Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has just been arrested on Friday days after video circulated of him holding his knee to George Floyd’s neck for at least eight minutes before Floyd died.
County Attorney Mike Freeman announced a news conference for 1 p.m. Friday at the Ridgedale Public Library to announce a “major development” in the case.
Harrington only mentioned that one officer had been arrested; no word yet on the other three Minneapolis police officers who have been fired.
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A video taken by an onlooker on Monday evening shows a Minneapolis police officer keeping his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning man at the foot of a police car.
The man later died.
“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.
At a press conference Tuesday morning, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talked about the incident and the graphic footage, saying: “I believe what I saw, and what I saw was wrong at every level.”
The mayor added: “Being black in America should not be a death sentence.”
“He’s not even resisting arrest right now, bro,” one bystander tells the officer and his partner. “You’re f—ing stopping his breathing right now, you think that’s cool?”
After about 5 minutes, the man appears to go unconscious. The bystanders ask for someone to check his pulse. The officer does not lift his knee from the man’s neck until medical personnel arrive and carry him away.
