'These cases can be considered immediately, fairly but swiftly, for criminal charges because you just can't have something like this. He was pleading for his life,' Sen. Amy Klobuchar said on 'Cuomo Prime Time.'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar called for the prosecution of the Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd in her Tuesday appearance on CNN'sKlobuchar appeared on the program to talk about the now-viral video showing officers kneeling on Floyd's throat. Floyd can be heard in the video telling the officers he can't breathe; later, he appears to lose consciousness. He was pronounced dead when an ambulance took him to a local medical facility.
"These cases can be considered immediately, fairly but swiftly, for criminal charges because you just can't have something like this. He was pleading for his life and outsiders were telling the officer, very clearly, 'He can't breathe, he can't breathe.' This was not a sudden mistake or procedure gone bad," she added.
"I supported that prosecution. The jury didn't agree with the prosecutor in that case, but I think what is happening right now is that finally people are starting to see videos of some of these cases. I think over time that changes minds, but it is not enough time to change the life [of the victim]," she said.
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