Minneapolis – The Minneapolis Square, named after George Floyd, has overflowed five years since the day he was killed.

As in recent days, hundreds of people gathered together, tears and re-called for justice for the man who died under the police knees, while a group of people begged him to stop.

Visitors on Sunday fell colorful flowers - including many yellow roses, at the intersection where Floyd was murdered, adorning a memorial and laying him on the streets of the city.

"This year, we felt very different from the previous 'Angelversaries'," said Bridgette Stewart, a freelance journalist and community activist living in Minneapolis.

Stewart said her workplace is in George Floyd Square, so she is there every day. Five years later, a sense of peace returned to the community and people started to be together, Stewart said.

“It’s our first year, and in fact, we don’t have to have the Department of Homeland Security and do the entire bomb,” she noted.

Ximena Rayo, the city's 58-year-old school principal, said the place where she and Floyd were killed was not far away. She recalls relocating the entire city by murder.

Leo said while “we have nowhere to go, there are still signs of progress. That is, she said the newcomer was hired and the city’s mayor and the police department “really are working hard to make the effort better.”

"It seems people feel safe," Leo said.

The fifth annual "Rise and Memory Festival", its organizers said honor Floyd and others "unjustly lost honor" to the general impact of systemic racism. On Saturday, colorful flowers tied to the Floyd Memorial.

Billy Briggs, a live music photographer who lives only in George Floyd Square, described the fifth anniversary of Floyd's death, which was triggered by memories of the day. Briggs served as the square for a year and began filming a way to deal with trauma.

“When I watch my family in the park in front of the house and walk over there (the square), it sometimes brings me some tears because I know they’re going to have a hard lesson, but it’s important,” Briggs said. “And I’m glad people are still coming and bringing their family here to teach this lesson.”

Floyd was killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020, shocked him by using his knees to press the weight of his body against Floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes.

Floyd's dying words were "I can't breathe."

The words wept at his murders, including those of politicians, institutions, businesses and schools. Protesters across the country are calling for change in the streets, demanding that the United States estimate due to its profound racial injustice and reform the police department.

Chauvin was sentenced to 21 years in prison for violating Floyd's civil rights and 22 1/2 years in the second-degree murder case. Minneapolis has banned police stifling, and the company promises more than $66 billion for the Race Equity Initiative.

Floyd's life is also celebrated in other cities on Sunday - his family held a private memorial service in Houston and his brother held a parade in Brooklyn, New York, which led to a new community plaque honoring Floyd.

Civil rights lawyer and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong was one of the first people to learn about Floyd's death five years ago. Her heart broke as she looked at the camera showing how he died.

"I know I've witnessed the feeling of lynching," she said Saturday. "Tears started to flow down my face and I was shocked by what I saw."

Armstrong said the conditions that led to Floyd's death "still be in place," adding: "People who are in authority will do the right thing and they will take deliberate measures to change the law and the policies that lead to George Floyd's murder."

“When we asked for a feast, we had bread crumbs, which is why we are now stagnant like a city,” she said.

Armstrong said he hoped for new leadership in Minneapolis, calling for a new mayor who could control, reform the city's police department and appoint a new police chief.

"Why do events still happen to black residents? Why do they still have no justice? Why do they still fear?" Armstrong asked. "This shows that one person, the leader of the Minneapolis Police Department's appointment of Chief. The Chief is well equipped and not enough to be the head of the police department with this history and diverse city. He also needs to move forward."

The Minneapolis Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

City Councilman Andrea Jenkins, who represented Ward 8, was killed on the weekend, and described it as a memorial of melancholy reflection and joy.

“I think people feel mixed with all these things,” she said. “Of course, remember George Floyd, remembering the trauma that was caused, but also recommending firmly continuing the struggle for justice.”

Jenkins noted that some major changes have occurred in the city since Floyd's killing, including the formation of the Office of Public Safety, which integrates the police department, fire department and emergency management. The city has also established a behavioral crisis response team to deal with anyone experiencing mental health challenges.

"For a long time, I felt like the Minneapolis Police Department was on an island, which was their own production, but now it feels like we're pulling them back into city businesses, hoping to make them more like a part of the community and less of the United States - no matter the American people."

Is policy changes sufficient? "No, but I think we're on the path of major change," Jenkins said.

"I think it's the American story," she said. "There's very little progress and then we backed down."