Looting erupts during Minneapolis protests over black man's killing by police

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called on prosecutors to criminally charge a white police officer who knelt on the neck of African-American man George Floyd, who later died at a hospital

President Donald Trump said on Twitter he wanted an FBI investigation “to be expedited,” saying he appreciated “all the work done by local law enforcement.”Video of Monday’s fatal encounter between police and Floyd, which has stirred a national outcry, shows him lying face down in the street with a white officer pinning his knee against the man’s throat.

“Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail? If you had done it or I had done it we would be behind bars right now,” Frey told a news briefing on Wednesday. “I am calling on Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman ... to charge the arresting officer in this case.” Frey did not specify what charge he thought was appropriate for the officer, but said he has relayed his wish to Freeman, prosecutor in the county where Minneapolis is located.On Tuesday, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said it would make a charging decision after the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conclude their investigations.

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