FBI Investigating The Death Of Black Man Who Was Pinned Down By Officer
The Federal Bureau of Investigation are now investigating the death of a black man who died shortly after a Minneapolis, Minnesota officer pinned him down to the ground during an arrest.
The disturbing video shows a police officer with his knee on the man’s neck as the man repeatedly yells out, “I can’t breathe.
“I can’t breathe, please, the knee in my neck,” the man said in a video showing a police officer pinning him to the ground. “I can’t move … my neck … I’m through, I’m through.”
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Police did not identify the man who died, but Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing his family, said he was George Floyd.
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“We will seek justice for the family of George Floyd, as we demand answers from the Minnesota Police Department,” he added. “How many ‘white black’ deaths will it take until the racial profiling and undervaluing of black lives by police finally ends?”
The mayor of Minneapolis gave on emotional speech on the incident.
Later Tuesday, the mayor of Minneapolis tweeted that all four responding officers involved in the incident have been terminated.
ABC News report:
The Minneapolis Police Department said Monday that officers were initially called to the scene “on a report of a forgery in progress” in a statement on their website.
The statement added that officers were advised that the suspect “appeared to be under the influence” and that he “physically resisted officers.”
He later “appeared to be suffering medical distress” and officers called an ambulance. He was transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center by ambulance, “where he died a short time later.”
The police department said there were no weapons of any type used by anyone involved in the incident and no officers were injured.
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According to reports, all four officers were fired Tuesday.
