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On this day May 25, 2020

George Floyd murdered by Minneapolis police

Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds, killing him. The bystander video sparked the largest protest wave in U.S. history, with an estimated 15–26 million people in the streets across all 50 states by mid-June.

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