A video showed the handcuffed black man lying face down while a white policeman knelt on his neck. Floyd became motionless and died shortly after
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday it had made an investigation into police involvement in the death of George Floyd a “top priority,” after a second day of violent protests in Minneapolis over the unarmed black man’s death.
A video, taken by a bystander, showed a handcuffed Floyd, 46, lying face down, groaning for help and repeatedly saying, “Please, I can’t breathe,” before becoming motionless. He died in hospital shortly after. “To the police, I want them to get everything right, start doing your job the right way because I haven’t been seeing it,” Floyd said.
“Everyone has the right to protest, there’s no doubt about that, but it needs to be peaceful…and in accordance to the law,” she told Fox News.
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