PRIOR TO THE 'MURDER' OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 2020, THERE WAS THE 'MURDER' OF GEORGE FLOYD IN 1945
Channel: Papa Daddy Unscripted
Date: 2023-03-13

In 1945, a 46-year-old Black man was arrested in St. Augustine, Fla.

He was on his way home. Before he, his two brothers, and a friend could get there, they were stopped by a police officer and taken to jail. Three of the four were released quickly. Probably sensing the fourth man, still locked up, might be at risk, they went to get their boss, a white manager at the turpentine camp where they all worked. When the boss arrived at the jail, the fourth man was dead. He had been beaten to death in a cell by the blackjack-wielding police officer who had arrested him.

The dead man’s name was George Floyd.

There were no demonstrations after his death. No lawyer challenged the conclusion of the county coroner’s jury that Floyd had resisted arrest. No one questioned the coroner’s entry of “accident” on Floyd’s death certificate as the cause of death. A letter to the national NAACP explained that Floyd, unarmed, protested repeated searches of his person in the cell and a scuffle ensued, whereupon the arresting officer beat him to death. The NAACP, overwhelmed with similar cases, could not assist.