It's two years since George Floyd death
Race in America
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The 2020 death of George Floyd, a Black man, by a White police officer in Minneapolis, led to protests across America and around the world.
It prompted calls for action against police brutality and racial discrimination.
CGTN’s Dan Williams revisits the crime, two years on.
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