This is how loved ones want us to remember George Floyd

Floyd, 46, died Monday in the city where he moved for a better life, his last moments recorded on video. When arrested, Floyd was detained by a Minneapolis police officer. The video shows Floyd pleading with pain and cannot breathe. Then, his eyes closed and the petition stopped. He was pronounced dead shortly after that.

He is a child who can be guided with a big heart

After high school, basketball coach George Walker recruited Floyd to play for him at South Florida State College in Avon Park, Florida. Floyd was a student there from 1993 to 1995, Walker told CNN.

“He didn’t give me too much trouble as a basketball coach,” Walker said. “He is a very good athlete, averaging 12 to 14 points in one match.”

Floyd is a child who can be guided with a big heart, according to Walker’s wife, Gloria.

Of all the college athletes on the school team, he said Floyd caught his attention “because he’s just a nice person to be around.”

“He has never tried to blame others for his own mistakes,” he said. “He always respects them and always tries to do better.”

He tried to be a better father

He moved to Minnesota to work and drive a truck, according to friend and former NBA player, Stephen Jackson.

Jackson, a native of Houston too, calls Floyd his twin brother.

“I have heard George in the last few days more than I have heard in my entire life, and we have a relationship of more than 21 years,” Jackson told Poppy Harlow, CNN, Thursday. “His name is always Floyd, my twin sister.”

Floyd is known in the community as a protector and provider who has no bone of hatred on his body, according to Jackson. He hangs out with everyone and rarely wants anything in return for helping someone, Jackson said.

“The difference between me and a friend is that I have more opportunities than him,” Jackson wrote, who won the championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003. “The 2 things that we have together from both the bottom and our two names will live forever.”

Once Floyd moved to Minnesota, Jackson said that Floyd talked at length about his journey to create better opportunities for himself.

“The last time I talked to him was about a year ago and every conversation we had that year was about improving himself and becoming a better father,” Jackson said. “That’s all he talks about.”

Floyd is the father of two daughters, the youngest is 6 years, according to Jackson.

“I want justice for her children,” he said. “I want the children to be cared for. Their father is not here.”

Jackson vowed to support his friend’s children and “fill in for Floyd” and said he wanted to make sure they were provided.

In Houston, Rose Hudson, who dated Floyd more than 20 years ago, told CNN affiliated with KTRK that she and Floyd had a daughter who is now the mother of a toddler.

“My daughter has to see her father killed on live TV,” Hudson said.

Floyd hasn’t met his 3-year-old grandson, according to Hudson.

“I will only let him know what a great man he is,” he said, “he is a good father to his girls. I only have memories, that’s all I can give him, memories of his grandfather.”

Floyd worked security at Conga Latin Bistro in Minneapolis for five years, according to its owner, Jovanni Thunstrom.

Even though he was a Thunstrom employee, the couple were friends too.

“He is loved by all my employees and customers,” Thunstrom told CNN.

Floyd will help clean up after the bar closes and is “a very good person and very good with customers,” according to Thunstrom.

“He defended the people, he was there for people when they came down, he loved the people who were banished,” Courteney Ross, the other half of Floyd, told WCCO. “We pray every time we eat, we pray if we have difficulty, we pray if we have fun.”

People who don’t know Floyd are angry, too

Anger over Floyd’s death surpassed his family and friends. A number of celebrities reacted to the incident on social media.

At the time, Kaepernick said he would not respect the song or “show pride in the flag for a country that oppresses blacks and people of color.”

James’s post is accompanied by the title, “Do you understand NOW !! ?? !! ?? Or is it still fuzzy for you ?? #StayWoke”

His family thinks the police have not done enough to help him

Some protests have been peaceful, while others have damaged.

Although four Minneapolis officers involved in Floyd’s death were fired, family members said that was not enough. They want to see all the officers charged with murder.

“They were supposed to be there to serve and protect and I didn’t see any of them lift their fingers to do anything to help when he begged for his life. None of them tried to do anything to help him,” Tera Brown, cousin Floyd, told CNN’s Lemon.