George Floyd, 46, a black man who lost his life due to police brutality in Minneapolis after 4 cops held him down with a knee as he protested, has become a national interest with many taking to the streets to protest what happened.
The case of George Floyd has drawn widespread condemnation of the cops that were involved in his death after a video showing how the police officers treated him was released on social media.
The death of Floyd drew hundreds of people to the streets of Minneapolis on Tuesday to protest what happened to him and how unfair it was to be treated the way he was leading to his death.
Protesters were wearing face masks and held “I can’t breathe” signs to demonstrate the act that was shown in the video as Floyd fought for his life, while the police officers held him down. The protests took place near the site where the incident occurred on Monday with motorist honking in support.
According to reports by CNN, the 4 cops have been suspended pending further investigation into the case by FBI and other authorities. The four officers were “separated from employment,” Officer Garrett Parten, a police spokesman, said Tuesday.
“I support your decisions, one hundred percent,” said Mayor Jacob Frey, in a statement about police Chief Medaria Arradondo’s firing of the officers. “It is the right decision for our city. The right decision for our community, it is the right decision for the Minneapolis Police Department.”
George Floyd died at the hands of 4 cops who used lethal force against him while apprehending him
Officers responding to an alleged forgery in progress Monday evening were initially told that a person later described as the suspect was sitting on a car and appeared to be under the influence, police said.
A pair of officers located the man, who was at that point inside the car and who police said “physically resisted” the officers when ordered to get out. Officers handcuffed the man, who “appeared to be suffering medical distress,” according to police. He died at a hospital a short time later, police said.
Mayor Jacob Frey has said the technique used to pin George Floyd’s head to the ground was against department regulations.
After several minutes of pleading with an officer pressing a knee to the back of his neck, the man appeared motionless, his eyes shut, his head against the pavement.
The video shows two officers by the man on the ground — one of them with his knee over the back of the man’s neck. The video did not capture what led up to the arrest or what police described as the man resisting arrest.
George Floyd kept saying, “please, I can’t breathe,” while screaming for several minutes before he became silent. | Spurzine
“Please, I can’t breathe,” the man said, screaming for several minutes before he became silent. Bystanders urged the officer to release the man from his hold.
Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, in a statement, identified the man as Floyd and said he was representing his family. The mayor also identified him on Twitter.
“We all watched the horrific death of George Floyd on video as witnesses begged the police officer to take him into the police car and get off his neck,” Crump said. “This abusive, excessive and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by the police for questioning about a non-violent charge.”
Floyd’s cause and manner of death remain pending and is being investigated by local, state and federal law enforcement, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement.
Source: CNN
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