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This is brutal, but you have to see it. This is straight up murder.
The victim's name is George Floyd.
The victim's name is George Floyd.
The FBI is investigating this apparently.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/george-floyd-killing-police-video-fbi-investigation#maincontent
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/26/george-floyd-killing-police-video-fbi-investigation#maincontent
Police were called when Floyd allegedly tried to use a forged cheque at a grocery store. They say he resisted arrest. They then proceeded to choke him to death.
The officer's name is Derek Chauvin. The other officer is Tou Thao.
The officer's name is Derek Chauvin. The other officer is Tou Thao.
After kneeling, with all his weight, on George Floyd's neck for five minutes, officer Chauvin had killed him. The police officers involved in this killing have been fired, but are yet to be arrested for murder.
There are currently large scale protests in Minneapolis now. People have march to the police station. https://twitter.com/BLongStPaul/status/1265436568975585281?s=20
Here's a livestream of the protests. https://www.pscp.tv/w/1ypKdQpNBkNGW
George Floyd in life.
RIP
RIP
Police have begun firing teargas and these projectiles at protesters. This one was shot at a local journalist.
Police teargas.
Police cars smashed to fuck by protesters. They got into the carpark. https://twitter.com/UR_Ninja/status/1265444354799239169?s=20
This was a journalist attacked by police with a baton. https://twitter.com/kinky_afr0/status/1265455493755043840?s=20
Police SUVs chased back. https://twitter.com/SollyBandz_/status/1265430916769501184?s=20
Line pushed back away from the station now. https://twitter.com/efrostee/status/1265449398844239874?s=20
"Orders over scanner to 'use the 40mm marking rounds, blue or gel, to deal with the rock throwers'..." https://twitter.com/TheQueerCrimer/status/1265454317240188929?s=20
Huge amounts of teargas used by police. https://twitter.com/efrostee/status/1265448367511031809?s=20
Aerial view of one area of the protests. https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1265441801281863682?s=20
Follow this guy, he's on the ground. https://twitter.com/CarlosGphoto/status/1265455823700070401?s=20
(Need to sleep now. Will update the thread tomorrow. Got to say though, that video of George Floyd being murdered by those cops is one of the worst things I've ever seen in all my years reporting on war and conflict. Fucking unreal. I hope Floyd gets real proper justice.)
By the way, you can listen in to the police scanner covering the clashes live here: https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/27929
