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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

George Floyd: Protesters Raze Minneapolis Police Station Over Death Of Black Man In Custody

Unic Press UK: In a third night of protest in Minneapolis, a major city in Minnesota, a large number of protesters attacked/razed on Thursday the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct as anger continues to boil over the death of a black man George Floyd in police custody.

The peace of the city had been disturbed on Monday after a video of the apparent murder of Floyd, 46, went viral.

In the video, one could see a firmly restrained Floyd lying on the ground, pinned to the ground as the left knee of a police officer held his neck in what appears to be a deliberate chokehold, despite the fact that Floyd was shackled with handcuffs, and is heard on the video groaning: “Please, I can’t breathe” and “don’t kill me”.

The authorities have identified the four police officers involved in this incident as Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J Alexander Kueng, with the local media naming Mr Chauvin as the officer who is seen on video forcefully holding Mr Floyd in a chokehold.

All the four have been sacked from the police. And the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation says its investigation is in progress. According to the BBC/Associated Press, Derek Chauvin, 44, who is among the officers that caused the death of George Floyd had been involved in three other police shootings and had 17 complaints filed against him in the course of his 19-year career.

 

 

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