The Death of George Floyd and The Reaction
George Floyd was a 46-year-old Black man who died on Monday, May 25, 2020. Floyd was from Houston, Texas, where he attended Yates High School as an athlete and graduated in 1993. Floyd was a close friend to former professional basketball player Stephen Jackson, whom Floyd had met while growing up in Texas. He was also a rapper associated with the hip-hop collective Screwed Up Click, and he freestyled under the alias of Big Floyd. Floyd lived in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, and had worked in Minneapolis as a restaurant security guard for five years. Recently, due to Minnesota’s stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic, Floyd lost his job. He was also a father. Floyd was a person in society just like anyone else; however, he died because of racism from others.
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