Remembrance & Memorials : The case and legacy of George Floyd

4WardEverUK • 24 May 2023

all credits: Houstonia

published: 27 February 2023

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From all of our hundreds of Remembrance Calendar entries, we particularly feature certain cases that were of notable historical significance.


George Floyd


George Floyd’s Legacy Lives. George’s brother, Philonise Floyd and his wife, Keeta, have created a nonprofit (PAKFISC)to support their community and honor George’s memory.


Third Ward neighborhood, where George Floyd’s family once lived, you can see the communal ties in real time. At the corner of Tierwester and Winbern Streets, adjacent to their now-condemned childhood home, lies the George Perry Floyd Jr. mural emblazoned on the side of Scott Food Mart, known to the locals as the “blue store.” Cars honk, and passersby stop to shake the hands of George’s older brother, Philonise Floyd, and his wife, Keeta, as a sign of respect and reverence.

George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, at the hands of the Minneapolis police, led by officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes.

Chauvin and three other officers, Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas K. Lane, have all been charged and sentenced: Chauvin for second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter, and the other three for violating Floyd’s civil rights. To the general public, justice may have been served; however, the Floyds say that it doesn’t come close.


“It can never be justice because I can’t get George back,” Philonise said. “Life is priceless. My brother was murdered. It is a death sentence for my family and I.”


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