George Floyd - report

African-American man murdered by police (1973–2020)

George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. Derek Chauvin, one of the four police officers who arrived on the scene, knelt on Floyd's neck and back for 9 minutes and 29 seconds which caused a lack of oxygen. After his murder, protests against police brutality, especially towards black people, quickly spread across the United States and globally. His dying words, "I can't breathe", became a rallying slogan.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd

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Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty on all three charges of second-degree murder. Chauvin was seen on video pinning Floyd to the ground, holding his knee on his neck for approximately nine and half minutes. Comedienne Sandra Bernhard took to Twitter in response, writing: 'Should have been 40 years #GeorgeFloyd'
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A year has passed since the brutal murder of George Floyd by the police. Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts after a three-week trial. Joe Biden will host a large contingent of the Floyd family in a private meeting.
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts of murder in the death of George Floyd. Fox News host Tucker Carlson said the verdict was a "celebration of our justice system" Vice President Kamala Harris said racism is a'stain on America's soul. Biden said that the country must deliver'real change' for black Americans.
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Derek Chauvin, a white officer, was convicted after kneeling for more than nine minutes on the neck of George Floyd. Chauvin put his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, causing the latter to be asphyxiated. Vice President Kamala Harris, America's first Black vice president, spoke first to articulate the "relief" the nation was feeling.
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd for more than nine minutes in an arrest that spurred a worldwide reckoning on race, has been convicted of murder. Floyd, 46, died on May 25, 2020 after Chauvin held his knee against Floyd's neck or upper body for nine minutes and 29 seconds. Chauvin now faces a maximum of 40 years in prison.
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Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges of unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Floyd was killed last May after trying to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a convenience store. The former officer was seen on video kneeling on the neck of Floyd as the 46-year-old Black man lay facedown handcuffed on the ground for more than nine minutes. Chauvin's bail was immediately revoked, meaning he will spend his time in prison.
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Derek Chauvin, 45, accused of restraining George Floyd for nine minutes. Mr Floyd, 46, died in the custody of Minneapolis police in May 2020. Chauvin was responding to a call over a fake $20 bill but 'George Floyd's life was taken for something worth far, far less than that'
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Prosecutors accuse Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd as trial starts. Chauvin, 45, has denied charges of second- and third-degree murder. The prosecution will present expert testimony from medical professionals that will prove George Floyd's death was from asphyxia.