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New video showing George’s Floyd apprehension by Minneapolis police appears to show three officers kneeling on the man to keep him restrained on the ground.

The brief clips provide a different angle than the widely publicized video that was filmed on Memorial Day, and appears to show part of the confrontation before things escalated even further.

In the footage, Floyd can be heard repeatedly telling the officers that he can’t breathe.

‘Please, please let me stand,’ Floyd begs while the three officers kneel on top of him.

The angle of the brief clips shows three officers on George Floyd’s back.

‘Please, I can’t breathe,’ he continues in the clip. ‘My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Please, please. I can’t breathe.’

An officer believed to be Derek Chauvin then tells the person filming that they need to move to the other side of the street, as Floyd cries out.

An autopsy report has not been released in Floyd’s death, but the fire department reported that Floyd had no pulse in the ambulance and was unresponsive.

Paramedics checked Floyd’s pulse several times and attempted to resuscitate him, according to the incident report.

The four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd were fired Tuesday. They were named as Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J Alexander Kueng.

Mayor Jacob Frey had announced the firings on Twitter, saying: ‘This is the right call.’ 

Frey said he considers Floyd’s killing to be murder and had publicly called for Chauvin to face arrest.

‘I’m not a prosecutor, but let me be clear. The arresting officer killed someone,’ he told CBS Thursday. ‘He’d be alive today if he were white.’

An initial statement released by the Minneapolis Police Department on Tuesday did not include details of officers’ altercation with Floyd and only mentioned he had suffered ‘medical distress’ following the arrest.

Floyd’s death has sparked outrage in Minneapolis, with protesters taking to the streets for a third day Thursday.

State troopers have been forced to intervene after violent protests and riots broke out in the city and left one looter dead.

Derek Chauvin (left), 44, one of the officers filmed kneeling on Floyd’s neck during his arrest, is a 19-year veteran of the force who was investigated over a fatal police shooting in 2006. A second officer involved in Monday’s arrest, Tou Thao (right), is said to been part of a $25,000 out of court settlement after being sued for using excessive force in 2017

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the National Guard to the city Thursday as it braced for a third night of violence.

A suspected looter was shot dead outside the Cadillac Pawn shop and the suspected shooter had been taken into custody Wednesday night.

Break-off protests demanding justice for Floyd’s death and calling for an end to police brutality against African-American communities have started springing up in Los Angeles and New York.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

The news outlets have given updates on the state of Officer Derek and it seems he tried to commit suicide seeing that the whole world is calling for his death. Subsequently, the man have been placed on suicide list. This is too much for the man to bear and the world is crumbling on his shoulders.

It has been reported that he is placed on a mandatory suicide watch with a camera on his neck to monitor his actions while he is being locked up. It became worst when he got to know that his wife have filed for a divorce, leaving the man to fight alone.

A suicide watch protocol is always initiated when there is high risks for a criminal waiting for his trial to commit suicide if the pressure is too much. The police officer is being accused of 3rd degree murder. Though the autopsy conducted on George Floyd’s body exonerated the man, many protests have been rocking the United States since the incident happened.

The world has been reacting since the death of Floyd and many Celebrities has taken to the streets to lead peaceful protests which totally spells doom for George killer. People are also calling for more level of justice because they see the third degree murder he was charged with as a merciful act. Recently, the Miami police department knelt down before protesters to apologize for the death of George Floyd. The whole exercise ended in an emotional way as the protesters and the police officers wept together.

The police officer have certainly gone through so much since the incident occurred. Though many people are calling for his forgiveness, more people are wishing him death too. The fiancée of George Floyd have asked the protesters to forgive the police man

Source: opera.com

Fires burned and and tear gas canisters flew in Minneapolis. In Seattle, smoke filled the air as police in riot gear lined the streets. And in Philadelphia, officers chased a group of people down the streets for violating curfew.

The National Guard dispatched to Washington, DC, to assist police handling protests around the White House, authorities said.

A man sacked as a police officer following the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis has been arrested, officials say.

Derek Chauvin is one of four police officers who were fired after Mr Floyd’s death in custody on Monday.

There have been days of protests, looting and arson after an officer was filmed kneeling on George Floyd’s neck.

Mr Chauvin has been charged with murder and manslaughter.

The case has added to US anger over police killings of black Americans.

On Thursday, during the third night of protests over Mr Floyd’s death, a police station was set alight. A number of buildings have been burned, looted and vandalised in recent days, prompting the activation of the state’s National Guard troops.

There have also been demonstrations in other US cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Phoenix and Memphis.

Earlier on Friday, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said he expected “swift and fair” justice for Mr Floyd’s death.

President Donald Trump said “thugs” were dishonouring Mr Floyd’s memory and called on the National Guard to restore order.

Social media network Twitter accused Mr Trump of glorifying violence in a post that said: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

What happened to George Floyd?

Officers responding to reports of the use of counterfeit money approached Mr Floyd in his vehicle on Monday.

According to police, he was told to step away from the car, physically resisted officers, and was handcuffed.

Video of the incident does not show how the confrontation started, but a white officer can be seen with his knee on Mr Floyd’s neck, pinning him down.

Mr Floyd can be heard saying “please, I can’t breathe” and “don’t kill me”.

The Minnesota police handbook states that officers trained on how to compress the neck without applying direct pressure to the airway can use a knee under its use-of-force policy. This is regarded as a non-deadly-force option.

source: BBC