George Floyd was a 46-year-old African-American man who was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and raised in Houston, Texas. He attended Yates High School where he played on the basketball and football teams. Floyd was a star tight end for Yates, helping them to the 1992 state championship final game. He played basketball at South Florida Community College from 1993 to 1995. Floyd returned to Houston where he joined the hip hop group Screwed Up Click and rapped under the stage name "Big Floyd." In 2014, Floyd moved to Minnesota. He lived in St. Louis Park and worked in nearby Minneapolis as a restaurant security guard for five years. At the time of his death, Floyd had recently lost his job due to Minnesota's stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic. Floyd was the father of two daughters and a son. He was described as a "gentle giant" by friends and family. During the course of being arrested after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill, George Floyd died when a Minneapolis police officer, later convicted of murder, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.

George Floyd was a 46-year-old African-American man who was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and raised in Houston, Texas. He attended Yates High School where he played on the basketball and football teams. Floyd was a star tight end for Yates, helping them to the 1992 state championship final game. He played basketball at South Florida Community College from 1993 to 1995. Floyd returned to Houston where he joined the hip hop group Screwed Up Click and rapped under the stage name "Big Floyd." In 2014, Floyd moved to Minnesota. He lived in St. Louis Park and worked in nearby Minneapolis as a restaurant security guard for five years. At the time of his death, Floyd had recently lost his job due to Minnesota's stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic. Floyd was the father of two daughters and a son. He was described as a "gentle giant" by friends and family. During the course of being arrested after a store clerk alleged he had passed a counterfeit $20 bill, George Floyd died when a Minneapolis police officer, later convicted of murder, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.

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