George Floyd delivers powerful message before he was killed by Minneapolis Police  #GeorgeFLoyd
Channel: Actualidad Virtual RD
Date: 03/06/2020

On May 25, 2020, George Perry Floyd, a black man, was killed in the Powderhorn community of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. While Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on a city street during an arrest, Derek Chauvin, a white American Minneapolis police officer, kept his knee on the right side of Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes, including (according to the criminal complaint against Chauvin) for almost three minutes after Floyd became unresponsive.

Officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng, and Thomas K. Lane participated in Floyd's arrest, with Kueng holding Floyd's back, Lane holding his legs, and Thao looking on and forcibly preventing intervention by an onlooker.

The arrest was made after Floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a market. Police said Floyd physically resisted arrest.

Some media organizations commented that a security camera from a nearby business did not show Floyd resisting.

The criminal complaint filed later said that based on body camera footage, Floyd repeatedly said he could not breathe while standing outside the police car, resisted getting in the car and intentionally fell down; then, after Chauvin placed his knee, Floyd said "I can't breathe" multiple times and repeatedly said, "Mama" and "please".

Several bystanders took videos, all of which were widely circulated and broadcast.  While knee-to-neck restraints are allowed in Minnesota under certain circumstances, Chauvin's usage of the technique has been widely criticized by law enforcement experts as excessive.

At two points, Lane asked to "roll him on his side".  All four officers were fired the next day.