Football field at Jack Yates H.S. will forever be known as the George Perry Floyd Jr. Athletic Community Field
According to those who knew George Floyd, he loved the Third Ward and attending Jack Yates High School.
Internal docs show Facebook overlooked Trump's rhetoric amid George Floyd protest
It wasn't until after Donald Trump posted about Floyd’s death that the reports of violence and hate speech increased “rapidly” on Facebook across the country, an internal company analysis of the ex-president’s social media post reveals.
Body cam footage shows MPD officers talking about 'hunting' protesters
Body camera footage captured Minneapolis police officers discussing a change in approach on the fifth night of unrest following the death of George Floyd.
George Floyd statue vandalized in Union Square
The NYPD was searching for the man who vandalized a newly-unveiled statue of George Floyd in Union Square.
FDNY suspends 9 firefighters over racist messages after death of George Floyd
According to a report, the firefighters shared racist messages and memes on their phones mocking George Floyd and Black people.
Derek Chauvin files new appeal in his conviction in the murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin filed an appeal with the Minnesota state appellate court on Thursday in his murder conviction for the death of George Floyd.
George Floyd mural in Toledo collapses, cause disputed
Witnesses told Toledo fire officials lightning destroyed a mural of George Floyd. But a city inspector is telling a different story.
Derek Chauvin sentence: 22.5 years in prison for murder of George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 270 months, or 22 1/2 years, in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
George Floyd statues vandalized in Brooklyn, Newark
Officials say someone defaced the 6-foot sculpture located at Flatbush Junction with spray paint.
Sharpton on Derek Chauvin sentence: 'Justice would have been the maximum'
“Let us not feel we are here to celebrate because justice would have been George Floyd never having been killed,” Rev. Al Sharpton said in the wake of the sentencing of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Gianna Floyd, 7, shares message for father at Derek Chauvin sentencing: 'I miss you'
George Floyd’s 7-year-old daughter Gianna shared a heartbreaking message for her late father during the sentencing of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.
George Floyd statue unveiled in Brooklyn as Juneteenth marked across US
The six-foot-tall statue will stand at Flatbush Junction for several weeks before being moved to Union Square in Manhattan.
Darnella Frazier, teen who filmed George Floyd killing, awarded Pulitzer citation
The Pulitzer Prizes gave a special citation to Darnella Frazier whose video showing former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck played an integral role during his murder trial and sent shockwaves through social media.
Students reenact George Floyd killing in photo, principal resigns
A high school principal in Colorado has announced she is resigning a couple weeks after a photo of three students reenacting the killing of George Floyd in the school parking lot was shared on social media.
Oakland police chief apologizes; issues 33 disciplinary actions for using tear gas against protesters
Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong on Wednesday for the first time apologized for what happened at a youth-led George Floyd protest last summer and he also announced that he has issued more than 33 disciplinary actions to officers for using tear gas, in violation of department and city policy.
City crews remove barriers around George Floyd Square, activists restore them
City crews began removing the barriers and installing signs to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic. A spokesperson says it's a "community-led" effort.
'It captures the terror': Attorneys release new video of Philly police using tear gas on protesters
A group of attorneys release new video of Philadelphia police using tear gas on protesters June 1, 2020 on I676.
FBI: 7 wanted in connection to arson incidents during unrest in Philadelphia last summer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday released images of seven people wanted in connection to arson incidents committed during the widespread unrest in Philadelphia last summer in the wake of the police custody death of George Floyd.
2 charged for allegedly using road flares to torch state police SUV during unrest in Philadelphia
Prosecutors on Thursday brought charges against two men who allegedly used road flares to torch a Pennsylvania State Police SUV during last summer's unrest in Philadelphia.
George Floyd remembered by Philadelphia group at City Hall
A large crowd gathered at Philadelphia's City Hall to remember George Floyd, killed by a former Minneapolis police officer in May 2020.