George Floyd's Texas friend seeks solace in Minneapolis
George Floyd's Texas friend seeks solace in Minneapolis
She hadn't wanted to come to Minnesota, but she needed to make peace with her friend's death.
April 23, 2021 — 12:18pm
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Tiffany Cofield knelt on Chicago Avenue, surrounded by flowers, hoping to feel her lost friend's spirit.
Nearly a year had passed since she last heard George Floyd's voice over the phone from a thousand miles away, as he made a new life in Minneapolis and she sat back in his old one in Houston.
At last, Cofield had found the resolve to visit the city that took his life under the knee of policeman Derek Chauvin. She just wanted to make peace, finally, with her friend's death.