- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called on authorities to criminally charge a white police officer who knelt on an African-American man’s neck shortly before he died at a hospital.
Frey said the Minnesota District Attorney for Hennepin County, where the city is located, should press charges a day after the officer along with three others were dismissed from the police force. On Monday, video was captured of the officers who were involved in the arrest that culminated in the death of George Floyd, 46, who lived in suburban St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The video taken by a bystander showed Floyd lying face down in the street, gasping for air and groaning, “I can’t breathe” on Monday evening.
“Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail? If you had done it or I had done it we would be behind bars right now,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said during a news briefing. “I am calling on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman ... to charge the arresting officer in this case.”Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Bernadette Baum and David Gregorio
Yes of course that needs to be done that was a horrible thing that happened to that young man & should have never happened!! The guilty need to be tried and prosecuted ! But no excuse for city to burn down buildings & Riot & Destroy things MayorFrey has no control over Minn.
The MinneapolisPD and all police forces are showing their true colours right now. Do they care about the destruction of private property more or do they care about the well being and safety of community more? This is their defining hour. The intersection of these values is Hell.
People are criticizimg MayorFrey. I don't know his history I don't live in the city. But despite the protests he is still calling for criminal charges into the murder. I give him credit for this.
HE WAS MURDERED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say it how it is! He did not die in the hospital ‘later on’ !!
He was pronounced dead at the hospital, he was transpiring on the street before the EMTs arrived...
African-american Word is racist, Why don't say Euro american too?
That's OPEN murder... by law enforcement officers.. !!! Despicable !
Lock them up! All four of them they are just scum bags!
He didn't die at the hospital... HE DIED ON THE GROUND WITH THAT TERRORIST KNEE ON HIS NECK... IF YOU ARE GOING TO REPORT IT... REPORT THE TRUTH... NOT THE LIES TOLD TO YOU...
As he should. However it makes it no more or no less horrible based on skin color. Same punishment regardless of if it were white on white, black on black, black on white, whatever. A human killed another human...that's all that needs said.
I want to be there, I want to see the impossible happen, if more could arrive more would if they could, having a way makes the situation escalate and a fight that is soon ready to come, but This is what they want a civil war, to use what it is that funds they're guns
that is the way white people deal with black
Mother ducker where is the police Or army That is delincuent I not agree that is property private and many employees work is nasty the actuación the black people sorry I not agree that is delincuentttt that's stealing go to jail
Obviously no one has learned a fucking. It's back to the social wars derp derp. Rioting is how we change things 🤪👍
Phreaddie He did not die later at the hospital. He was murdered right there in the street. Firefighters/EMT confirmed. Get your facts straight.
He was dead before that ambulance showed up read the medics/fire department report
No need to highlight that is was a black man being pinned down by a white officers. Its a man being choked to death by a police officer who swore an oath to serve and protect. Its utterly fucking heinous and despicable that this was allowed with other officers in watchful view
That police office should be tried for murder.
absolutely! another ridiculous incident.
Why is there tear gas being thrown but those white guys can enter government buildings and intimidate officials with assault rifles? And nothing?
Not good enough. There were four officers involved.
He was MURDERED
Police Officer should be Charged with Murder and Hate Crime. IlhanMN RashidaTlaib AyannaPressley AOC seanhannity
Not one , it's four
How about prosecuting the police leadership for this insane aggression against UNARMED peaceful protesters? Funny how heavily armed hostile whites never get this type of response from the cops.
Should have been charged already. Shouldn’t need to be requested. Should have been done.
That poor dude was murdered in broad daylight
america is a racist country in 21century.
Where’s the tear gas when armed white people take over government buildings?
El alcalde hizo lo correcto.
USA Cops, murder Americans every day... Why?.... Because, they can 🤷♂️
Cops need more training. When is that going to happen?!
Let’s let the FBI investigate but accountability is required
All 4. Felony Murder charges.
Murder 1
I can't imagine that this accident happened and where in the most country that's calling freedom ,democracy, civil right for all citizens.
What else? The whole world saw how the officer crunched the man's neck in cold blood whilst keeping his hand in his pocket looking very happy with himself. What an animal. No! That's an insult to animals. He deliberately murdered the offender.
Not just him but all that stood by and watched
And every inmate have the chance to give 1min knee rest on their necks
Why were you silent on this? No one rioted?
His fucking name is George Floyd.
Because of their race? Thats racist!
Blacks if you don’t like it anymore where ever you’re ,feel free to come back home :Africa. MamaAfrica is home to you all. 🥰🥰🥰
I want to see the autopsy report and all the evidence before I decide.
It is not enough to charge the one officer. It doesn’t even end with 4 officers being charged. It’s time for total law enforcement reform in this whole country. GeorgeFloyd BlackLivesMatter icantbreathe
You misspelled “murdered”.
Agreed.
My cat grabbed a gopher by the neck shortly before it died too.
Do they have the death penalty in Minnesota?
We should fire all the judges and shutter the courts. Mayors should become judges and the Twitter mob the jury. Oh, and journos the public prosecutors.
Hopefully as the 'story develops' Reuters will also develop the connection between the 'white police officer who knelt on the neck' of George Floyd and how he died.
There was mass outrage on the Reuters twitter account who made a really bad editorial decision shortly before they published this headline
Charge him for “kneeling on his neck shortly before he died”? How about charging him for murder?
The typical cop defense is they were threatened. The victim was cuffed on the ground knee on neck surrounded by police. The cop killed him while not endangered. ARREST THE COP
All four must be charged. All of them, they are all murderers.
Pretty sad when the mayor has to ask to try someone caught on video committing murder.
'shortly before he died'...? Are you fucking kidding me?
it took 3 minutes while he begged for his life. How is that not a premeditated case?
Other officers too are equally responsible .. for not stopping him 😠
I remember when I threw a man off of a 15 story parking garage shortly before he died
It wasn't shortly before he died. It was WHILE HE DIED. It's the REASON HE DIED.
Please do so cause that was uncalled for,,,,
Let the DA petition for a death sentence while at it. Black people should otherwise carry guns, and seek vengeance on these deplorable four .
For murder of course
'knelt on the neck...shortly before he died.' makes it sound like they're two unrelated incidents. They are completely related.
This is insane that you would write it like this
Teloittajan paikka ei ole poliisissa. Teloittajan paikka ei ole USA:ssa. Teloittajan paikka ei ole koko maailmassa. Teloittajan paikka on - pirun koti.
*who knelt on his neck UNTIL HE DIED. Fixed it.
Just like Trump shouldn't interfere in the judicial process, I believe this mayor should butt out too.
Replace 'shortly before' with 'while' and this would be correct reporting.
This 'not human' behavior⋯will must be punished by God! ✝️ That police is 'perverted murderer'! Policemen’s job is to protect the people, not the slaughter! ⚰️ 'Slaughter the people' is china's expertise ... chinese police standing beside, you knows 'What's the problem🧫🦠'!!
Please state that they will be “charged for murder”.
Wake up, America! timeout4racism
Shouldn’t there be an investigation first?
What about the other officers who helped him to chock this man to death
Methinks the universe will seek justice long before the system makes a weak attempt.
A positive move.
🙏👏👏👏
MAGA - Murderers Always Get Away when they are white and murder unarmed black men. FactsMatter
You mean this guy? Looks like he's a trumper. Not surprised.
*who died while on his neck*
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