It’s important to understand that Breonna, Tyre , Ahmaud, Henry, Sandra and dozens more of our family members were made ...

Five years ago today, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on 46-year-old George Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes 29 seconds ...

No longer demanding cuts to police budgets or straining to show solidarity with protesters, Democrats are taking a far more ...

Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020. George Floyd's family reflected on his legacy and called again for police reform during a press conference on Sunday to mark the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was originally published in 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It has been republished as Minneapolis is set to mark his passing, five years later.

The death of George Floyd lit a fire in the U.S. in the summer of 2020 — and the years that followed. Floyd died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for more than 9 minutes.

On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on the neck of George Floyd and held it there for nearly 90 seconds. The incident was filmed by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier ...

In the Pulitzer-prize winning biography “His Name Is George Floyd,” his sister remembers how, as a toddler, Floyd would jump into his mother’s lap and pepper her cheeks with kisses. He was just as ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Police reform and civil-rights activists joined thousands of ordinary people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and decry the Trump administration for ...

George Floyd was remembered with love, grief, and powerful words on the fifth anniversary of his death. His siblings, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, and Reverend Al Sharpton gathered at Houston ...

For the record: 8:37 a.m. May 23, 2025An earlier version of this article stated that Derek Chauvin placed his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 90 seconds. It was nine minutes. On May 25 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Police reform and civil-rights activists joined thousands of ordinary people Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and decry the Trump administration for ...