Aerial view shows large crowd of demonstrators in downtown Los Angeles as protests over the death of George Floyd continue.
9:39 p.m.: LA announces police reforms
The department will also be instructed to invest in more implicit bias training, youth programs and oversight programs, according to the mayor.The Hennepin Medical Examiner's office released the full 20-page autopsy of George Floyd and revealed that he had previously tested positive for COVID-19, but was likely asymptomatic when he died in late May.
Former officer Dereck Chauvin has been in custody since last week after he was charged with murder and manslaughter charges.The U.S. Park Police department tweeted out a statement concerning an incident where officers were seen hitting and harassing members of the Australian press.cleared out of peaceful protesters
"We want people to peacefully protest. Nobody wants anybody who is bent on destruction," she told ABC News."People have grievances that must be heard." Thomas Lane, 37, Tou Thao, 34, and J Alexander Kueng, 26, were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting manslaughter, according to the court records.Lane and Kueng were the first two officers at the scene at 8:08 p.m., according to a criminal complaint. A 911 call had come in about a man allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill to buy merchandise at Cup Foods, the complaint read.
Officers then tried to put Floyd in a squad car after informing him he was under arrest, but he stiffened up and fell to the ground, according to the complaint. Floyd told the officers he was not resisting, but did not want to get in the back seat and was claustrophobic.Demonstrators take a knee, June 2, 2020, in Philadelphia, during a protest over the death of George Floyd.
Thao got a hobble restraint from the squad car to restrain Floyd, but the officers decided not to use it and stayed on top of Floyd. Quincy Mason Floyd, center, son of George Floyd, and attorney Ben Crump, left, kneel at the site where George Floyd was killed, on June 3, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn. Arrests warrants were issued for Lane, Thao and Kueng. Ellison said one of the officers was already in custody and the others should be this afternoon. ABC News confirmed that Kueng was that detained officer.The charges against former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin have been increased to second-degree murder, court records show.
"We expect all the police officers to be arrested before we have the memorial here in Minneapolis tomorrow," Crump said at a press conference at the scene of Floyd's death. About 30,000 are supporting law enforcement amid protests and nearly 40,000 are supporting COVID-19 response efforts, the National Guard said.
The mayor said that the public needed to turn their attention back to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The law enforcement officials acknowledged that there is more to do to make relationships between police and the public better. A standoff on the Manhattan Bridge ended without incident when 5,000 demonstrators returned to Brooklyn after they had been prevented from entering Manhattan.The Associated Press has announced that at least 9,300 people arrested in protests across the country since George Floyd's death, according to their tally.
Around eight minutes later, Minneapolis police officers Thomas Lane and J.A. Kueng arrived at the shop and approached Floyd and two others in the car, according to the criminal complaint. A few minutes after that officers Derek Chauvin and Tou Thoa arrived to help arrest Floyd, which led to Chauvin placing his knee on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes, the criminal complaint said.
"I am sorry and I am angry. I am sharing the video in the interest of transparency. During my tenure as chief of police, four officers have been criminally prosecuted for assault. This will be thoroughly investigated and in keeping with past practice, the findings will be referred to the office of the state's attorney," Stawinski said.
The Washington, D.C., National Guard has announced that they are directing an investigation into the actions of their rotary aviation assets on June 1 after it was reported that their medical helicopters were used to target protesters., numerous videos were posted on social media showing a Lakota medevac helicopter with Red Cross markings hovering very low over demonstrators, possibly in an effort to disperse the crowds.
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