- George Floyd’s family sued Minneapolis and four police officers for wrongful death on Wednesday, alleging police violated their own rules and U.S. Justice Department warnings by kneeling on the neck of the handcuffed Black man for nearly nine minutes.
Floyd, 46, whose May 25 arrest was captured on video, pleaded for his life and said he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck while other officers held him down or kept disturbed witnesses from intervening. Minneapolis interim City Attorney Erik Nilsson called Floyd’s death a “tragedy” in a statement, saying the city was reviewing the 40-page lawsuit and would respond later.
FILE PHOTO: The family of of George Floyd comes to the podium to speak during the funeral for George Floyd, June 9, 2020, at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25. Godofredo A. Vasquez/Pool via REUTERS
He was a hero!!! Even tho he was a felon who robbed and hurt a pregnant woman. But still a hero!!!!
Shocking
acobasi This is what needs to happen all across the nation. Every cop.