A man arrested in North Carolina has been identified on social media without evidence as George Floyd’s brother or sister. While Dejwyan R. Floyd, who was arrested on April 1, shares the same surname as the late Floyd, Reuters found no evidence that the two individuals are related.
This claim comes almost a year after the death of George Perry Floyd Jr., a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes, causing a spate of anti-racist protests around the world has. (here).
Examples of postings with the claim here and here read: “Why is it not on the NEWS channels? George Floyd’s younger brother, Delywan (sic) Floyd, was arrested in North Carolina for a shooting of a white couple on the road, and the mother of six people sitting in the passenger seat was killed. Iterations contains a photo of a man visible here and a photo of a woman visible in an Oxygen report.
Dejwyan R. Floyd, 29, was arrested on the first morning of April 1 by the sheriff of Robeson County on charges of ‘first murder and firing of a weapon in an occupied property’, according to the sheriff. with death. of Julie Eberly (47) of Manheim, Pennsylvania (here).
Reuters found no evidence to support the claim that this man is the “younger brother” of George Floyd.
Asked about the allegation, the Robeson County sheriff told Reuters via Facebook: ‘We have no information at all to confirm this is true. We saw the rumor ourselves. ”Adding that ‘the name Floyd is very common in our country and area’.
George Floyd’s siblings (brothers Philonise Floyd, Rodney Floyd and Terrence Floyd and sisters Bridgett Floyd, Latonya Floyd and Zsa Zsa Floyd) were previously identified by the media and spoke publicly about the death of their brother (here, here , here, here).
Philonise Floyd recently testified in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer (here). He can be seen here and here in Reuters footage.
Rodney Floyd and Terrence Floyd can be seen in Reuters polls here, here and here, here
His sisters Bridgett Floyd, Latonya Floyd and Zsa Zsa Floyd can be seen here, here, here and here.
His obituary (here) for one of his services in Raeford, North Carolina (here), indicates that Floyd had two stepbrothers, Deldrick Carter and Adrian Carter, and two step-sisters, Camisha Carter and Constance Carter. No mention is made of Dejwyan R. Floyd.
Benjamin Crump, who heads Floyd’s family legal team, did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
VERDICT
Untrue. A man who arrested Dejwyan R. Floyd on April 1 in North Carolina does not appear to be related to George Floyd.
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