George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes while he was handcuffed and lying face down on the street. Floyd had been arrested over a suspected counterfeit banknote. Video recorded by a bystander spread rapidly, prompting protests across the United States and other countries and renewed debate about police violence and racism, with the Black Lives Matter movement at the centre. Chauvin was convicted of murder in 2021 and sentenced to more than two decades in prison. Three other officers were also convicted of federal charges. The case led to calls for police reform and some changes to local policing laws.
Before and after
- 15 March 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in Akrotiri and Dhekelia
- 27 March 2020Discovery of C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
- 15 April 2020Discovery of Kepler-1649c
- from 24 May 2020 to 25 March 20212020–2021 Belarusian protests
- 25 May 2020Murder of George Floyd
- 26 May 2020George Floyd protests
- 30 May 2020Launch of Crew Dragon Demo-2
- from 20 June 2020 to 9 August 2020Premiere of It's Okay to Not Be Okay
- 21 June 2020Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
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