Article 5GVFE The life of George Floyd: ‘He knew how to make people feel better’

The life of George Floyd: ‘He knew how to make people feel better’

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Joanna Walters
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How a gentle giant beloved by family and community became a man who would change the world'

George Floyd's loved ones said at his funeral on 9 June last year that his tragic killing at the hands of police was going to change the world".

But who was George Floyd and why did his excruciating demise, out of so many thousands of police-involved deaths in the US, make his name one that, to quote his family again, everybody is going to remember"?

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