Floyd died shortly after a white police officer pinned him down with a knee to the neck
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The four officers were dismissed from the force on Tuesday, a day after the death of George Floyd, 46, who lived in suburban St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Video taken by a bystander showed Floyd lying face down in the street, gasping for air and groaning, “I can’t breathe” on Monday evening. The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the union that represents the city’s police force, was not immediately available for comment.
That incident was one of a series of killings of black men by U.S. police officers that gave fuel to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, which campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people.
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