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Wednesday, May 27th, 2020

4 Minneapolis cops fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of Black man who later died

Author:     Ray Sanchez, Joe Sutton and Artemis Moshtaghian
Source:     CNN
Publication Date:     6:25 PM ET, Tue May 26, 2020
 Link: 4 Minneapolis cops fired after video shows one kneeling on neck of Black man who later died
Stephan:   American police, kill Americans  at a rate greater than all the law enforcement agencies in European and Nordic nations COMBINED. And the blatant racism is outrageous. To quote Statista, a fact-based data website, "Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 228 civilians having been shot, 31 of whom were Black, as of March 30, 2020. In 2018, there were 996 fatal police shootings, and in 2019 this figure increased to 1,004." And here we have another murder of a Black man by racist White cops. The cop, Derek Chauvin, with his knee on the neck of the Black man, George Floyd, apparently has a history of being involved with police shootings. The good news is that in contrast to the usual Blue Wall of silence and cover-ups, these four cops were fired immediately, so bravo to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Medaria Arradondo.  
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd

Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired for their involvement in the death of a black man who was held down with a knee as he protested that he couldn’t breathe, officials said Tuesday. The FBI is investigating the incident, which drew widespread condemnation of the officers after a video showing part of the encounter circulated on social media.Officers responding to an alleged forgery in progress Monday evening were initially told that a person later described as the suspect was sitting on a car and appeared to be under the influence, police said.A pair of officers located the man, who was at that point inside the car and who police said “physically resisted” the officers when ordered to get out. Officers handcuffed the man, who “appeared to be suffering medical distress,” according to police. He died at a hospital a short time later, police said.

The four officers were “separated from employment,” Officer Garrett Parten, a police spokesman, said Tuesday.”I support your decisions, one hundred percent,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, in a statement, […]

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