How The Death Of George Floyd Set Minneapolis Ablaze In 25 Hard-Hitting Pictures
‘Please, please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man.’
On Monday night, George Floyd died after being arrested by police in Minneapolis.
Video taken by a bystander showed the 46-year-old pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck.
Police said the man matched the description of a suspect in a forgery case at a grocery store, and that he resisted arrest. The unidentified officer ignores his pleas. “Please, please, please, I can’t breathe. Please, man”, the man is heard telling the officer.
After several minutes, one of the officers tells the man to “relax”. Minutes pass, and the man becomes motionless under the officer’s restraint. The officer leaves his knee on the man’s neck for several minutes more.
‘This is the right call.’
On Tuesday it was announced that four Minneapolis police officers involved in the arrest of Floyd would be fired. No further action against them is mentioned.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey tweeted about the news, saying: “This is the right call.”
Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated.
This is the right call.— Mayor Jacob Frey (@MayorFrey) May 26, 2020
‘Cops murdered George Floyd’
The news that the officers would just be fired sparks anger in Minneapolis and crowds gather for what are largely peaceful protests near the spot where Floyd was detained.
Police officers firing tear gas are deployed to disperse the crowds.
‘No justice, no peace’
On Wednesday, mayor Jacob Frey urged prosecutors to file criminal charges against the white police officer shown pinning Floyd to the street.
The city identified the four officers as Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J Alexander Kueng. It did not say who knelt on Floyd’s neck, and gave no further information.
The number of protestors increased dramatically by Wednesday night and acts of looting and vandalism also occurred.
Hundreds of protesters, many with faces covered, thronged streets around...
