the Mayor of the city of Minneapolis in the UNITED states, Jacob Frey, requires Wednesday, the charge in the case of George Floyd, a black man who, two days ago, died after a brutal arrest by a white cop.
It writes Reuters.
– Why is the man who killed George Floyd, not in prison? If you had done it, or I had done it, we would be behind bars right now, said the mayor at a news conference.
I call on the prosecutor from the Hennepin County Mike Freeman to arrest a police officer in this case, said Jacob Frey.
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This picture is taken from a video that was first posted up on Facebook by Darnella Frazier on Monday night. Now, it has spread throughout the UNITED states and got people on the streets. Photo: Darnella Frazier/Ritzau Scanpix
‘I can’t breathe’
The violent incident happened on Monday night, as police were allegedly called out to a forfalskningssag. It evolved into a dramatic arrest where a cop sent the 46-year-old George Floyd in the asphalt in bare-chested.
Here was Floyd kept firmly on the ground to get the pressure its neck and neck down in the asphalt of the officer, who used his knee to keep him down.
the Entire scene is caught on a several minutes long video, where George Floyd desperately asking the officer to stop.
– I can’t breathe, ” says Floyd gasping.
– You slay me. They slay me, man.
Later, he lost consciousness and died at the hospital.
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Tuesday went angry americans on the streets to protest. Photo: Kerem Yucel/Ritzau Scanpix
Americans in rebellion
The four officers who were involved in the incident, have all been fired.
But it is far from enough, many americans, both on the street and on social media to express their frustration over the police’s role in Floyd’s death.
Social media is flowing over with hashtagget #ICantBreathe (‘I can’t breathe, red.). Words which were among the last, Floyd got to say before he lost consciousness.
Hashtagget are being extensively used along with the slogan ‘black lives matter’.
in Addition there was the Tuesday matches in the streets of Minneapolis, where angry protesters clashed with the police. ‘I can’t breathe’, is inscribed on the sign, a protester brought to the demonstration on Tuesday. Photo: Kerem Yucel/Ritzau Scanpix
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