Fact Check-Man arrested in North Carolina appears to be unrelated to George Floyd
6 Min Read A man arrested in North Carolina has been identified on social media, without evidence, as George Floyd’s sibling. While Dejwyan R. Floyd, arrested on April 1st, shares the same last name as the late Floyd, Reuters found no evidence that the two individuals are related. This claim comes almost a year after the death of George Perry Floyd, Jr., a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, sparking a wave of anti-racist protests across the world. ( here ). Examples of posts with the claim here and here read: “Why isn’t this on the...