A new video capturing the moment George Floyd was detained by members of the Minneapolis Police Department appears to show multiple officers on the ground with him. The angle of the video, which is circulating on social media, has not been seen previously.
The footage was filmed from the opposite side of the street from where a white officer pressed his knee onto Floyd’s neck in the Memorial Day incident. The new video appears to have been recorded just prior to the initial video.
Floyd died Monday night after an officer pinned him to the ground and put his knee on Floyd’s neck for about eight minutes. Previously released footage shows Floyd, a black man, pleading with the officers.
“Please, please, please, I can’t breathe,” he said. “My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Please, please. I can’t breathe.”
Using previously reported footage of the moment Floyd was arrested, Google Street View imagery and statements from police, NBC News’ Social Newsgathering team verified the new video, which appears to show Floyd in the custody of three police officers.
At the beginning of the new video, three officers wearing uniforms that match the ones shown in the initial video can be seen on the ground with Floyd, while a fourth officer stands nearby.
In a news release this week, Minneapolis police said Floyd was handcuffed and restrained on the ground by officers.
“The officers restrained the suspect on the ground and an ambulance was called,” Minneapolis Police said in a statement.
Minneapolis police officer at center of George Floyd’s death had history of complaints
Four police officers involved in Floyd’s detainment and death were fired Tuesday. The officer seen with his knee on Floyd has been identified as Derek Chauvin.
Minneapolis police identified the other as Thomas Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng.
The mayor has called for charges to be filed against Chauvin. Police said Floyd resisted arrest, but Mayor Jacob Frey said he saw “nothing that would signal that this kind of force was necessary.”
Floyd’s death is being investigated by the FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Minneapolis is on fire literally. Looting and all sorts of protesting taking place. People are saying the Blacks are wrong for looting but when they loot artifacts for their museums it is acceptable. the 3rd precinct was set ablaze as well, I hope it fell down because that is a place where injustice has been allowed for far too long. The cop who had his knee on the neck of George was invlted in so many other incidents He shot a 21 year old int he stomach 11 years ago over a domestic violence call that could have been resolved with a simple removal from the home. FUCK THEM. BURN THE SHIT TO THE GROUND.
Alot of us black people are to be blamed ,why?first yall move to the white neighborhoods (little you dont know is that they dont want you there)you get some education/degree first thing I wanna work where theres too much black people (So you rather drive 100 miles to work where theres mainly white ppl….you dont wanna buy black because it make me look cheap….I only go to parties in the city where theres not too much blacks….I dont want my kids going to a black school or college…..I want to go on a vacation to Europe (why not the continent of Africa?)…I dont like the color of my skin so lemme bleach it……black man coming your way you clutch your purse or wallet….these mofos see that yall not comfortable in your own skin…they see that mentally y’all still enslaved that’s why Floyd died….alot of y’all are to be blamed for his death because yall contributed to alot of the stuff listed above…..y’all make these mofos think they superior
Trump needs to be assassinated bout “when the looting starts the shooting starts”. Sick and tired of him. Even when the evidence is right there in their faces they come with third degree manslaughter charges. That was first degree murder. The officer was born with intention. This is crazy. As for the rioters bun dung every police station. Burn down the police officers home.
Stil waiting on a response from the “uncle” and “auntie-toms” :travel the likes of ms “blaxit” candice owens, brandon tatum, alan west, JLP and “uncle-ruckus” david clarke, speaking of auntie tom, on another topic, Ms Met! don’t you see “auntie-tom” drop out of the race to challenge AOC for the NY seat? she said its because of Cuomo :ngakak she need to go to JA and run for a parliament seat! she’d be a good “labourite” like david panton and the one di santis appointed to the florida supreme court bench :thumbup
Thing is….is not even the people start all that shit. Same police dem. There’s a video going around with a white police breaking windows on stores. They certainly know how to rile black ppl up. They just finishing what y’all started. I hope dem arrest the police that help start some of the looting, the riot and the fires.
A lot of people saying Obama was a great president.No he was not what has he done for the black people? He cared more about the gays than blacks. The only blacks he cared about were his black celebrity friends.The beyonce,Jayz, Tyler Perry and more. Racism has always been an issue.He also had people deported he did it quietly. Stop blamming Trump for these things.I don’t favor Trump either. However don’t paint Obama as a saint.