On Sunday, five years since the day George Floyd was killed, the Minneapolis square named for him was overflowing.
Hundreds gathered, as they have throughout recent days, with tears and renewed calls for justice for the man who died under a police officer’s knee while a crowd pleaded for him to stop. Visitors on Sunday dropped colorful flowers — including many yellow roses — on the intersection where Floyd was murdered, decorating a memorial enshrining him on the city’s streets.
“The feeling that we have from previous ‘angelversaries’ is very different this year,” said Bridgette Stewart, a freelance journalist and community activist who lives in Minneapolis.