Thousands of protesters gathered demanding justice for 46-year-old George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.
reported. On Facebook, the restaurant posted pictures of Floyd, including one of him smiling at the camera in a"security" T-shirt. The caption reads,"We will always remember you.""Knowing my brother is to love my brother," Philonise Floyd said, adding that he "didn't hurt anybody."reported that Floyd grew up in Houston, where a vigil was held Tuesday night.
The Minneapolis Police Department released a statement Monday that said officers responded to a report of a forgery in progress just after 8 p.m."After he got out, he physically resisted officers," MPD said in a statement."Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center by ambulance where he died a short time later.
“We clearly have policies in place regarding placing someone under control,” Arradondo said, explaining that those policies “will be part of the full investigation we’ll do internally.” "Whatever the investigation reveals, it does not change the simple truth, he should still be with us this morning," the mayor said."I believe what I saw and what I saw is wrong on every level."
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