BREAKING: Minneapolis City Council unanimously votes for immediate reform within the city's police department, including banning chokeholds.
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted in an emergency hearing on Friday for immediate reform within the city's police department including banning chokeholds. The meeting was called on Thursday after Minnesota's Department of Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero filed discrimination charges on Monday against the Minneapolis Police Department afterFloyd, 46, was seen on a 10-minute cellphone video on May 25 pleading with former officers David Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and Alexander Kueng, telling him that he could not breathe as Chauvin's knee pressed against the back of his neck.
"I believe there is sufficient information to investigate whether the respondent utilizes systemic discriminatory patterns or practices towards people of color, specifically Black community members, on the basis of race and in the area of public services," wrote Lucero in the"George Floyd is pictured in an undated photo released by the office of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump. George Floyd is pictured in an undated photo released by the office of Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump.After all four were fired from the police department, Chauvin was the first to get charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.In Chauvin's arrest warrant documents, it read that Chauvin continuously pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds as Lane held down his legs and Kueng held down his back. Thao stood nearby with both of his hands in his pockets, the video shows. The state's attorney general took over the case and amended the charges against Chauvin to include second-degree murder. Thao, Kueng and Lane were also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Ariel view of protestors gathered near the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd marking one week anniversary of his death, on June 1, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ariel view of protestors gathered near the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd marking one week anniversary of his death, on June 1, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Lucero says this investigation should look at Floyd's death and other
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