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eorge Perry Floyd Jr. October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020
Documented
- 1990s: Convictions “for theft and delivery of a controlled substance”
- 1998 (August): Sentenced to 10 months in Harris County, Texas, jail for
theft with a firearm
- 2002 (April): Sentenced to 30 days in jail for criminal trespassing
- 2002 (October): Sentenced to eight months for cocaine offense
- 2004: Sentenced to ten months for cocaine offense
- 2005 (December) Sentenced to 10 months in state jail for possession of
cocaine
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ourt records listed Floyd as “the ringleader of a violent home invasion”
Report:
Floyd and another suspect wearing blue uniforms and posing as local water department workers gained entry into a woman’s house.
“When the woman retaliated, a Ford Explorer pulled up to the home and five other males exited the car and went up to the front door”
“The largest of the group,” later identified by the victim as George Floyd, “‘forced his way inside the residence, placed a pistol against the complainant’s abdomen, and forced her into the living room area of the residence.
“‘This large suspect then searched the residence while another armed suspect guarded the complainant, who was struck in the head and sides by this second armed suspect with his pistol while she screamed for help.’
“Not finding any drugs or money at the house, the men took jewelry and the woman’s cell phone and fled in their car.
“A neighbor who witnessed the robbery took down the car’s license plate number.”
Police later “tracked down the car and found Floyd behind the wheel. He was later identified by the woman as the large suspect who placed a gun against her stomach and forced her into her living room.”
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fter several theft and drug possession arrests, Floyd, in 2007, was charged with armed robbery and home invasion. In 2009, he “made a plea deal” and was sentenced to five years in prison, four of which he served before being paroled in 2013.
- 2014: Floyd moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2020 (May 25): a Powderhorn Park neighborhood store clerk reported George Floyd had passed an “obviously” “counterfeit” twenty-dollar bill; and when challenged by the merchant, Floyd “refused to return the purchased cigarettes.”
The police were called. Floyd was detained. Floyd died while being restrained by police.
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utopsies One and Two
During the first autopsy, the toxicologist reportedly “found several psychoactive substances or metabolites in [Floyd’s] system”; the medical examiner “noted fentanyl intoxication and recent methamphetamine use as significantly contributory to his death, though not the cause”; the official cause of death finding was death from “cardiopulmonary arrest caused by subdual [an act of being subdued] and restraint.”
A second autopsy, commissioned by the family of the deceased, lacking “access to various tissue and fluid samples,” concluded that the cause of death was “neck compression restricting blood flow to the brain, and back compression restricting breathing …, ‘evidence consistent with mechanical asphyxia.’”
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long the road of his pursuit of crime, George Perry Floyd Jr. reportedly
dabbled in religion, sports and hip-hop (rap) “music;” attended community college,
and dropped out of a four-year college. This is not a portrait any reasonable
person would wish on the young or the impressionable.
No one should die as he died or choose to live as he lived. But all the hearts and flowers, all the vacuous thoughts, prayers, and preaching—all the show and backlash won’t whitewash or change reality.
Better chapters and better legacies to bequeath to later generations await the diligence of the young, the less impressionable, the morally and mentally strong and courageous—thinkers who think independently of the herd.
Sources
George Floyd. Wikipedia, Latest update June 10, 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd
GreatGameIndia. “Profile Reads like a Career Criminal” June 6, 2020 (updated June 8, 2020) https://greatgameindia.com/george-floyd-criminal/ GreatGameIndia describes itself as a quarterly journal on geopolitics and international relations https://greatgameindia.com/
Daily Mail UK “EXCLUSIVE: A new start turns to a tragic end for George Floyd, who moved to Minneapolis determined to turn his life around after being released from prison in Texas” Dailymail.com Reporter May 28, 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8366533/George-Floyd-moved-Minneapolis-start-new-life-released-prison-Texas.html
George Floyd moved to Minneapolis in 2014 for a fresh start after being released from prison in Houston, Texas following an arrest for aggravated robbery
Floyd had turned his life around but died on Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck while arresting him for allegedly paying with a fake $20 bill
None of the officers could have been aware of Floyd's more than a decade-old criminal history at the time of the arrest
The 46-year-old had left behind his past in Houston after being released from prison stemming from a 2007 robbery
He plead guilty to entering a woman’s home, pointing a gun at her stomach and searching the home for drugs and money, according to court records
Floyd was sentenced to 10 months in jail for having less than one gram of cocaine in a December 2005 arrest
He had previously been sentenced to eight months for the same offense, stemming from an October 2002 arrest
Floyd was arrested in 2002 for criminal trespassing and served 30 days in jail
He had another stint for a theft in August 1998
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