Minneapolis Police Chief: “This Was Murder”
"On what grounds could you possibly claim that you are doing something within your professional responsibility by keeping your knee on the neck of a person who is utterly unconscious for over 9 minutes."
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Community activists light candles at a memorial near the site where George Floyd died at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 28, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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