Video shows Minneapolis cop with knee on neck of motionless, moaning man who later died

[Mans not hot]

A video taken by an onlooker Monday evening shows a Minneapolis police officer keeping his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning man at the foot of a squad car. The man, who was later identified as George Floyd, later died.


Tuesday afternoon, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced that four officers involved are now "former employees" with the department, CBS Minnesota reports. Mayor Jacob Frey tweeted, "Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated. This is the right call."

A police statement said officers were responding to a "forgery in progress." "Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence," the statement said. "Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was ordered to step from his car.

"After he got out, he physically resisted officers. Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance," according to the statement.

The man died soon after, the statement said, adding: "At no time were weapons of any type used by anyone involved in this incident. … Body worn cameras were on and activated during this incident."

Arradondo said at a press conference Tuesday that the FBI will lead the investigation into the incident due to the possible civil rights violation.

The man who died was identified as George Floyd by Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights and personal injury attorney who said he had been hired by Floyd's family.

"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. "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."

Two of the officers involved have been "relieved of duty status," Arradondo said. The officers are still receiving pay, but have no law enforcement duties.

The video, captured by Darnella Frazier, begins with the man, who is black, groaning and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe" to the officer who has his knee on the man's neck. The officer is white.

"Please," the man pleads. "I can't breathe," and continues to moan. An officer keeps insisting he get in the car, while the man repeatedly says he can't.

"My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. … (I need) water or something. Please. Please. I can't breathe, officer. … I cannot breathe. I cannot breathe." That was followed by more groaning.

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[sean]

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[Mans not hot]

Disgusting

[AdrianV]

Probably CV19 death.

[Gota_type_]

I guess that the US pólice would be less harmful if blacks in the USA had a record of behaving correctly and not making trouble. I am sure that there have been hundreds of White pólice men killed in the 60-70-80 of the XX century, so they don´t want to be killed and they over-act when they have to confront with blacks. I obviously consider these exceptions (this video) as something reprobable and this pólice should face criminal charges.

[Zeno]

And how do we know he's not responsible for previous crimes? The fucking media kept saying Arbery was innocent, until when evidence came out he had a huge criminal record with burglaries and trespasses into foreign properties.

[Bornoz]

This son of a whore got be chopped alive.
Salt should be poured over him meanwhile.
Heartless son of a bastard

[JamesBond007]

The original post is pointless and retarded. For instance, it does not tell you how many unarmed black men are killed a year by police and it does put it in context of other pertinent statistics.

[Axios]

And how do we know he's not responsible for previous crimes? The fucking media kept saying Arbery was innocent, until when evidence came out he had a huge criminal record with burglaries and trespasses into foreign properties.

But still, if he was a criminal, dont you think ignoring his screams about he can't breath and fucking break his neck with your damn knee is to much? The neck is a very sensible area, the dude was in the ground with no resistence just put him in the damn car and move on. That was disgusting to watch, a man begging for his life.

[MissMischief]

He had him restrained and handcuffed. All he had to do was move his knee. Instead he slowly suffocated him. I hope all three of them see prison time for murdering that man. Unbelievable.

Edit: Just read that not only were they fired but the mayor has handed the case over to the FBI to investigate for potential criminal charges. This is probably the right call because whenever the investigation is done by their own department you can never escape allegations of impropriety.