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5 Years After George Floyd, Facts Speak For Themselves
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The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin five years ago sparked outrage in the Twin Cities and around the world.
Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.
After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned.
As cellphone video documenting the last breaths of George Floyd spread across the internet, so did the collective outrage.
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Two autopsies ruled Floyd’s death a homicide, but a false narrative quickly emerged: that Floyd died of a drug overdose. Five years later, despite ample evidence demonstrating police misconduct killed Floyd, the narrative persists.
Five years after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer, the future of the intersection where it happened is uncertain. Today, a memorial is set up in the partially blocked street.
Rev. Al Sharpton will join George Floyd's family for a memorial service at Houston Memorial Gardens, the Pearland cemetery where he was buried in 2020.