George Floyd’s brother, Brooklyn resident Terrence Floyd, reflected Sunday on his older brother’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer five years ago — and expressed disappointment about how much has since changed in terms of racial progress.

“ Some change is better than no change. Some movement is better than no movement,” Terrence said at a small gathering of activists in Crown Heights. “But five years later I'm like, come on, we should have been moving faster than this.  I don't see the change that we want.”

George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin was caught on camera and went viral after video of the incident was posted online. It showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for what prosecutors said was more than 9 minutes. Floyd’s death sparked outrage and protests across the country, including in New York City, where demonstrators clashed with police and the NYPD was sued over its handling of protests, spurring a major settlement and policing reforms. Chauvin was convicted on multiple charges and sentenced to more than 20 years in prison.

After his brother’s death, Terrence started a nonprofit called We Are Floyd to advance equality, racial justice and police reform. Sunday’s event was held at Reimagined BK, a small boutique and art gallery whose co-owner Jeff Redd moderated the conversation.

Floyd said recent rollbacks and attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives didn’t make sense to him.

“ How we going to survive without diversity?” he said. “ You got to have the diversity. Every culture brings something to the table.”

He also called for the Black Lives Matter movement, which received a surge in support following his brother’s murder, to be more “proactive.”

“ We could pass bills, we could march, we could protest, we could chant ‘Black Lives Matter,’ but if your mindset is the same, it doesn't matter if the bill is in black and white and it’s signed,” he said.

Nationwide, the number of people killed by police has risen annually since Floyd’s murder, and Black Americans are still killed at disproportionate levels, according to an analysis by the New York Times. Police killed more than 1,200 people last year, up 18% from 2019. Killings of armed people have increased, while killings of unarmed people have fallen, the analysis found.

Terrence said he and George grew up separately and didn’t meet in person until 2016, at a family gathering, but he’d always known about him. The brothers began speaking frequently by phone and would talk for hours at a time, Terrence said.

“At this point in his life, he wanted to understand himself, he wanted to understand who he was as a man,” Floyd recalled. “And I was able to tell him about our father and I was able to tell him the struggles that our pops went through.”

Alexis Jackson, a 31-year-old Harlem resident and member of We Are Floyd who was one of a dozen people invited to the event, said she would keep pursuing racial justice in George Floyd’s name.

“It's very emotional for the culture and for just anyone that experienced May 25th, 2020,” Jackson said. “ We're just going to stand for what's right and we’re going to keep fighting."

"We have to keep fighting," she added, "and as long as we keep fighting his name will live.”