Episode 1122
Death of George Floyd
Fri, 2020-May-29 11:21 UTC
Length - 2:46
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George Floyd was an African-American man who died on May 25, 2020, after Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, knelt on Floyd's neck for at least seven minutes while he was handcuffed and lying chest down on the road, including around four minutes after Floyd stopped moving. The incident occurred during an arrest of Floyd in Powderhorn, a neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was recorded on cell phone video by several bystanders. The arrest was conducted after Floyd allegedly "physically resisted" when ordered to exit his vehicle, a claim that has been contradicted by available video recordings. The video recordings of the arrest, showing Floyd repeatedly saying "I can't breathe", were widely circulated on social media platforms and broadcast by the media. The four officers involved were fired the next day. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is conducting a federal civil rights investigation into the incident, at the request of the Minneapolis Police Department, while the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) is investigating whether there were possible violations of Minnesota statutes. After Floyd's death, the demonstrations and protests in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area were initially peaceful, but quickly became violent after police began firing flashbangs, tear gas, and rubber bullets at nonviolent protesters. As a result, windows were smashed at a police precinct, two stores were set on fire, and other stores were looted and damaged in the surrounding areas. Law enforcement responded by shooting tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds. Floyd's death has been compared to the 2014 death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who repeated "I can't breathe" eleven times after being placed in a choke hold by a New York police officer during an arrest.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 11:21 UTC on Friday, 29 May 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Death of George Floyd on Wikipedia.
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