Transcripts Of Police Body Cams Show Floyd Pleaded 20 Times That He Couldn't Breathe

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George Floyd told police officers some 20 times that he could not breathe, according to transcripts of body camera video. Floyd: Ah! Ah! Please. Please. Please. Lane: Should we roll him on his side? Chauvin: No, he's staying put where we got him.

As officer Derek Chauvin had Floyd pinned under his knee, face-down to the pavement and complaining that he could not breathe, Lane, who was holding Floyd's legs, asked Chauvin whether the suspect should be moved.Chauvin: Leave him.Lane: Should we roll him on his side?Lane: Okay. I just worry about the excited delirium or whatever.Shortly after that exchange someone in the crowd gathered nearby notices that Floyd isn't breathing.

Earlier in the transcript, the officers plead with Floyd to put his hands up, but the suspect repeatedly expresses concern about getting shot. The officers also order him into a squad car, but Floyd refuses, saying he is claustrophobic and would rather be restrained on the pavement. The transcript has officers discussing whether Floyd is under the influence of drugs.

Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. Lane, Kueng and a fourth former officer, Tou Thao, are charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. All four officers were dismissed following the May 25 incident.Lane's attorney, Earl Gray, said in an interview Wednesday that the court should make the video from the body cameras public.."That shows the whole picture. If they watch the whole thing, people ...

"It's not a case where he's standing by watching another cop pound on somebody's head," Gray said."This is a case where my client twice — twice — asked if we should turn him over and the answer from [Chauvin] was no."

 

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Any of them could have “accidentally” lost their balance and bump into Chauvin, releasing Floyd enough to catch his breath. I don’t buy any of it for a second. Any human would do everything within their power to save a human.

yagbebi This line up make me so angry..

Welcome to the United States of America Be careful where you step. Black people's blood is everywhere and wide. Rudel Simon-Poet

JenniferJJacobs I'm sure they'll be made a lesson of one way or another. Whatever the method, ALL their lives are over. As they should be. Parents must be so proud All other cops take heed. You're Next! if you pull this nonsense and murder or hurt someone needlessly. We're watching all of you.

JenniferJJacobs Did he break the law?

JenniferJJacobs These Coppers are starting to look like “The Usual Suspects”.

TheKouk I see at least one of the former officers is throwing Chauvin under the proverbial bus.

Wasn't it Lane's first day on the street as well?

That's a lot of talking for someone who can't breathe.

WebsterLincoln harrison_r3 🤦🏽‍♂️

Praying for peace and justice.

LockThemUp

MsAfrikanRoots Can’t read this. Too traumatizing. But we all know this will be worse than ever imagined.

Awful... Just awful.

Weren’t many of those before he was on the ground? He asked to be on the ground. Chauvin is in the wrong and seems a murderer, you don’t need to purposefully omit material facts.

Fresh Fish! Fresh Fish! Put me down for 20... third from the left.

WHERE WAS THE GOOD GUY WITH A GUN?!

Hope Chauvin doesn't mind spending a few years (or hopefully more) in solitary. Because he'd last about two minutes in the general population.

This pig better not get a blanket, fry him like bacon.

can't breathe..can't talk..dunno otherwise

Hope each of these MURDERERS are charged to the full extent of the law.

Murder

MASS ARREST AND EXECUTE IN ILLINOIS!

Refreshing ordinary people mine to brainwash them again to do more protests and let mob burn this country down. What do you get out of this?

I'll say it for the millionth time in 25 years, LET THE STREETS HAVE THEM. Use ur imagination

It’s refreshing to see these men in their true uniforms. Too many crooks out there fooling the public with badges on. GeorgeFloyd BlackLivesMatter BreonnaTalyor PoliceBrutality

Then why not release the video. Also. Defund NPR. HACKS

Then why did he resist arrest?

Muderous scum. Remember that Trump's response to the protests was to say we should cherish our police.

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