The mayor of Minneapolis called for the man's arrest on Wednesday.
A white officer has been arrested in the killing of a Black man who pleaded for air as that officer pressed down on his neck.by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state’s Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said.. Video taken by a bystander shows officer Chauvin pressing his knee into the neck of Floyd, who is restrained on the ground and unarmed.
They have been fired from the police department.on Wednesday. “I’m calling on the Hennepin County attorney to charge the arresting officer in this case.” “Based on the by-stander’s video from this incident, we witnessed a man in distress pleading for help,” FOP President Patrick Yoes said in the statement. “The fact that he was a suspect in custody is immaterial — police officers should at all times render aid to those who need it.
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