George Flyod How Did He Die. George Floyd's friend, witness to his death speaks out Maurice Lester Hall, a passenger in the car seen in the surveillance video just moments before Floyd died, said Floyd did not resist arrest. An officer responding to a report that Mr.
After he got out, he moved to Minneapolis, where he worked as a bouncer in the same club where Officer Chauvin also worked on a security detail. "George died because he needed a breath," said Ben Crump, a lawyer representing Floyd's family. "He needed a breath of air." Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. The death of George Floyd, a black man who died on Memorial Day after he was pinned down by a white Minnesota police officer, has sparked outrage and protests in Minneapolis and across the United. Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer's knee, in an episode that was recorded on video by a bystander, inciting condemnation and protests.
Baden said Floyd died as a result of compression on his neck and back from the officer, which interfered with blood flow and his breathing. "George died because he needed a breath," said Ben Crump.
Video showing the early minutes of George Floyd's arrest indicates he was complying with police officers on a Minneapolis street.
Floyd died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer's knee in an episode that was recorded on video by a bystander, inciting condemnation and protests. Floyd's mother died two years ago, but he used her as a sacred invocation. "He is a human being!" comes an anguished plea from someone in a desperate attempt to engage the officers' reason. George Floyd died of a heart attack and had fentanyl in his system, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, which ruled his death a homicide.