Second day of protests in Minneapolis after policeman filmed pressing his knee into the neck of African-American man who later died
Teargas is fired as protesters clash with police while demonstrating against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the US. Picture: STEPHEN MATUREN/AFP
The video, which has raised a national outcry, shows an African-American man lying face down in the street with a white officer pinning his knee against his throat. The black man is gasping for air and groaning, “I can't breathe,” while bystanders beseech the officer to let him up. The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, the union that represents the city's police force, said in a statement to local media the officers were co-operating with the investigation and it was “not time to rush to judgment”.
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 investigations.
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