'If it happens to get rough, don't say anything, don't do anything, just comply,' O'Neal said
but this was upgraded to second-degree murder on Wednesday.
Formal criminal charges have also been filed in Minnesota against the three other policemen — Thomas Lane, 37, Tou Thao, 34, and J. Alexander Kueng, 26 — who were present at the time of "Everybody's upset. Everybody's tired," O'Neal continued of the national mood. "We demand justice ... they try to appease us by arresting one guy, but it was four officers out there, people are just sick and tired.
"When I watched the video, I was disgusted," he added of Floyd's arrest video, which O'Neal said showed that Floyd was being compliant. "I think you have your knee on the man's neck for more than five minutes — it just didn't make any sense. ... You know better, you have to know better in certain situations."• Campaign Zero which works to end police brutality in America through research-proven strategies.
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