A memorial service will be held at 1300 local time in Minneapolis today for the man whose death has set off more than a week of unrest in the US.
But who was the man?
Before the image of George Floyd lying under the knee of a policeman set off shock, anger and protests across the US, the arch of his life crossed crests and troughs.
There were highs, as when he, as a teenager in Houston, played American football for the 1992 Texas state champion runners-up Yates High School Lions.
There were lows, as when he was arrested for robbery in 2007 and served five years in prison.
But mostly, it would seem that Floyd, who was 46 when he died in Minneapolis on 25 May, 2020, was simply trying to live life as any other American, in search of betterment in the face of both personal and societal challenges.
BBC
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