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Namibia: Thousands remember George Floyd on fifth anniversary of death – News

Namibia: Thousands remember George Floyd on fifth anniversary of death – News

Africa Links 24 with BBC
Published on 2025-05-26 08:26:16

Americans across the country on Sunday remembered George Floyd five years after he was killed by the police, with special gatherings in the city where he grew up and the one where he died.

The murder of Floyd on 25 May 2020, a black man, in Minneapolis by police officer Derek Chauvin led to nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.

On Sunday, Floyd’s family gathered in their hometown of Houston near Floyd’s gravesite for a service led by reverend Al Sharpton, while…

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