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Mom of Oklahoma man who died in cop custody finds new footage hard to watch
'He was trying to breathe'OKLAHOMA CITY – Black Oklahoma City resident Derrick Elliott Olie Scott pleaded "I can't breathe! Please! Help me! I can't breathe," on May 20, 2019, as three Oklahoma City police officers pinned him to the ground with their knees and hands, removed a handgun from his pocket and held him there for about 13 minutes while waiting for paramedics to arrive.
Scott's pleas were chillingly similar to those of George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police has been the catalyst for nationwide protests.
Scott, 41, was pronounced dead at an Oklahoma City hospital about an hour after his arrest.
Release of police officers' body cam video of the arrest was one of the demands of Black Lives Matter. The Oklahoma City Police Department complied with that demand Monday by releasing the video to family and the news media.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trying-breathe-mom-oklahoma-man-194716403.html
