“So many people here come to the same conclusion - it could be me, my brother, my cousin - as opposed to ‘He’s just another guy, let me go on with my life,'” said Paul Johnson, a psychotherapist who raised his children in the neighborhood and recently became involved in Communities United Against Police Brutality. Many came to mourn and demand greater police accountability, or to show solidarity with residents who have rallied to keep the square an arts-driven memorial to Floyd, who was 46 and unemployed as a result of the pandemic when he was killed on May 25, 2020. Surrounded by family Terrence Floyd, center, looks up to the sky while standing at a memorial headstone for his Brother George Floyd during candlelight vigil honoring honoring his brother in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
