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George Floyd was sentenced to prison for five years in 2009.

In August 2007, Floyd was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2009.

In August 2007, Floyd was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2009.George Floyd was the unarmed African-American man who died at the hands of a police officer in Minneapolis in 2020. This lead to widespread protests across the U.S, including Washington D.C. The officers involved in the incident have been suspended, pending investigation.

In August 2007, Floyd was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Investigators said he and five other men barged into a woman’s apartment, and Floyd pushed a pistol into her abdomen before searching for items to steal. Floyd pleaded guilty in 2009 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He is later believed to have entered a plea deal and eventually got released in 2013.

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