Sad Video: Black Man Dies After US Officer Kneels On His Neck For Over 7 Minutes While Arresting Him

An upsetting video going viral online shows moments a Minneapolis police officer pinning down a defenseless black man identified as George Floyd with his knees for well over 7 minutes until he became unconscious and later died in police custody a few hours later on Monday the 22nd of May, 2020.

George Floyd

In the video, a police officer is seen holding George down after he “physically resisted officers”. One of the officers pinned him down by the knees on his neck while the other controlled the concerned crowd around.

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“I can’t breathe,” he kept saying but the arresting officer won’t have none of it but was heard telling George to get up and get in the car.

“I can’t,” George told the cops.

At some point, George starts screaming for his “grandma” and also complained; “My stomach hurts, my neck hurts, everything hurts” but the officer kept applying pressure to keep George down to the floor.

Bystanders who could not take it anymore approached the scene and told the officer to get off of the man. One person pointed out that the man’s nose had started to bleed but they didn’t listen.

George then stopped moving and became unresponsive as the ambulance arrived at the scene and placed him on the gurney and carted away but later confirmed dead in custody.

Watch the video below;

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAqV83UHqnR/?utm_source=ig_embed

As at the time of making this report, only two of the police officers involved are known; Devan Shoven – the one with his knee on the neck of George Floyd and Tu Tao.

New reports coming in points out that the four police officers involved were fired by the Minneapolis Police Department and supported by the mayor, Jacob Frey as confirmed by the Minneapolis Police Chief, Medaria Arradondo in a short address to the press.

The reports also noted that the FBI has begun an investigation into the incident and will turn in their report to the US attorney’s office for possible charges.