'Us standing up now, is to protect our kids in the future,' says a friend of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed in Minneapolis police custody
But many mass gatherings quickly yielded to violence. Buildings were vandalized and looted. Police cars were set on fire, and flames burned on the block in front of the White House. Instances of police violence, and violence towards police, were captured on social media. Curfews were put in place in at least 40 cities and National Guard officers were deployed to restore order in at least 21 states.Protesters hold up signs in Vancouver, British Columbia in western Canada.
The man they mourned was someone who "was already talking to the kids about going to school, staying out of trouble, putting the guns down," a friend, Corey Paul, tells PEOPLE in this week's issue. The two met and bonded through Paul's work with Resurrection Houston church. "He was what we call our 'person of peace,'" Paul says.
"George would always try to find a way to make the best of the situations," says a longtime friend, rapper Trae Tha Truth. "A lot of times with us coming from the streets, he would be one of the ones saying, 'Hey, naw, this ain't the way to go about it. This is not cool.' A lot of the younger ones from his side looked at him as O.G. status, somebody they would actually respect and listen to.
"It's heartbreaking for this situation to occur," he says. "One thing I know: He would stand up if it would happen one of us. Us standing up now, is to protect our kids in the future."
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