Protest and reflection: A year after the death of George Floyd Reuters | May 24, 2021 08:22 PM EDT Protesters Bettye and Robert Freeman raise their fist from a doorstep as they watch a rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Boston (Photo : REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo) Bettye and Robert Freeman were sitting in their Boston living room when they heard the clamor on the street outside. After 51 years of marriage, they walked out to their stoop without saying a word. They just went. As they pushed through the heavy wooden front door, they saw the chanting protesters. It was June 4, 2020, 10 days after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.