George Floyd's sister says firing officers not enough: 'They murdered my brother'

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George Floyd's sister says firing officers not enough: 'They murdered my brother'
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'I would like for those officers to be charged with murder because that’s exactly what they did. They murdered my brother; he was crying for help,' Bridgett Floyd, sister of George Floyd, says on the TODAYshow.

, carrying banners that read, “I can’t breathe” and “Jail killer KKKops.”

They later marched to a police station, where officers in riot gear confronted them and deployed tear gas and fired projectiles. Some protesters kicked canisters back toward police.

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