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May 26, 20201 min

Police slowly murder MN man in broad daylight

CBS News reports : "A video taken by an onlooker Monday evening shows aMinneapolis police officer keeping his knee on the neck of a motionless, moaning manat the foot of a squad car. The man later died."

""Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence," the statement said. "Two officers arrived and located the suspect, a male believed to be in his 40s, in his car. He was ordered to step from his car."

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"Two of the officers involved have been "relieved of duty status," Arradondo said. The officers are still receiving pay, but have no law enforcement duties.

The video, captured by Darnella Frazier, begins with the man, who is black, groaning and repeatedly saying "I can't breathe" to the officer who has his knee on the man's neck. The officer is white.

"My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. … (I need) water or something. Please. Please. I can't breathe, officer. … I cannot breathe. I cannot breathe." That was followed by more groaning."

Newsone reports: The unarmed Black man who died Monday in Minnesota police custody after cops tried to arrest him under the auspices of “forgery” has been identified. George Floyd is the name of the handcuffed man who was shown on viral video being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis Police Department officer who appeared to be steadily applying pressure. Floyd could be heard on the video repeating, “I can’t breathe.”

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