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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cop doesn't even take hands out of pockets while killing man (warning - graphic/distressing) [View all]
Footage of the incident has gone viral after it was shared by a bystander Monday
A white Minneapolis police officer is seen pinning a black man down to the ground with his knee
The man repeatedly tells cops he is in pain and cannot breathe before eventually losing consciousness
Minneapolis Police Department confirmed the man later died in the hospital after 'suffering medical distress'
Officers had been responding to a 'forgery in progress,' according to police
FBI is now investigating man's death and two arresting officers have been placed on paid administrative leave
The arrest has been compared to cases of police brutality including the likes of Eric Garner, who died in 2014
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8357713/Minneapolis-cop-seen-kneeling-neck-black-man-moments-died.html
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Cop doesn't even take hands out of pockets while killing man (warning - graphic/distressing) [View all]
Demovictory9
May 2020
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It also looks like his full weight is on his knee. He is straight enough to be kneeling on a church
GemDigger
May 2020
#26
+1, why was the person constrained with zips and cuffs and wait on patrol. This LEO has done
uponit7771
May 2020
#21