Four cops FIRED after video shows cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck before his death
FOUR police officers have been fired after a video revealed a cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck before his death. Minneapolis Police Chief Rondo Arredondo made the announcement Tuesday that the cops are now “former employees” after Floyd’s Monday evening death, CBSN Minnesota reported. The officers have not yet been identified. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey […]
FOUR police officers have been fired after a video revealed a cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck before his death.
Minneapolis Police Chief Rondo Arredondo made the announcement Tuesday that the cops are now “former employees” after Floyd’s Monday evening death, CBSN Minnesota reported.
The officers have not yet been identified.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the incident is wrong on every level, the news outlet reported.
The FBI has launched a probe into the death of Floyd – who “begged for air as a cop held him down by the neck with his knee” during an arrest.
The incident took place in Minneapolis at approximately 8pm on Monday after cops were called about a man using a forged document.
The FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have been called to investigate.
A video later emerged on social media showing a police officer with his knee on a man’s neck, holding him to the ground.
The footage was confirmed on Tuesday to be of Floyd.
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In the video – which was originally posted to Facebook by Darnella Frazier – Floyd says that he cannot breathe multiple times.
“I cannot breathe! I cannot breathe!” the man yells. “Don’t kill me!”