Family members, friends and community activists continue calls for reforms as some in George Floyd Square said they see signs of progress.

Some things have changed for the better in Minneapolis since Memorial Day 2020, when a police officer murdered George Floyd. Some have not.

Advocates in Minneapolis have been working to preserve hundreds of pieces of 2020 protest art to ensure that George Floyd and the movement he sparked are not forgotten.

George Floyd moved to Minnesota for a fresh start — an opportunity to better himself and to be a better father.

The MAGA posts follow recent calls for Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin—the former Minneapolis cop who was convicted in Floyd’s murder—by right-wing figures including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Georgia Republican and others contend Floyd died of a drug overdose, disputing the findings of an autopsy that ruled his death a homicide.

Five years ago millions rallied for police reform after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Trump is now exiting court-ordered settlements.

Five years after a police officer murdered George Floyd, my colleagues and I attended events at the Minneapolis intersection where he was killed and in his hometown, Houston. They were both a tribute and a rallying call.

Family members of George Floyd, Reverend Al Sharpton, and civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, marked the anniversary of his death on Sunday (May 25) in Pearland, Texas. “We want George Floyd to be remembered as the one that changed policing for the rest of the history of this country,

Two autopsies ruled his death a homicide. Despite ample evidence demonstrating police misconduct killed Floyd, the false overdose narrative persists.