Minneapolis police release 911 call that led to encounter with George Floyd

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Source: CNN

Minneapolis police release 911 call that led to encounter with George Floyd


By Faith Karimi, CNN
Updated 0350 GMT (1150 HKT) May 29, 2020

(CNN) — It started with a routine police call reporting someone using a counterfeit bill at a store in Minneapolis.

What followed was a series of events that ended with George Floyd, 46, dead after a white police officer used his knee to pin him down in an incident captured on video. Floyd, who is black, died Monday night after he was arrested for the alleged forgery.

On Thursday night, Minneapolis police released a transcript of the 911 call that led to his arrest and death, which has sparked outrage nationwide as protesters demand justice.

Here's the full transcript:

Operator: 911 what's the address of the emergency?

Caller: This is ah 3759 Chicago Ave.

Operator: How can I help you?

Caller: Um someone comes our store and give us fake bills and we realize it before he left the store, and we ran back outside, they was sitting on their car. We tell them to give us their phone, put their (inaudible) thing back and everything and he was also drunk and everything and return to give us our cigarettes back and so he can, so he can go home but he doesn't want to do that, and he's sitting on his car cause he is awfully drunk and he's not in control of himself.

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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/28/us/minneapolis-george-floyd-911-calls/index.html

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1. I think English is a second language for the caller.