5 Officers George Floyd. A Houston man who filmed a police officer comforting his young daughter at a George Floyd protest said he wants to thank the man for "giving him a different perspective." George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street, according to Maya Santamaria. Two Minneapolis police officers captured in video footage restraining George Floyd were previously involved in other violent incidents while on duty, according to a database that documents instances of police brutality.
I never said this excuses the what the cops did, full information and let people decide. Bridgett Floyd, Floyd's sister, said on NBC's "TODAY" show Wednesday morning that she wants all of the officers at the scene to be charged with murder. When the officers tried to bring Floyd to their cruiser, he "stiffened up, fell to the.
A Minneapolis police officer who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the neck before the man died has been arrested and charged with murder after three nights of violent protests in the Midwestern US city.
But: "George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street", apparently working sometimes on the same evenings, likely knowing each other.
George Floyd was suffering the same fate as tens of millions of Americans these days: He needed a job. All four officers involved have now been suspended, arrested and charged. When the officers tried to bring Floyd to their cruiser, he "stiffened up, fell to the.