Mayor Jacob Frey has asked the Hennepin County Attorney to charge former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin with the death of George Floyd.
Floyd, 46, died Monday following his arrest outside a Cups Food supermarket on Monday. Viral video of the encounter shows a police officer, later identified as Chauvin, pinning Floyd to the ground with a knee placed on his neck and Floyd saying he couldn't breathe.
Frey held a press conference on Wednesday to express his outrage at the incident and called on Mike Freeman, the attorney for Hennepin County, to file criminal charges against the former Minneapolis police officer. "I have wrestled with — more than anything else over the last 36 hours — one fundamental question: Why is the man who killed George Floyd, not in jail," Frey said to reporters."If you had done it or I had done it, we would be behind bars right now. George Floyd deserves justice
"I would like to see this as soon as possible. If we can do this a way that the investigation will not compromise the changeling decision, then I'd do this right away," Frey said."I think we have seen a very long history in this country that did not do justice, especially...when the law enforcement officer is white and the victim is black."
A man holds a sign stating"I Can't Breathe" during a protest in response to the killing of George Floyd outside the Cup Foods on May 26, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after a video taken by a bystander was posted on social media showing Floyd's neck being pinned to the ground by an officer as he repeatedly said,"I can’t breathe".
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