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George Floyd was respected as a man who spoke from hard, but hardly extraordinary, experience.
Once a star athlete with dreams of turning pro, Floyd returned home only to bounce between jobs.
Intensely proud of his roots in Houston ’s Third Ward and admired as a mentor in a public housing project beset by poverty.
He decided the only way forward was to leave it behind.
George Floyd was arrested several times on drug and theft charges between 1997 and 2005 .
He was known throughout Cuney as an O.G. — literally “original gangster” — bestowed as a title of respect for a mentor who had learned from life experience.
Floyd met Lillard and pastor Patrick “PT” Ngwolo , whose ministry was looking for ways to reach residents in the projects.
Floyd was sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
A friend of Floyd ’s had already moved to the Twin Cities as part of a church discipleship program.
Friends provided Floyd with money and clothing to ease the transition.
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