The entire world knows George Floyd’s name by now and they should.
As protests against the brutal killing of George Floyd continue to rage up and down the nation, new footage has surfaced showing the cops that allegedly took part in the incident and it showed some disturbing and heartbreaking details.
George Floyd
The video is graphic, but necessary to watch if you truly want to understand all that is wrong with, not only the situation involving George Floyd, but America as a whole.
Former police officer, Derek Chauvin is the officer seen in the video, pressing his knee onto the neck of George Floyd for nearly 9-minutes straight. Chauvin has been arrested in the murder of Floyd and was charged with 2nd degree murder. However, a former co-worker of both Floyd and Chauvin recently revealed that the two knew each other, didn’t like one another and often fought while working as security at a local nightclub together. The employee stated that Floyd often told Chauvin to stop causing issues with the nightclub guests and to stop using such force against them. Allegedly, Chauvin would often use pepper spray and brute force on the nightclub patrons, even though it was not warranted.
Derek Chauvin
Due to the employee claiming to know for a fact that Chauvin did not like Floyd and was very familiar with him, many are calling for Chauvin to be charged with 1st degree murder.
In the video below, newly released, a bystander filmed nearly 5-minutes of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck, despite numerous civilians asking Chauvin to remove his knee, check for a pulse and exclaiming that Floyd appears to be dead — due to Chauvin’s actions.
The video is hard to watch, but again, necessary if you truly want to understand why this is ‘murder’ and not any type of ‘normal’ police restraint tactic.
In another video, Comedian Dave Chappelle delivers a serious and very factual small performance, highlighting the very serious problem with racism in America. Chappelle is known as being incredibly funny, but also incredibly intelligent. The video is most certainly worth a watch.