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A downtown restaurant formerly known as The Stable, has undergone a change of ownership and has been rebranded as Floyd’s Texas Pub.
Source: https://farmersvilletimes.com/2023/04/06/new-name-new-ownership-for-downtown-eatery/
After Floyd’s killing, Simone said the Fearless Fund, whose backers include J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Bank of America and Mastercard, began receiving unsolicited investor interest for the first time.
“After George Floyd’s death, everyone knew there had to be changes.
After George Floyd’s murder, white-owned newsrooms promised to support Black journalists.
Source: https://sacobserver.com/2023/05/what-happened-to-journalisms-racial-reckoning/
Animation was inspired by Gerald Scarfe, who did the animation for Pink Floyd’s The Wall, and the music is gospel inspired.
Source: https://www.cagesideseats.com/2023/6/2/23747594/the-nightly-june-2nd-2023
Australian Pink FloydThe critically lauded The Australian Pink Floyd Show have announced The Dark Side Of The Moon tour for 2023 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s timeless classic album.
A very clear influence that looms large over the track is Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon; most strikingly, the female vocals in the second half of the song evoke those of “The Great Gig in the Sky.”
But if Chauvin, who is now 47-years-old, had won his appeal he would still remain behind bars for 21 years after pleading guilty to violating Floyd’s civil rights.
Disquiet surrounding police accountability has also continued to simmer in the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman in 2020 and similar tragedies in Memphis and Louisville.
Floyd’s murder, and the unprecedented surge in awareness that followed, prompted her to share her own experiences in an emotional video posted to her Instagram account.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/21/leigh-anne-pinnock-little-mix-interview
George Floyd family taking applications for business grants MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s family is ready to take applications from businesses for grants funded by money from their wrongful death legal settlement with the city of Minneapolis.
Source: https://ktar.com/story/5407917/new-guidance-use-drugs-surgery-early-for-obesity-in-kids/
He pleaded guilty to a federal charge of violating Floyd’s civil rights and was sentenced to 21 years.
Source: https://www.newser.com/story/332877/chauvin-pleads-guilty-to-tax-evasion.html
His death immediately drew comparisons to George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer just days earlier.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/world/middleeast/iyad-al-hallaq-officer-acquitted-israel.html
In 2020, at the height of the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd’s murder, voters in deep-blue California reaffirmed race neutrality by an even wider margin.
"In a chilling parallel to George Floyd’s killing, Irvo was held down and excessively restrained to death, when he should have been provided medical help and compassion.
May 30, 2020, in Indianapolis as he walked through an alley near his apartment building during violence that followed over Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
The address, in fact, went a lot further than a simple apology, as Milley discussed his own anger about Floyd’s killing, and ranged into America’s ugly racial history — including the military’s ongoing failures at promoting Black officers.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/03/24/mark-milley-lafayette-park-fallout-00088585
The defense continued a line of questioning based on whether George Floyd’s reported drug use caused his demise and if the crowd restricted Chauvin’s ability to render Floyd aid.
Source: https://newsone.com/playlist/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-murder-trial-timeline/
The family is being represented by Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights attorney who also represented the family of George Floyd and has said Otieno’s treatment has parallels to Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police in 2020.
The footage of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck went viral in May 2020, and occurred that summer in cities across the country.