Video Shows Minneapolis Police Killing George Floyd While Detained
By: Omar Cook
It seems we hear this story time and time again, another Black man dead at the hands of the police. On Monday, George Floyd, 46, died after being suffocated by a Minneapolis police for nearly 10 minutes while being detained. Video of the incident showed an officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck causing him to lose breath and eventually pass away.
My heart is breaking, I’ve never sobbed this hard in my life. I hope the police officer gets what he deserves, I’m so angry.pic.twitter.com/3qFSVM8gy0#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd
— being black is not a crime (@calmyourtitsluv) May 29, 2020
Floyd was heard repeatedly screaming that he could not breathe but the officer persisted to keep his knee on his neck. 4 officers were involved in the incident and have since been fired. This comes soon after the video of Ahmaud Arbery was released showing his murder as he jogged through a neighborhood. Another incident in New York happened as a woman called the cops on a Black man giving a false accusation that he was assaulting her all because he asked her to put a leash on her dog.
A woman aka “Karen” calls the police to say an “African-American man is threatening my life” by asking her to leash her dog in Central Park in New York City: pic.twitter.com/hfDgDWhFrV
— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) May 25, 2020
If it wasn’t for the video evidence of this man recording her admit she was going to lie and call the cops on him, this might be another incident where another Black was sent to jail because of an accusation, or worse. How many Black men are sitting behind bars because of false accusations and didn’t have the video evidence to support their case? These types of situations have the cost the lives of Black men since the beginning of America and yet in 2020, we’re still dealing with them.
What’s crazy is the officers have yet to be charged with murder despite it being seen clearly on video. The officers claims of Floyd resisting arrest are also not supported in newly released footage showing what happened beforehand. Protests have broken out in Minneapolis over the last couple days and it seems they will continue until justice is served properly.
Every time a situation occurs like this, there seems to be a group of white people who will always say “All Lives Matter” or will bring up the issue of black on black crime. Every race has crime issues, now how does that justify an unarmed black man being killed while being detained and not resisting arrest? These are the times when the true racists show their true colors. There is a definite need for change regarding how law enforcement deals with people of color and its hundreds of years overdue.
Video Shows Minneapolis Police Killing George Floyd While Detained
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