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George Floyd protests
The killing of George Floyd by police triggered large protests in the U.S. and abroad.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2020.
Why it matters
It shifted debates over policing, race, protest, and institutional legitimacy.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
The killing of George Floyd by police triggered large protests in the U.S. and abroad.
It shifted debates over policing, race, protest, and institutional legitimacy.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2020-005
- Date or period
- 2020-05 onward
- Type
- Mass protest / policing crisis
- Focus
- Political / social conflict
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Minneapolis, United States
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- Protesters; police; city and national governments
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 44.9778, -93.2650 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “George Floyd protests.” World Events record 2020-005. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2020/2020-005/