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Five years later, Minneapolis remembers George Floyd
People will gather in what is known as George Floyd Square on Sunday to reflect on the police murder of George Floyd.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 25, 2025 at 11:00AM

Antonio Jenkins paints a mural of George Floyd on the spot where he was murdered in 2020 at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis. Sunday marks the five-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder. (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Sunday marks five years since George Floyd was pinned by his neck and killed by police in the streets of Minneapolis, sparking a historic wave of calls to action to end police brutality and racial injustice.

Since Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by Minneapolis police, crowds have trekked to the city every year on the anniversary of his death to pay their respects and celebrate his legacy.

On a weekend that is usually reserved for remembering fallen veterans, Floyd’s presence is everywhere in the Twin Cities — from author readings to prayer circles, concerts and more.

On Sunday, there are several planned events to honor Floyd’s life, with most of the major activities happening near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue where he was killed. At what’s now known as George Floyd Square, scheduled events include a morning church service followed by an evening gospel concert — featuring popular local choir the Sounds of Blackness — and a candlelight vigil.

This year’s theme for the annual Rise and Remember Festival that celebrates Floyd’s life in George Floyd Square is “the people have spoken.”

“Now is the time for the people to rise up and continue the good work we started,” Angela Harrelson, an aunt of Floyd and board co-chair of the Rise and Remember nonprofit, said in a statement.

At nearby Phelps Field Park, a “Justice for George” exhibit will showcase plywood murals from 2020.

Floyd’s death ignited a worldwide movement not only to make changes in policing but also to address systemic racial inequities in other areas of society. However, the commitment to that global movement’s long-term legacy has been debated.

This year’s milestone anniversary is marked by a stark contrast in the political atmosphere and societal acceptance of policing reforms, equity and racial justice work that had been widely called for in the aftermath of Floyd’s death in 2020.
On Wednesday, the Department of Justice filed to dismiss a consent decree agreement with Minneapolis that was supposed to entail sweeping reforms. There have also been rumors that President Donald Trump, who was the president when Floyd was killed, might pardon former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in Floyd’s murder. Publicly, Trump has given no credence to the rumors.

The Trump administration has also tried to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs throughout the country in public as well as private organizations.

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[cybertoaster]

A few months after CHAZ was disbanded, the homeless camp they created was still in the park, and the methhead and his pregnant girlfriend were living there. He murdered her by hammering nails into her skull; he blockaded himself in the water purification building in the park (the park caps a reservoir), instigating a standoff with police; and he killed himself via drowning in a vat of bleach.

Go more on this?

 

[Instant_Pot_User]

Fuck George Floyd.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

This is where I was at. I’d just been yelled at by a cop for babysitting a widowed friend’s kid and having THE TEMERITY to take the kid to the park and let him pull at the caution tape on the play structures.

The cop and his partner followed me and the kid for several blocks… I guess escorting us to make sure we didn’t try to play anywhere?

I was on board with Total Cop Death and was borderline ready to riot myself.

lol I’d have fucking shot him. I don’t know what kind of cesspool you live in, but where I lived the sheriff openly declared that he was not going to enforce a single thing the state or Feds demanded. From the start.

 

[NickDigger]

FUCK NIGGERS

 

[queue-anon]

Go more on this?

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/meth-mental-illness-murder-how-one-prolific-offender-was-given-chance-after-chance/OLIJ2GQJ2JHTJFXW2YUD7GCVPM/

Five days later, police were called to Cal Anderson Park and discovered Vach beaten to death in a tent.

Berge barricaded himself inside a pumping station, while Seattle police SWAT negotiators asked him to surrender. After an hourslong standoff, police cut their way inside and discovered Berge dead at the bottom of a tank filled with bleach solution.

I guess the nails in her skull were just a rumor (or KIRO left out that detail).

 

[cybertoaster]

(or KIRO left out that detail).

More likely...

 

[Clotso Coof]

killed himself via drowning in a vat of bleach

That needs to become far more common in Seattle.

 

[Myrtle the Turtle]

People forget the lunacy of the riots. You had to put up "BLM" signs and stuff everywhere or otherwise have your shit get wrecked. Nothing peaked me harder than 2020 .

 

[OvercookedBacon]

People forget the lunacy of the riots. You had to put up "BLM" signs and stuff everywhere or otherwise have your shit get wrecked. Nothing peaked me harder than 2020 .

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And yet ...

 

[The Nothingness]

And yet ...
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Reminds me of one house I saw that had a BLM sign and a sign indicating it was wired to a security system

 

[東海旅客鉄道株式会社]

It's amazing how quickly BLM came and went in 2020. It's pretty obvious the whole floyd riot summer was because of COVID cabin fever and wasn't all that organic but I still am surprised at how quickly the whole they really died off in a matter of months. If I was the conspiracy type I would think it had something to do with the 2020 election but time has showed me that there aren't that many smart people involved for that to be a possibility.

I want to clarify that the insane drug addict wasn't a tranny because the way that saga ended was extremely on point for that whole shitshow.

A few months after CHAZ was disbanded, the homeless camp they created was still in the park, and the methhead and his pregnant girlfriend were living there. He murdered her by hammering nails into her skull; he blockaded himself in the water purification building in the park (the park caps a reservoir), instigating a standoff with police; and he killed himself via drowning in a vat of bleach.

Do you have anymore information about this? I haven't heard or seen this.

 

[P. Barnes’ THOT 2.0]

It's amazing how quickly BLM came and went in 2020. It's pretty obvious the whole floyd riot summer was because of COVID cabin fever and wasn't all that organic but I still am surprised at how quickly the whole they really died off in a matter of months. If I was the conspiracy type I would think it had something to do with the 2020 election but time has showed me that there aren't that many smart people involved for that to be a possibility.

I think it had more to do with Kyle Rittenhouse. And if it wasn't directly because of that, it certainly had an affect

 

[John McAfee]

It's pretty obvious the whole floyd riot summer was because of COVID cabin fever and wasn't all that organic but I still am surprised at how quickly the whole they really died off in a matter of months.

It was coordinated, instigated, and fed by ngo's, act blue, and allowed to continue in perpetuity by progressive politicians and the national lawyers guild. The coordination between the ngos, antifa, and the nlg is documented pretty extensively in the happenings thread. Geodata of cell phones, same protestors in multiple cities, uhauls with gear, conveniently located pallets of bricks, leaked signal chats, code words, non verbal communcation(the one I remember was the "press" holding cameras above there heads and triggering the flash), coded attire and uniforms being uniformly used across the nation at every protest.

Cabin fever? No. Fanned and fed by malicious actors.

 

[Mister Fister]

SQUATTERS RIGHTS!

It was coordinated, instigated, and fed by ngo's, act blue, and allowed to continue in perpetuity by progressive politicians and the national lawyers guild. The coordination between the ngos, antifa, and the nlg is documented pretty extensively in the happenings thread. Geodata of cell phones, same protestors in multiple cities, uhauls with gear, conveniently located pallets of bricks, leaked signal chats, code words, non verbal communcation(the one I remember was the "press" holding cameras above there heads and triggering the flash), coded attire and uniforms being uniformly used across the nation at every protest.

Cabin fever? No. Fanned and fed by malicious actors.

All of this to burn down nigger and shitlib areas.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

Imagine being remembered for dying.

 

[Gorilla Milk]

It was coordinated, instigated, and fed by ngo's, act blue, and allowed to continue in perpetuity by progressive politicians and the national lawyers guild. The coordination between the ngos, antifa, and the nlg is documented pretty extensively in the happenings thread. Geodata of cell phones, same protestors in multiple cities, uhauls with gear, conveniently located pallets of bricks, leaked signal chats, code words, non verbal communcation(the one I remember was the "press" holding cameras above there heads and triggering the flash), coded attire and uniforms being uniformly used across the nation at every protest.

I still feel that it was an attempt at trying to get Trump to mobilize the national guard so they could try and stage a coup or some shit. I'm not sure exactly what their plan was but I feel like they succeeded in some parts of it (Confining people to their homes for years, destroying small businesses, getting biden elected, ect) while failed in other parts of it,

 

[Ainchiemi]

I'm still convinced that if it wasn't for COVID this wouldn't have gotten as big as it did. The collective cabin fever literally caused retards to put a random black man on a higher pedestal than he needed to be. The whole time I was hoping that all the protesters would get COVID and die from not being in quarantine and then everyone would laugh at how retarded it was to do a mass protest during a supposed global pandemic. But of course that never happened and now I'm forced to care about a guy who's only achievement was dying as a fentanyl addict and getting a golden coffin that's worth more than my college tuition.

Rest in power Saint Floyd

TDS, media retards being full on psycho and more added the fuel to why this changed the US forever.

 

[Lady Bizness]

Are there any maps out there indicating the location of Floyd murals?
I was just thinking how depressing it must be to live near one. That ugly face with absolutely no light behind the eyes. In my community there was a temporary but huge sign that listed the names of people supposedly wrongly killed by cops. No one took that down but the weather had its way with it - I suppose you can see the remnants today if you know what to look for. There were mini posters all around of someone's colorful artistic impression of that sad-sack's face. Even the artist couldn't put life into him. Tacked up to every stop sight and light post like a lost dog. Every once in awhile I'll see the corner of one when pressing the button at a crosswalk - otherwise covered by a posters for spiritual awareness workshops and local community death metal headliners.
Thousands of miles away.
It makes me wonder if some of the greatest moments of history retold in my childhood textbooks were actually just as retarded.

 

[AuraofGoon]

Ironic that Charlie Kirk and George Floyd have the same birthday. I wonder what a friendship between the two would have been like.