George Floyd died as a result of asphyxia from sustained forceful pressure, independent medical examiners determine
He is in custody in a state prison. Three other officers who were on the scene have not been detained or charged with any crimes. All four officers were fired the day after Floyd's death. Gov. Tim Walz said Sunday that Attorney General Keith Ellison would lead prosecutions in Floyd’s death.
. "We are going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case," Ellison said in a news conference. Activists have pressed Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman to charge the other three officers and have demonstrated outside his house. The city, like others across the nation, has been roiled by demonstrations. Arrests were made after an 8 p.m. curfew Sunday, but they were a tiny proportion of the thousands who peacefully marched around the city and across the Mississippi River bridges Sunday afternoon. Outside the Cup Foods store where Floyd died, banners and flowers fluttered in the morning wind as a stream of mourners came to pay their respects. Miranda Strong, 28, said arresting the three officers who stood by would be a positive sign, but deeper change is needed. “Yes, those men need to be labeled as murderers. But what about every single life they took before this?” asked Strong, who lives in an apartment overlooking where Floyd died. “The system doesn’t work." She said she didn’t immediately realize Floyd died in police custody outside her window because she’s so accustomed to the sirens and yelling and heavy police presence across Minneapolis. “All of that chaos is the soundtrack to the city,” Strong said. “And we don’t want that to be our norm anymore.”
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