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Four police officers fired in Minneapolis after video shows cop with knee to pinned man’s neck who is now deceased

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin bravely reaches for his pepper spray to battle citizens begging for a man’s life who cannot breath.

MINNEAPOLIS – Four police officers have been fired Tuesday in Minneapolis a day after video showed a cop with his knee to a pinned man’s neck who is now deceased, and the city has plunged into riots.

The startling video shows two officers on Monday evening making what they claim is an arrest due to fraud by an African-American man, George Floyd, in front of a grocery store.  Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is shown in the video apparently relentlessly driving his knee into Floyd’s neck as Floyd is pinned to the pavement next to a squad car.  Another officer, Tou Thao, callously told onlookers “don’t do drugs” as Floyd pleaded that he could not breath and was in pain.  This went on for about 8 minutes before Floyd apparently became unresponsive; the onlookers begged officers to let pressure off Floyd so he could get air. Chauvin – who reportedly has shot and killed at least one other person – reached for his pepper spray as citizens begged him to let up.  Police claimed Floyd died later after he was roughly loaded onto a stretcher and into an ambulance and taken away.

Leslie Remond, president, Minneapolis NAACP, stated, “The cruel display of the state-sanctioned murder that took place in Minneapolis is yet another repugnant show of violence by the police. The actions of the officers involved are inexcusable and warrant swift consequences. Their actions represent a dangerous precedent set forth by the racist, xenophobic, and prejudicial sentiment in our society against Black people. We witnessed a violation of our human rights, and we must hold all involved criminally accountable for the death of Mr. Floyd.”

Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, NAACP, stated, “The words, ‘I can’t breathe!’ echo louder and louder as we think back to 2014 when New York police officers killed Eric Garner in the same manner. Yet, here we are waking up to the untimely murder of George Floyd by police officers. The outrage we feel and the justice we demand will reverberate throughout Minneapolis and the country as a whole. We are done dying. This moment calls for us to unify, uplift the family, and pursue justice.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Tuesday said, “Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated. This is the right call.”  Charges may be in the works for these former officers.

Tuesday night, Minneapolis faced angry crowds which squared off with cops in riot gear, who allegedly used tear gas and rubber bullets to dispel the crowd.

The city has called in the FBI to help investigate the incident.

 

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