STORY: Nearly five years after George Floyd was murdered by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, loved ones and the community returned to the location where Floyd's life ended to honor him.

Yellow roses covered the street corner at 38th and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, now known as George Floyd Square, Friday (May 23), as dozens of people showed up to commemorate Floyd.

Video of Floyd's death shocked the world and sparked protests across the globe with demonstrators demanding racial justice.

"Watching the video is never easy, I can't watch the video all the way through, cause the emotion that I feel," said Mahalia Jones, Floyd's aunt.

Despite the uprising that followed Floyd’s murder, Congress never passed legislation aimed at reducing racial profiling and the use of force by police.

On Wednesday (May 21), the U.S. Justice Department dismissed police reform and oversight agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville, where Floyd and Breonna Taylor were killed by police.

Floyd's family says they won't allow the Trump administration or anyone else deter them from advocating for racial justice.

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SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (MAY 23, 2025) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PUTTING ROSES DOWN TO COMMEMORATE THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE HE WAS MURDERED BY POLICE IN 2020.

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE FLOYD’S AUNT, 63, MAHALIA JONES, SAYING:

“Watching the video is never easy. I can't watch the video all the way through, cause the emotion that I feel and what family and friends has been through. The same situations like George Floyd is still happening.”

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE FLOYD’S AUNT, 63, ANGELA HARRELSON, SAYING:

“When our nephew was killed, there's two things that went on. People joined this change, became part of the change, but they didn't become the change. That's the difference. Because when you become the change, you become the movement. You become the change and you become the voice.”

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COUSIN OF GEORGE FLOYD AND CO-CHAIR OF THE GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL, DR. PARIS STEVENS, SAYING:

“We're going to continue on in our movements and in our actions. We're not going to be deterred. We're not going to be afraid. We're gonna continue what we have been called to do.”

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE FLOYD’S AUNT, 63, MAHALIA JONES, SAYING:

“We come together and we come together and we just stand tall and say, ‘Hey, this is not happening. This is not right. You don't mistreat no one.’ So, we come together, we go to the courthouse and we do all that. So, we still stand strong here and everywhere else in this country.”

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GEORGE FLOYD’S AUNT, 63, ANGELA HARRELSON, SAYING:

“And we are still here holding it down. And I love my family and I think the fact that we have the love for one another is why we're still here. You don't need everybody for a change. You just need a few people. And if you be consistent, then look at this. This is what you get. (points at George Floyd memorial).”

7. VARIOUS OF LOVED ONES OF GEORGE FLOYD'S POSING FOR PICTURES AT GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE