George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who lived in Minneapolis, was murdered a week ago today when white police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed him, pinned him to the ground, and pressed his knee against his neck.
Harrowing video footage shows Floyd begging for his life, telling the officer, "Please, I can’t breathe," while people at the scene plead for Chauvin to stop.
Instead, Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, as the New York Times reports, while officers Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and J.
Alexander Kueng stood by. George Floyd, a Houston native, moved to Minnesota "to be his best self," as one friend put it. He worked security at a restaurant, where he developed a reputation as someone who had your back and was.
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