How George Floyd is being remembered, 6 years later

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]Today marks six years since police killed George Floyd in Minneapolis and sent a shock wave around the world. As Esme Murphy reports, people have been gathering all day at 38th in Chicago to remember and celebrate Floyd's life.

[00:00:16]The somber remembrance was sprinkled with joy as a community came together to honor George Floyd, who lost his life at this intersection of 38th in Chicago, now known as George Floyd Square.

[00:00:29]Floyd's uncle, Selwin Jones, got the news the next morning.

[00:00:32]>> I've basically been going back through the time because when I heard what happened to my nephew on the 26th, my whole life changed. The whole world changed.

[00:00:43]>> George Floyd's girlfriend, Courtney Ross, delivered books to one of the many stands that held memorabilia about a man whose death changed a city and a nation.

[00:00:53]>> Floyd would like it like this. Floyd would want everybody celebrating like he never liked to see tears in anybody's eyes. And I tell people all the time whenever he saw anybody in need, he would take his big arm, you know, and wrap it around them.

[00:01:04]>> Just the aftermath of things over there on Lake Street.

[00:01:07]>> There are a few new businesses here like this photo studio where King Demetrius Pendleton displays his work focusing on the killing and destructive aftermath.

[00:01:16]And I'm asking that people just don't come out on this particular day, but come out all particular times because this community needs their help.

[00:01:24]>> Among those who live the trauma, one of the Minneapolis firefighters who helped save the city from burning.

[00:01:30]>> I feel that there's a tremendous amount of growth that can take place here. A tremendous amount of uh healing still has to come forward.

[00:01:38]>> The future of what George Floyd Square will eventually look like remains unresolved. Council President Elliot Payne tells me that one proposal will go before a council committee and the full council in early June. But for now, this remains a place where people will gather and remember. with photojournalist Mike Durburger, Esme Murphy, WCCCO News, George Floyd