MINNESOTA PROTESTS GEORGE FLOYD KILLING

respectmyhair Via @wonderwombman
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Hundreds of protesters have gathered in south Minneapolis Tuesday night to protest the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, who died after a violent encounter with police Monday night.

People began to gather Tuesday afternoon on the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue, where witnesses filmed a white Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than seven minutes Monday night.

Protesters began marching from Chicago Avenue to Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct building two miles northeast early Tuesday evening. ———-
Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody Monday night.

The man, identified as #GeorgeFloyd, died at the hospital after he was detained by officers near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South. A video taken by a bystander showed one of the officers pinning Floyd to the ground and pressing his knee into the man’s neck as the man repeats that he cannot breathe. Floyd eventually becomes unresponsive, but the officer continues to hold his knee to the man’s neck until an ambulance arrives.
#Minneapolis #Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced the decision at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The four officers involved have not been officially identified.
@shaunking has previously identified officers as #DerekChauvin #TouThao
#GeorgeFloyd #georgefloyd😔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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blaz1ngg_my_g @thelovelyashhh officer Tou Thao and Officer Derek Chauvins
thelovelyashhh @blaz1ngg_my_g thank you. But 4 officers were fired and the department and mayor have yet to release names of all four murderers.