
George Floyd
By Jennifer Okundia
In series of viral videos, a man simply identified as George Floyd has died in Minneapolis, a major city in Minnesota, United States.
George was arrested and handcuffed by 4 white police officers for alleged forgery. The footage shows one officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck while the dying man kept repeating ”I can’t breathe”.
The officers who have now been fired from their jobs said he resisted, but passersby who filmed the incident revealed the deceased did not resist. George was later taken to the hospital in an ambulance where he eventually died.
#icantbreathe is currently trending on Twitter with series of reactions from the black community. Different groups have since staged protests outside the Minneapolis station while some youths vandalized the vehicle of the police officers involved.
#GeorgeFloyd was saying #icantbreathe
This is so wrong #GeorgeFloydWasMurdered pic.twitter.com/roZT5WkLys #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd#BlackLivesMatter— Charles Chiloba (@ChilobaCharles) May 27, 2020
Before the cops turned up on them in #Minneapolis #MinnesotaPolice #MinneapolisPolice #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #icantbreathe #BlackLivesMatters #MinneapolisPoliceMurderdHim #RIPGeorgeFloyd #GeorgeFloyd pic.twitter.com/PTD58VJ2tB
— j͓̽o͓̽y͓̽j͓̽o͓̽y͓̽ (@joyjoyondatbeat) May 27, 2020
Video footage release by store owner who stated George did not resist arrest as stated on the police report #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatters #GeorgeFloyd #icantbreathe pic.twitter.com/12jmuH2ivi
— Bela Zaher (@BelaZaher) May 27, 2020
The video from another angle, it saddens me to see a human being inhuman. He was practically begging them, "I can't breathe. 😭😭😭#icantbreathe pic.twitter.com/Jd07IW5Bv4
— 🇳🇬Man has no name 🇳🇬 (@herbey_richie) May 27, 2020
This video shows a US police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in custody.
— M.S Khan ( Proud Indian 🇮🇳 ) (@socialtoworker) May 27, 2020
Hundreds demand justice in Minneapolis after police killing of #GeorgeFloyd
Protesters clash with police, who deploy teargas and stun grenades,#icantbreathe: Final Words of Black Man Before Being Killed by White Cops Cause Anger. pic.twitter.com/bVQJhShBw5
— World Updates (@Rntk____) May 27, 2020
Earlier in May 2020, a father Gregory McMichael, aged 64, and son Travis McMichael, 34 were arrested and charged in the US state of Georgia for shooting dead Ahmaud Arbery, 25, an unarmed black man who was jogging in February when he was confronted.
Police did not charge the McMichaels, who are white, for over two months, until the shooting gained widespread attention through the media, provoking outrage.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the father and son followed Mr Arbery and confronted him with two firearms, and the younger McMichael shot and killed him.
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These so-called “policemen” are nothing but thugs and scum. Hopefully they will be charged appropriately and arrested pending trial for what I would call murder. Absolutely disgusted watching that. I’m from and live in Scotland and if I EVER saw a policeman here acting in the same way, I would damn well make sure HE/SHE would face the consequences.
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