asu-establishes-george-floydgreg-gunn-memorial-scholarship |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |publisher=Alabama State University}}{{Cite web |last=Mullins |first=Maquisha Ford |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Answering the Challenge: Oakwood Establishes George Floyd Scholarship |url=https://newsroom.oakwood.edu/answering-the-challenge-oakwood-establishes-george-floyd-scholarship/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819000419/https://newsroom.oakwood.edu/answering-the-challenge-oakwood-establishes-george-floyd-scholarship/ |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=Oakwood University News}} Missouri State University, Southeast Missouri State, Ohio University,{{Cite web |last=Ogle |first=Nikki |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Missouri State University planning scholarship named after George Floyd |url=https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-State-University-planning-scholarship-named-after-George-Floyd-571066241.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606154611/https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-State-University-planning-scholarship-named-after-George-Floyd-571066241.html |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=KYTV}}{{Cite press release |title=President Nellis and Vice President Secuban announce George Floyd Memorial Scholarship Fund |date=June 5, 2020 |url=https://www.ohio.edu/news/2020/06/president-nellis-and-vice-president-secuban-announce-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship |access-date=June 6, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010946/https://www.ohio.edu/news/2020/06/president-nellis-and-vice-president-secuban-announce-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |publisher=Ohio University}}{{Cite web |title=George Floyd Memorial Scholarship Established at Southeast |url=https://news.semo.edu/george-floyd-memorial-scholarship-established-at-southeast/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606142310/https://news.semo.edu/george-floyd-memorial-scholarship-established-at-southeast/ |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=Southeast Missouri State University}} Buffalo State College, and Copper Mountain College.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Scholarship created in George Floyd's name |url=https://www.wqad.com/video/news/education/scholarship-created-in-george-floyds-name/71-a8ce2b02-14ac-4d85-accf-d187b1651bfd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010953/https://www.wqad.com/video/news/education/scholarship-created-in-george-floyds-name/71-a8ce2b02-14ac-4d85-accf-d187b1651bfd |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=WQAD-TV}}{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2020 |title=Copper Mountain College announces George Floyd Scholarship Fund |url=http://z1077fm.com/copper-mountain-college-announces-george-floyd-scholarship-fund/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010954/http://z1077fm.com/copper-mountain-college-announces-george-floyd-scholarship-fund/ |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=Z107.7 FM}}{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2020 |title=12 other universities join North Central in creating a George Floyd Memorial Scholarship |url=https://www.fox9.com/news/12-other-universities-join-north-central-in-creating-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611210152/https://www.fox9.com/news/12-other-universities-join-north-central-in-creating-a-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=KMSP-TV}} Amid nationwide protests over Floyd's murder, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, made a $120 million donation to be split equally among Morehouse College, Spelman College, and the United Negro College Fund.{{Cite magazine |last=Togoh |first=Isabel |date=June 17, 2020 |title=Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Donates $120 Million To HBCUs: 'We Hope This Will Help More Black Students Follow Their Dreams' |magazine=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/06/17/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-donates-120-million-to-hbcus-we-hope-this-will-help-more-black-students-follow-their-dreams/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617194406/https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/06/17/netflix-ceo-reed-hastings-donates-120-million-to-hbcus-we-hope-this-will-help-more-black-students-follow-their-dreams/ |archive-date=June 17, 2020}} The donation was the largest ever made to historically black colleges and universities.{{Cite web |last=St. Amour |first=Madeline |date=June 18, 2020 |title=Netflix CEO Donates Millions to HBCUs |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/18/netflix-ceo-donates-millions-hbcus |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618160738/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/06/18/netflix-ceo-donates-millions-hbcus |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |publisher=Inside 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In 2020, social-media-based artists and activists posted tributes to Floyd; one of the more popular tributes was a digital illustration created by Shirien Damra, which had more than 3.4 million likes on Instagram.{{Cite news |last=Borrelli |first=Christopher |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Chicago artists use boarded-up storefronts to make a creative statement and make a difference |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-storefront-artists-riots-20200604-as46v34xwrh3rhdh7xt2o5zmii-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127134402/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-storefront-artists-riots-20200604-as46v34xwrh3rhdh7xt2o5zmii-story.html |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}{{Cite web |last=Easter |first=Makeda |date=June 2, 2020 |title=How viral Instagram tributes to George Floyd use art to spread a movement |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-06-02/george-floyd-instagram-art-tributes-portraits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228004134/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-06-02/george-floyd-instagram-art-tributes-portraits |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} Damra's work was later turned into painted murals in many communities and used in other ways.{{Cite magazine |last=Rodríguez Presa |first=Laura |date=August 10, 2020 |title=Meet Shirien Damra, The Palestinian Illustrator Behind Our New Cover |url=https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/10/meet-shirien-damra-palestinian-illustrator-behind-our-new-cover |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116104328/https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2020/8/10/meet-shirien-damra-palestinian-illustrator-behind-our-new-cover |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |magazine=The Advocate}}{{Cite news |last=Sturgill |first=Kristi |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Despite complications and curfews, San Francisco's Grace Cathedral uses art to commemorate George Floyd |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-04/san-francisco-grace-cathedral-uses-art-to-commemorate-george-floyd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127124532/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-04/san-francisco-grace-cathedral-uses-art-to-commemorate-george-floyd |archive-date=November 27, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} Other viral social-media-based tributes to Floyd were made by Nikkolas Smith, Stormy Nesbit, Dani Coke, Robin Hilkey, and Miriam Mosqueda.{{Cite magazine |last=McGrath |first=Kara |date=June 2, 2020 |title=The People Behind the BLM Art You're Seeing on Instagram |url=https://www.allure.com/story/black-lives-matter-illustrations-artist-interviews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228012220/https://www.allure.com/story/black-lives-matter-illustrations-artist-interviews |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |magazine=Allure}}{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=June 3, 2020 |title='Art Can Touch Our Emotional Core.' Meet the Artists Behind Some of the Most Widespread Images Amid George Floyd Protests |url=https://time.com/5846424/george-floyd-protests-art/ |url-status=live |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228012225/https://time.com/5846424/george-floyd-protests-art/ |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=December 28, 2021}}

Street artists globally created murals honoring Floyd. Depictions included Floyd as a ghost in Minneapolis, as an angel in Houston, and as a saint weeping blood in Naples. A mural on the International Wall in Belfast commissioned by Festival of the People (Féile an Phobail) and Visit West Belfast (Fáilte Feirste Thiar) featured a large portrait of Floyd above a tableau showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck while the three other officers turn their backs and each covers his eyes, ears, or mouth in the manner of the Three wise monkeys ("See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil").{{Cite web |title='Black Lives Matter' mural solidarity with family of George Floyd | date=June 4, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbw-Sk9amBg |access-date=June 6, 2020 |via=YouTube }}{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Jonathan |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Ghost, angel, martyr: the brutal brilliance of George Floyd murals from Syria to Belfast |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jun/05/george-floyd-murals-worldwide-street-artists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605083002/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jun/05/george-floyd-murals-worldwide-street-artists |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{Cite news |last1=Jeffery |first1=Adam |last2=Miller |first2=Hannah |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Murals of George Floyd emerge around the world |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/05/murals-of-george-floyd-emerge-around-the-world.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010957/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/05/murals-of-george-floyd-emerge-around-the-world.html |archive-date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=CNBC}} One Houston mural is on the side of Scott Food Mart in the Third Ward,{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Courtney |date=June 12, 2020 |title=New mural painted in George Floyd's honor in Third Ward |url=https://abc13.com/george-floyd-donkeeboy-donkeemom-mural/6226472/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214070627/https://abc13.com/george-floyd-donkeeboy-donkeemom-mural/6226472/ |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |publisher=KTRK-TV}}{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2020 |title=Mom and son duo make iconic street art in Houston |url=https://abc13.com/localish/mom-and-son-duo-make-iconic-street-art-in-houston/5871279/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809222525/https://abc13.com/localish/mom-and-son-duo-make-iconic-street-art-in-houston/5871279/ |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |access-date=July 31, 2020 |publisher=KTRK-TV}} while the other is on the property of The Breakfast Klub restaurant in Midtown.{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2020 |title=New mural painted for George Floyd at The Breakfast Klub highlights need for change |url=https://abc13.com/george-floyd-mural-the-breakfast-klub-houston-murals-where-are/6230826/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724110005/https://abc13.com/george-floyd-mural-the-breakfast-klub-houston-murals-where-are/6230826/ |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |access-date=August 6, 2020 |publisher=KTRK-TV}} A childhood friend of Floyd's said that Floyd would never "have imagined that this is the tragic way people would know his name."

A GoFundMe account to support Floyd's funeral costs and benefit his family broke the site's record for number of individual donations.{{Cite news |last=Parke |first=Caleb |date=June 5, 2020 |title=George Floyd GoFundMe surpasses $13 million, breaks donation record |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-gofundme-donation-record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612130934/https://www.foxnews.com/us/george-floyd-gofundme-donation-record |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |access-date=June 12, 2020 |publisher=Fox News}}

By June 6, murals had been created in many cities, including Manchester, Dallas, Miami, Idlib, Los Angeles, Nairobi, Oakland, Strombeek-Bever, Berlin, Pensacola, and La Mesa.{{Cite news |last1=Steele |first1=Austin |last2=Almond |first2=Kyle |date=June 6, 2020 |title=George Floyd murals are popping up all over the world |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/world/gallery/george-floyd-murals-trnd/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624010959/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/world/gallery/george-floyd-murals-trnd/ |archive-date=June 24, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=Rubin |first=April |date=June 5, 2020 |title='Positive revolution.' Miami artist paints mural in Overtown of Floyd, Taylor, Kaepernick |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article243231636.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606213345/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article243231636.html |archive-date=June 6, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |newspaper=Miami Herald}} The mural in Manchester was defaced with graffiti, resulting in a Greater Manchester Police investigation into the incident.{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2020 |title=George Floyd: Memorial in Manchester daubed in 'utterly sickening' racist graffiti |url=https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-memorial-in-manchester-daubed-in-utterly-sickening-racist-graffiti-12033932 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221065140/https://news.sky.com/story/george-floyd-memorial-in-manchester-daubed-in-utterly-sickening-racist-graffiti-12033932 |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |access-date=February 26, 2021 |website=Sky News}} Beyond the creation of the mural, Floyd's murder has also brought attention to the presence of institutional racism within the United Kingdom.{{Cite journal |last1=Joseph–Salisbury |first1=Remi |last2=Connelly |first2=Laura |last3=Wangari-Jones |first3=Peninah |date=January 1, 2020 |title="The UK is not innocent": Black Lives Matter, policing and abolition in the UK |journal=Equality, Diversity and Inclusion |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=21–28 |doi=10.1108/EDI-06-2020-0170 |issn=2040-7149 |doi-access=free}} Protest graffiti has also been put up throughout Los Angeles, offering phrases such as "I Can't Breathe", "Say Their Names", and others.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} The phrase "Black Lives Matter" has also been used often in the outpouring of protest regarding Floyd's murder.{{Cite journal |last1=Sobo |first1=E. J. |last2=Lambert |first2=Helen |last3=Heath |first3=Corliss D. |date=July 2, 2020 |title=More than a teachable moment: Black lives matter |journal=Anthropology & Medicine |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=243–248 |doi=10.1080/13648470.2020.1783054 |issn=1364-8470 |pmid=32580573 |s2cid=220061587 |doi-access=free|hdl=1983/16f1f3a8-be90-4568-8457-80b9b5c07179 |hdl-access=free }} The phrase has been especially popular on social media platforms.{{Cite arXiv |eprint=2104.09578 |class=cs.SI |first1=J. Hunter |last1=Priniski |first2=Negar |last2=Mokhberian |title=Mapping Moral Valence of Tweets Following the Killing of George Floyd |date=April 19, 2021 |last3=Harandizadeh |first3=Bahareh |last4=Morstatter |first4=Fred |last5=Lerman |first5=Kristina |author5-link=Kristina Lerman |last6=Lu |first6=Hongjing |last7=Brantingham |first7=P. Jeffrey}} Since Floyd's murder, there has also been a global outcry for memorials commemorating bigoted individuals to be demolished.{{Cite journal |last=Colomer |first=Laia |date=July 7, 2020 |title=Black Lives Matter and the Archaeology of Heritage Commemorating Bigoted White Men |url=https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-opinion-racism/black-lives-matter-and-the-archaeology-of-heritage-commemorating-bigoted-white-men/1709994 |journal=ScienceNorway |page=7 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528161413/https://sciencenorway.no/archaeology-opinion-racism/black-lives-matter-and-the-archaeology-of-heritage-commemorating-bigoted-white-men/1709994 |url-status=live }}

A bill proposed by US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, the George Floyd Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act, was designed to reduce police brutality and establish national policing standards and accreditations.{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Benjamin |date=June 4, 2020 |title=House Democrats introduce policing reform bill named for George Floyd |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-introduce-policing-reform-bill-named-george/story?id=71069101 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611135124/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-democrats-introduce-policing-reform-bill-named-george/story?id=71069101 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |publisher=ABC News}}{{Cite news |last=Kim |first=Caitlyn |date=June 4, 2020 |title=Congress Is Eyeing Legislative Solutions To Police Brutality, Including Jason Crow |publisher=Colorado Public Radio |url=https://www.cpr.org/2020/06/04/congress-is-eyeing-legislative-solutions-to-police-brutality-including-jason-crow/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605192310/https://www.cpr.org/2020/06/04/congress-is-eyeing-legislative-solutions-to-police-brutality-including-jason-crow/ |archive-date=June 5, 2020}} In addition to the work of lawmakers, there has been an outcry from leaders in varieties of fields. Researcher Temitope Oriola, author of 'How police departments can identify and oust killer cops', wrote the piece intending to prevent more deaths mirroring Floyd's.{{Cite journal |last1=Oriola |first1=Temitope B. |last2=Knight |first2=W. Andy |date=April 2, 2020 |title=COVID-19, George Floyd and Human Security |journal=African Security |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=111–115 |doi=10.1080/19392206.2020.1783760 |issn=1939-2206 |doi-access=free}} Oxiris Barbot, former New York City Health Commissioner, wrote an article describing Floyd's murder as "collective moral injury" and compared it to "the sustained acuity of health inequities playing out in horrifying details through the COVID-19 pandemic."{{Cite journal |last=Barbot |first=Oxiris |date=July 2, 2020 |title=George Floyd and Our Collective Moral Injury |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=110 |issue=9 |page=1253 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2020.305850 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=7427243 |pmid=32614647}} Religious leaders have also been called upon to address violence taking place against black Americans.{{Cite journal |last=Mercer |first=Joyce Ann |date=August 7, 2020 |title=#BlackLivesMatter in Religious Education: The REA Statement on the Murder of George Floyd |journal=Religious Education |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=379–383 |doi=10.1080/00344087.2020.1790724 |issn=0034-4087 |doi-access=free}}

The length of time that Chauvin was initially believed to have had his knee on Floyd's neck, eight minutes 46 seconds, was widely commemorated as a "moment of silence" to honor Floyd.{{Cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=William |last2=King |first2=Ledyard |last3=Hayes |first3=Christal |date=June 8, 2020 |title=Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill, honor George Floyd with 8 minutes, 46 seconds of silence |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/08/democrats-gather-silence-honor-george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery/3155884001/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612024021/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/08/democrats-gather-silence-honor-george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery/3155884001/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020}}{{Cite news |last=DeCambre |first=Mark |date=June 9, 2020 |title=New York Stock Exchange observe 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence in honor of George Floyd's memory |publisher=MarketWatch |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-stock-exchange-observes-moment-of-silence-in-honor-of-george-floyds-funeral-2020-06-09 |url-status=live |access-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611054537/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-stock-exchange-observes-moment-of-silence-in-honor-of-george-floyds-funeral-2020-06-09 |archive-date=June 11, 2020}}

Floyd's murder was featured prominently in The Economist, with the magazine running an obituary, multiple articles, and numerous reader letters, ultimately making Floyd's legacy its June 13 cover story.{{Cite news |title=How George Floyd's death reverberates around the world |magazine=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/international/2020/06/08/how-george-floyds-death-reverberates-around-the-world |url-status=live |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214070543/https://www.economist.com/international/2020/06/08/how-george-floyds-death-reverberates-around-the-world |archive-date=December 14, 2020 |issn=0013-0613}} It wrote that his legacy "[is] the rich promise of social reform."

In August 2020, musician John Mellencamp released the song "A Pawn in the White Man's Game", a reworking of Bob Dylan's 1964 song "Only a Pawn in Their Game", which reflected on the killing of Civil Rights activist Medger Evers. Mellencamp's version featured new lyrics that reflected the racial conflicts in the U.S. that followed in the wake of Floyd's murder. Mellencamp also posted a video on YouTube which included a warning that it might be seen as "inappropriate for some viewers". The video featured footage of protesters and police clashing violently in 2020 and 1968. YouTube eventually removed the video, claiming it violated their community guidelines.{{Cite news |last=Friedlander |first=Matt |date=August 27, 2020 |title=John Mellencamp posts reworked version of 1964 Bob Dylan civil rights-themed protest song |publisher=ABC News Radio |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/8/27/john-mellencamp-posts-reworked-version-of-1964-bob-dylan-civ.html |url-status=live |access-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929175651/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2020/8/27/john-mellencamp-posts-reworked-version-of-1964-bob-dylan-civ.html |archive-date=September 29, 2021}}

On September 18, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council approved designating the section of Chicago Avenue between 37th and 39th Streets as George Perry Floyd Jr. Place, with a marker at the intersection with 38th Street where the incident took place. The intersection had been the location of a makeshift memorial that emerged the day after his murder.{{Cite news |last=Navratil |first=Liz |date=September 19, 2020 |title=Minneapolis to name stretch of Chicago Avenue for George Floyd |newspaper=Star Tribune |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-to-name-stretch-of-chicago-avenue-for-george-floyd/ar-BB19bMl5 |url-status=live |access-date=September 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027183903/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/minneapolis-to-name-stretch-of-chicago-avenue-for-george-floyd/ar-BB19bMl5 |archive-date=October 27, 2020}}

On October 6, 2020, Amnesty International delivered a letter with one million signatures from around the world to the US Attorney General William Barr to demand justice for George Floyd. The human rights advocacy group demanded that the police officers involved in the murder of George Floyd be held accountable.{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2020 |title=USA: Amnesty International delivers one million signatures calling for justice for George Floyd |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/usa-amnesty-international-delivers-one-million-signatures-calling-for-justice-for-george-floyd/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018201656/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/10/usa-amnesty-international-delivers-one-million-signatures-calling-for-justice-for-george-floyd/ |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |access-date=October 6, 2020 |publisher=Amnesty International}} The NAACP, which has already published a criminal justice fact sheet, issued a statement voicing their support for the protests taking place demanding justice for George Floyd.{{Cite web |title=Criminal Justice Fact Sheet |url=https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712041609/https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/ |archive-date=July 12, 2020 |access-date=March 29, 2021 |publisher=NAACP}}{{Cite web |date=June 2, 2020 |title=Joint Statement by NAACP and The Links, Incorporated on Collective Outrage Regarding the Police Murder of George Floyd and other Victims of Law Enforcement |url=https://www.naacp.org/latest/joint-statement-naacp-links-incorporated-collective-outrage-regarding-police-murder-george-floyd-victims-law-enforcement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308105315/https://www.naacp.org/latest/joint-statement-naacp-links-incorporated-collective-outrage-regarding-police-murder-george-floyd-victims-law-enforcement/ |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=March 29, 2021 |publisher=NAACP}}

On May 21, 2021, Bridgett Floyd gave a $25,000 check from the George Floyd Memorial Foundation to Fayetteville State University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be used for scholarships. On the same day, the city declared May 25 George Floyd Jr. Day.{{Cite news |last=Jasper |first=Simone |date=May 22, 2021 |title=George Floyd's memory honored with scholarship at historically Black college in NC |newspaper=The News & Observer |url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article251584983.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522174028/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article251584983.html |archive-date=May 22, 2021}}

After Floyd's murder, a petition was started on the public benefit corporation website Change.org, asking for "Justice for George Floyd". The petition quickly gathered more signatures than any other petition that had been placed on the site, amounting to roughly five million in the first few days.{{Cite web |last=McHugh |first=Erin |date=May 29, 2020 |title='Justice for George Floyd' is largest-ever US petition on Change.org: The online petition has been signed by more than 5 million people in just a matter of days. |url=https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/george-floyd-fastest-changeorg-petition-minneapolis/507-b7f408d7-a8c6-4c58-acca-3bf978c8bc5c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029175805/https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/george-floyd-fastest-changeorg-petition-minneapolis/507-b7f408d7-a8c6-4c58-acca-3bf978c8bc5c |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |publisher=WWL-TV}} The petition was considered a "success" with the sentencing of Derek Chauvin. At the time that the petition was closed to new signers, it had attained close to twenty million signatures.{{Cite press release |title=Justice For George Floyd Petition, Largest Of All Time, Declares Victory With Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/justice-for-george-floyd-petition-largest-of-all-time-declares-victory-with-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-301273251.html |access-date=May 19, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625221322/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/justice-for-george-floyd-petition-largest-of-all-time-declares-victory-with-derek-chauvin-guilty-verdict-301273251.html |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |publisher=Change.org |via=PR Newswire}}{{Cite web |last=Porterfield |first=Carlie |date=May 29, 2020 |title='Justice For George Floyd' Petition Becomes Most Popular Ever In U.S. For Change.org |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/05/29/justice-for-george-floyd-petition-becomes-most-popular-ever-in-us-for-changeorg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106215851/https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/05/29/justice-for-george-floyd-petition-becomes-most-popular-ever-in-us-for-changeorg/ |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |access-date=October 14, 2021 |magazine=Forbes}}

In May 2022, a biography of Floyd titled His Name Is George Floyd was published, written by Washington Post journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.{{Cite web |last=Mbue |first=Imbolo |author-link=Imbolo Mbue |date=May 16, 2022 |title=The America That Killed George Floyd |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/05/his-name-is-george-floyd-book-biography/629857/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526185412/https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2022/05/his-name-is-george-floyd-book-biography/629857/ |url-status=live }}

In 2022, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to issue a posthumous pardon for the 2004 drug raid that led to Floyd's criminal conviction.{{Cite news |date=September 16, 2022 |title=Texas board denies posthumous pardon for George Floyd |work=Minnesota Public Radio |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/09/16/texas-board-denies-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd |agency=Associated Press |access-date=September 16, 2022 |archive-date=September 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220916163528/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/09/16/texas-board-denies-posthumous-pardon-for-george-floyd |url-status=live }}

Floyd was the oldest of five siblings and had five children, including two daughters (aged 6 and 22 at the time of his murder) and an adult son.{{Cite news |last1=Ortiz |first1=Jorge L. |last2=Hertel |first2=Nora G. |last3=Emert |first3=Mark |date=June 4, 2020 |title='He was like the general': Mourners grieve George Floyd at Minneapolis memorial service |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/george-floyd-memorial-service-thousands-flock-minneapolis/3142320001/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608081924/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/04/george-floyd-memorial-service-thousands-flock-minneapolis/3142320001/ |archive-date=June 8, 2020}}{{Cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Nicquel Terry |last2=Davis |first2=Tyler J. |date=May 28, 2020 |title=George Floyd remembered as 'gentle giant' as family calls his death 'murder' |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604092032/https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2020/05/28/george-floyd-remembered-gentle-giant-family-calls-death-murder/5265668002/ |archive-date=June 4, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=June 1, 2020 |title=George Floyd's son joins Texas protesters in peaceful demonstration |publisher=KABC-TV |url=https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604094727/https://abc7.com/george-floyd-son-bryan-back-lives-matter-black-protest-minneapolis/6224513/ |archive-date=June 4, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Pereira |first=Ivan |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Family members, dignitaries honor George Floyd at funeral service in Houston |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-floyds-final-funeral-service-burial-place-houston/story?id=71130521 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611211347/https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-floyds-final-funeral-service-burial-place-houston/story?id=71130521 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=ABC News}} He also had two grandchildren.

In August 2017, Floyd met his girlfriend Courteney Ross in Minneapolis. In early 2020, the two separated.

Appears on (as Big Floyd):{{Cite web |last=Threadcraft |first=Torry |date=2020 |title=George Floyd Used to Rap as Big Floyd, Appeared on Multiple DJ Screw Tapes – Okayplayer |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/george-floyd-dj-screw.html |access-date=June 6, 2023 |publisher=Okayplayer |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606020812/https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/george-floyd-dj-screw.html |url-status=live }}

• DJ Screw – Ballin in da Mall (Screwed Up Records, Cassette, 1997), appears as feature on "Tired of Ballin (Freestyle)" by Tela
• Diary of the Originator (Chapter 319 – Floyd & Screw) (Screwed Up Records, CD, 1998), appears on "Freestyle Sugar Hill"
• Presidential Playas – Block Party the Album (Presidential Records, CD, 2000), appears on "Presidential Playas"
• Diary of the Originator: Chapter 7 (Ballin in the Mall) (Screwed Up Records, CD, 2004), appears on "Freestyle"

• Death of Samson Chukwu, a Nigerian asylum seeker killed in Switzerland under similar circumstances in 2001
• List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement officers in the United States
• Lists of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States

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{{Cite news |last=Julian |first=Gill |date=May 27, 2020 |title=Before dying in Minneapolis police custody, George Floyd grew up in Houston's Third Ward |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/George-Floyd-police-brutality-minneapolis-dead-vid-15296192.php |url-status=live |access-date=May 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528232625/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/George-Floyd-police-brutality-minneapolis-dead-vid-15296192.php |archive-date=May 28, 2020}}

{{Cite magazine |last=Burney |first=Lawrence |date=May 29, 2020 |title=The Rap Report: To George Floyd a.k.a. Big Floyd of the legendary Screwed Up Click |url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/29/the-rap-report-to-george-floyd-aka-big-floyd-of-the-legendary-screwed-up-click |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601122710/https://www.thefader.com/2020/05/29/the-rap-report-to-george-floyd-aka-big-floyd-of-the-legendary-screwed-up-click |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |access-date=June 1, 2020 |magazine=The Fader}}

{{Cite magazine |last=Hall |first=Michael |date=May 31, 2020 |title=The Houston Years of George Floyd |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/houston-years-george-floyd-dj-screw/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604191745/https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/houston-years-george-floyd-dj-screw/ |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |access-date=June 5, 2020 |magazine=Texas Monthly}}

{{Cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Manny |last2=Burch |first2=Audra D. S. |date=April 20, 2021 |title=George Floyd, From 'I Want to Touch the World' to 'I Can't Breathe' |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611121720/https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}

{{Cite news |last=Jervis |first=Rick |date=June 9, 2020 |title='George Floyd changed the world': Public viewing in Houston honors the man behind the social justice movement |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/george-floyd-third-ward-presence-athlete-police-history/3154912001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611130601/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/06/08/george-floyd-third-ward-presence-athlete-police-history/3154912001/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=June 11, 2020 |newspaper=USA Today |quote=By the time he left high school, he was 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighed more than 200 pounds.}}

{{Cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Dalton |last2=Lee |first2=Joyce |last3=Cahlan |first3=Sarah |date=May 30, 2020 |title=The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/30/video-timeline-george-floyd-death/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214070612/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/30/video-timeline-george-floyd-death/?arc404=true |archive-date=December 14, 2020}} ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMGUAHBFmjk video @ YouTube] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200602015831/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMGUAHBFmjk |date=June 2, 2020 }})

{{Cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Evan |last2=Tiefenthäler |first2=Ainara |last3=Triebert |first3=Christiaan |last4=Jordan |first4=Drew |last5=Willis |first5=Haley |last6=Stein |first6=Robin |date=May 31, 2020 |title=How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605164644/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html |archive-date=June 5, 2020}} {{subscription required}}([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksEJR9EPQ8 video @ YouTube] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601201906/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksEJR9EPQ8 |date=June 1, 2020}})

{{Cite news |last1=R. Hernández |first1=Arelis |last2=Martin |first2=Brittney |last3=Iati |first3=Marisa |last4=Beachum |first4=Lateshia |date=June 10, 2020 |title='Fight for my brother.' As George Floyd is laid to rest, his family implores the nation to continue quest for justice. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/george-floyd-funeral/2020/06/09/52774b02-aa70-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=June 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611080107/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/george-floyd-funeral/2020/06/09/52774b02-aa70-11ea-a9d9-a81c1a491c52_story.html |archive-date=June 11, 2020}}}}

• {{Cite journal |last=Barbot |first=Oxiris |date=July 2, 2020 |title=George Floyd and Our Collective Moral Injury |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=110 |issue=9 |page=1253 |doi=10.2105/AJPH.2020.305850 |issn=0090-0036 |pmc=7427243 |pmid=32614647 |ref=none}}
• {{Cite book |last1=Samuels |first1=Robert |title=His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice |last2=Olorunnipa |first2=Toluse |publisher=Viking |year=2022 |isbn=9780593490617 |location=New York |oclc=1312917362}}

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