Four Minnesota cops fired for their involvement in the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man
Police said the man matched the description of a suspect in a forgery case at a grocery store, and that he resisted arrest.
Several witnesses had gathered on a nearby sidewalk, some recording the scene on their phones. The bystanders became increasingly agitated as the man pleaded with police. One bystander told officers they need to let him breathe. Another yelled at them to check the man's pulse.“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 in a statement.
After having the officer's knee on his neck, McMillian said, the man started calling his mother’s name, “and then he died.”Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department would conduct a full internal investigation. “He couldn’t move. He was telling them he couldn’t breathe, and they ignored him," Scott said. "I can’t even describe it. It was difficult to watch.”
In Minneapolis, kneeling on a suspect's neck is allowed under the department’s use-of-force policy for officers who have received training in how to compress a neck without applying direct pressure to the airway. It is considered a “non-deadly force option,” according to the department’s policy handbook.
The death came amid outrage over the death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot February 23 in Georgia after a white father and son pursued the 25-year-old black man they had spotted running in their subdivision. More than two months passed before charges were brought. Crump also represents Arbery's father.
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