Woman Still Waiting For Return Of Car She Loaned George Floyd

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Woman Still Waiting For Return Of Car She Loaned George Floyd

Almost four years after Floyd's death, Sylvia Jackson still has not gotten her vehicle back that she loaned her friend the day he was killed by police officers.

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