murder of George Floyd

When

25 May 2020

Kind

Murder

Killed

1

Coordinates

44.93° N, 93.26° W

Description

2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Injured

0

Cause

cardiac arrest

2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Floyd had been arrested after a store clerk reported that he made a purchase using a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face-down. Two other police officers, J.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murders George Floyd, 46, by kneeling on his neck, as three other officers watch”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Tötung des Afroamerikaners George Floyd durch einen Polizisten in Minneapolis”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Миннеаполисе (США) во время ареста погиб афроамериканец Джордж Флойд после того, как полицейский Дерек Шовин прижал его шею коленом к асфальту”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Minneapolis, un policía asfixia hasta la muerte a George Floyd, desatando las protestas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “發生在25日晚間的非裔美國人喬治·佛洛伊德之死訊息傳出後。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page