Quincy Mason Floyd is a man from Bryan, Texas best known as the son of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was allegedly suffocated to death by a former Minneapolis police officer named Derek Chauvin.^[1]

Quincy and his sister, Connie Mason, moved with their mother to Bryan, Texas over 15 years ago. In an interview with WLWT, a local news affiliate in Texas, Quincy revealed that he and his father hadn’t talked for “four or five years” at the time of Floyd’s death. Though the family’s lawyer has said Quincy heard about his father’s death through family, Quincy implied that he had seen the video before the news.^[3]

George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis Police Department officer while three others watched on May 25, 2020. A prayer vigil was held the night of May 26, 2020, in Houston’s Emancipation Park with Floyd’s family in attendance.

A video of the tragedy that went viral showed an officer, identified as Derek Chauvin, kneeling on Floyd's neck as he pleaded for help, repeatedly saying he could not breathe before eventually losing consciousness.

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Bystanders begged the officer to remove his knee, before and after Floyd goes silent.

The officer did not move for at least eight minutes, at which point paramedics carried Floyd away.

The officers claimed that Floyd was resisting arrest, but a video that aired on CBS News LA showed the beginning of his arrest where he complied. Another video shows the other three officers on the scene pinning Floyd down.^[2]

On 27th of June, 2020 Quincy and his family's attorney visited the site where former officer Derek Chauvin subdued Floyd for more than eight minutes as three other Minneapolis officers failed to intervene.

Quincy Mason Floyd was estranged to George and last saw him when he was just 5 years old.

Quincy Mason didn't even recognize George on the news until his mother who separated with George while he was young told him and his sister Connie that it was him.

Quincy Mason Floyd and his sister Connie attended a protest in their father's name in Bryan on 31 May 2020.

Quincy Mason, knelt at the site of his father’s murder on Wednesday afternoon.

The occasion marked one of only a few moments where he has spoken out publicly about his father’s death, and he took the time to speak to a large crowd that gathered during his visit.

Quincy said that he was appreciative for the “support and love” he’d experienced since his father died on May 25.

Quincy Mason Floyd has got a younger sister named Connie Mason who is also George Floyd's daughter.