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Victim in Police Encounter had Started new Life in Minnesota

Associated Press

   A black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his
   neck for several minutes was a former Texas high school football star
   who was carving out a living in his adopted state. George Floyd also
   had something in common with millions of Americans. He had lost his job
   because of the coronavirus pandemic. Floyd died Monday night in a
   confrontation that began after a grocery store employee called the
   police to report someone trying to pass a counterfeit bill. Floyd's
   friend, Christopher Harris, said Floyd had moved to Minneapolis from
   Houston about five years ago to find work.

   Before he died after being pinned for minutes beneath a Minneapolis
   police officer's knee, George Floyd was suffering the same fate as
   millions of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic: out of work and
   looking for a new job.

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