How Americans are reacting to George Floyd's death one year later
May 25, 2021 4:56 PM EDT On the evening of May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police detained George Floyd for allegedly using counterfeit money in a convenience store. Officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, killing the 46-year-old Black man. Floyd’s killing, and the nationwide demonstrations that followed, brought the issues of race, policing and civil rights to the forefront of the American conversation. Nearly a year later, a jury found Chauvin guilty of murder. The other three former police officers who were at the scene will fac...
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