George Floyd

"I wanna dance, I wanna fly, gotta get my theme on, gotta shine"

"I'm all about the dollar. You catch me"

"Yo man, what's up everybody? Big Floyd, Floyd the Landlord man. That's me man. Right on man. From Houston Texas, the projects"

"I can't breathe."

"A native of Houston's Third Ward, Floyd was an affiliate of DJ Screw's legendary Screwed Up Click. He rapped under the name Big Floyd. Shortly after his death, fans of S.U.C. began sharing what many Texans had already been aware of: Floyd's features on Screw tapes from the ‘90s. One that surfaced is a 24-minute track titled "So Tired Of Ballin," in which Big Floyd enters around the 14-minutes mark. DJ Screw introduces him with an encouraging "Come on Big Floyd," and Floyd proceeds to glide over a funky slowed beat, boasting his Third Ward roots, dreaming of driving a drop top Bentley, and showing his "raw naked hide" on the competition for two minutes straight."

"(English translation from Spanish) George Floyd is the porn actor “Big Floyd”. True, but ... The publication says that George Floyd was an "underground porn actor" known as "Big Floyd." George Floyd did star in a pornographic video in 2016 with actress Kimberly Bricks for The Habib Show site. In the description of the video, the site tells that it was the first time of "Big Floyd" before cameras. AFP Factual could not find records of other filming in which Floyd has participated, so it is not possible to affirm that he has continued in that field. (original Spanish text) George Floyd es el actor porno “Big Floyd”. Verdadero, pero... La publicación dice que George Floyd era un “actor porno del underground” conocido como “Big Floyd”. George Floyd sí protagonizó un video pornográfico en el año 2016 junto a la actriz Kimberly Bricks para el sitio The Habib Show. En la descripción del video, el sitio cuenta que fue la primera vez de “Big Floyd” ante cámaras. AFP Factual no pudo encontrar registros de otras filmaciones en las que Floyd haya participado, por lo que no es posible afirmar que haya continuado en ese rubro."

"George Floyd and all other martyrs will remain worldwide symbols of freedom and the struggle to achieve justice here and everywhere."

"Would you agree that from the perspective of Officer Kueng’s body camera it appeared Officer Chauvin’s knee was more on Mr. Floyd’s shoulder blade?"

"Yes. That is the first time that I’ve seen the knee of the defendant on the shoulder blade area"

"Nelson on Monday during his cross-examination of Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo opened a line of questioning over the timeframe of the restraint, suggesting, at least at one point, Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s shoulder blade as opposed to his neck. Nelson raised the concept of “camera perspective bias” and played two roughly 30-second-long clips of Chauvin’s restraint of Floyd as paramedics were arriving on the scene: a bystander video from teenager Darnella Frazier and the police bodycam footage from former Officer Alexander Kueng. Nelson then highlighted that while it appeared Chauvin had his knee on Floyd’s neck in the video recorded by Frazier, the knee appeared to be on Floyd’s shoulder blade during the same period in the bodycam footage"

"Does it matter whether Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck versus his shoulder?"

"None of the vital structures were in the area that the knee appeared to be in the videos .. all of his injuries were in areas where the knee was not. In other words, they were on the front of his body, his face, places where he was restrained, but there was absolutely no evidence of injury on the skin, to the subcutaneous tissue, or the deeper structures of the back or the neck. I did not see bruising or abrasion to the skin. It speaks to the amount of force that was applied to Mr. Floyd was less than enough to bruise him."

"Thank you, George Floyd, for sacrificing your life for justice .. your name will always be synonymous with justice."