George Floyd -legacy became a household name in May of 2020 when he was murdered by MPLS PD in front of the world via cell phone footage.

Floyd was born on October 14, 1973, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His mother moved to Houston, Texas where he and four siblings grew up in a public-housing project. Floyd played on the basketball and football team at Yates High School. After graduating in 1993, he attended South Florida Community College before transferring to Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1995. Young

Floyd would make mistakes in his lie that would result in his incarceration for a number of years.
After he was paroled in 2013, he served as a mentor in his religious community and posted anti-violence videos to social media. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, and worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost his job as a truck driver, and then his security job during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An influential member of his community, Floyd was respected for his ability to relate with others in his environment based on a shared experience of hardships and setbacks, having served time in prison and living in a poverty-stricken project in Houston. In a video addressing the youth in his neighborhood, Floyd reminds his audience that he has his own "shortcomings" and "flaws" and that he is not better than anyone else, but also expresses his disdain for the violence that was taking place in the community, and advises his neighbors to put down their weapons and remember that they are loved by him and God.

Say His Name!

GEORGE FLOYD (1973-2020)