Ex-Minneapolis Cop Charged With <br />Murder in George Floyd's Death According to Hennepin County <br />Attorney Mike Freeman, <br />Derek Chauvin was taken <br />into custody on Friday. Video of Chauvin leaning his knee into <br />the back of Floyd's neck on a Minneapolis <br />pavement emerged after Floyd died of suffocation. Chauvin kneeled on the back of Floyd's <br />neck for more than seven minutes. <br />Floyd can be heard saying <br />"I can't breathe" several times. Chauvin and the three other <br />officers at the scene were fired on Tuesday. <br />Claims emerged that Floyd was resisting arrest. CNN reports that surveillance <br />footage of Floyd's arrest minutes before <br />his suffocation indicated he did not resist arrest. Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney Calls for the arrest of Chauvin <br />and the other officers have fueled anger <br />and civil unrest in cities all across the U.S.
