Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested and charged for the death of unarmed Black man George Floyd (via BETNews)
, the Minneapolis police officer who was recorded in a cellphone video with his knee in the neck ofwhile attempting to apprehend him, causing his death has been arrested and charged with Third Degree murder and manslaughter, the Hennepin County, Minnesota attorneyannounced Friday afternoon He was taken into custody by the Minneapolis Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
“We felt it appropriate to focus on the most dangerous perpetrator,” said Freeman. “We have never charged a case in that kind of time frame and we can only charge a case when we have evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.”sent out notification of the arrest Friday afternoon . The arrest took place amidst three continuous days of social unrest in the city over Floyd’s death. Property all over the city has been burned and looted and at least one person was reported dead in the chaos. Activists and even MinneapolisThe other officers involved in Floyd’s arrest
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