5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed
- Written by Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
Flowers, painted benches and handmade memorials surround a mural of George Floyd at George Floyd Square on May 18, 2025.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty ImagesOn the evening of May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by police outside a grocery store in Minneapolis.
From the outset, the incident became a battle of narratives. The local police initially...