On May 25, 2020, a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, who was Black, by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes during an arrest. The officer, Derek Chauvin, was convicted on murder ...

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. Images caught ...

In some ways, George Floyd's story was an Everyman's story. He grew up poor, he struggled in school and eventually fell into substance abuse. Most of the people he crossed paths with remember him as ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after ...

The social-justice movement that began in earnest with Trayvon Martin’s shooting in 2012, and culminated eight years later, after George Floyd’s murder, once looked unstoppable. By the summer of 2020, ...

After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned. By Shaila ...

A view of the site where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2024. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our newsletters overdeliver.

Sincere Detailing Pros owner Edwin Reed poses for a portrait behind George Floyd Square on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minn. NINA MOINI: Five years ago, George Floyd was murdered by a ...

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. George ...