George Floyd 2 Officers. George Floyd, left, and former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with third-degree murder for Floyd's death. The officer was fired over the incident and was initially charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
The death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, after an interaction with police has brought racial injustice concerns in the United States to a boiling Floyd then "actively resisted being handcuffed," the statement reads. The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. Floyd's death was a homicide by officers who taunted him while holding him down for more than eight minutes.
The angle of the video, which is circulating on social media, has not been seen previously.
The Minneapolis police officer shown on video kneeling on George Floyd's neck as Floyd pleaded for help, along with another officer who stood by and watched, have both been Floyd later died.
And the officer who stood by doing. (CNN) -- At least two callers and a dispatcher were concerned about Minneapolis police officers' use of force with George Floyd, according to dispatch recordings and transcripts released by the city's police department Monday. New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis. The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck was charged on Wednesday with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder, and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.