New video of George Floyd’s ‘murder’ shows cop Tou Thao ignoring bystanders’ desperate pleas to save the father’s life as white cop Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds
- George Floyd was killed on May 25 during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- At the time, video showed Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck
- Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds during arrest
- New footage released by Floyd family layer, Ben Crump, shows officer Tou Thao ignoring bystanders’ pleas for help as Floyd gasped for air under Chauvin’s knee
- Crump has called for Chauvin, Thao and two other officers who have been arrested, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, to be convicted of murder
Horrifying new footage shows Minneapolis officer Tou Thao ignoring pleas for help from bystanders as George Floyd gasped for air under the knee of Derek Chauvin for nearly nine minutes before his death.
The video was released Sunday morning by Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney representing Floyd’s family.
‘This is beyond disturbing, even harder to watch than the first video,’ Crump warned in the caption of the video.
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Horrifying new footage shows Minneapolis officer Tou Thao ignoring pleas for help from bystanders as George Floyd gasped for air under the knee of Derek Chauvin for nearly nine minutes before his death
Crump then wrote: ‘Tou Thao stood guard as Derek Chauvin MURDERED George Floyd … while witnesses of the execution tried to stand up for JUSTICE, tried to save George’s life!
‘The protest of those bystanders, who refused to just stand by and let it happen, has reverberated around the world — fueling our protest against injustice and police brutality!! 8 minutes 46 seconds.’
Crump then called for Chauvin, Thao and two other officers who have been arrested, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, to be convicted of murder.
‘The four ex-officers MUST be convicted of MURDER for this hideous atrocity! They MUST all be held accountable!’