murder of George Floyd

2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Event deliberate_murder Q95579249
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Summary

murder of George Floyd is a deliberate murder[1]. It draws 17,967 Wikipedia views per month (deliberate murder category, ranking #15 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: police brutality in the United States[4], killing by law enforcement officers[5]
  • Location: Powderhorn[6]
  • Commons category: Murder of George Floyd[7]
  • Point in time: May 25, 2020[8]
  • Has cause: cardiac arrest[9], counterfeit money[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Murder of George Floyd[11]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007159353/george-floyd-arrest-death-video.html[12]
  • Number of deaths: 1[13]
  • Number of injured: 0[14]
  • Immediate cause of: criminal charge[15]
  • Contributing factor of: Black Lives Matter[16]
  • Has effect: George Floyd protests[17], 2020 case against Derek Chauvin[18], Eulogy of Al Sharpton at the George Floyd Funeral[19]
  • Native label: murder of George Floyd[20]
  • Hashtag: GeorgeFloyd[21], Icantbreathe[22], Sayhisname[23]
  • Number of perpetrators: 4[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Black Lives Matter[25]
  • Perpetrator: Derek Chauvin[26]
  • Victim(s): George Floyd[27]

Why It Matters

murder of George Floyd has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . sandiegouniontribune.com. sandiegouniontribune.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . tmz.com. tmz.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . cnn.com. cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MalarzBOT bot · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Wandbild Portrait George Floyd von Eme Street Art im Mauerpark (Berlin).jpg, image ([[:commons:File:Wandbild Portrait George Floyd von Eme Street Art i"
  2. 11w ago · Virant · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'murder of George Floyd'}
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    Location → Powderhorn
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: murder of George Floyd"
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