Ex-Minneapolis Cop Charged With
Murder in George Floyd's Death According to Hennepin County
Attorney Mike Freeman,
Derek Chauvin was taken
into custody on Friday. Video of Chauvin leaning his knee into
the back of Floyd's neck on a Minneapolis
pavement emerged after Floyd died of suffocation. Chauvin kneeled on the back of Floyd's
neck for more than seven minutes.
Floyd can be heard saying
"I can't breathe" several times. Chauvin and the three other
officers at the scene were fired on Tuesday.
Claims emerged that Floyd was resisting arrest. CNN reports that surveillance
footage of Floyd's arrest minutes before
his suffocation indicated he did not resist arrest. Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney Calls for the arrest of Chauvin
and the other officers have fueled anger
and civil unrest in cities all across the U.S.