The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck, resulting in his death earlier this week, has been arrested.
11:01 AM PDT, May 29, 2020The police officer who held down George Floyd by his neck,Officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody by state authorities on Friday, Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington states, per multipleFloyd, a black man living in Minnesota, died after Officer Chauvin held him down by the neck with his knee for more than seven minutes when he was arrested for suspicion of forgery outside a deli.
Following Floyd's death, Officer Chauvin and three other officers involved were fired earlier this week for their roles in the incident,The arrest comes after protests broke out in the city, as well as across the nation, as a result of Floyd's death. Earlier in the day, CNN reporter, before police approached him and his crew.
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