History Today: How George Floyd’s killing in US gave rise to ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement

On May 25, 2020, the killing of George Floyd led to what is considered the largest protest movement in United States history and a conversation on racism and policing. Floyd, a Black man, died after Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly 10 minutes. Protesters filled the streets, shouting slogans such as ‘Black Lives Matter’ and soon spread across the US

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