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New police body camera video reveals George Floyd's last words were 'I can't breathe'

2020-07-17T06:16:05.715Z


Floyd sobbed as officers initially started to pull him out of the vehicle he was in, and at one point Officer Derek Chauvin appears to be using his knee to support himself and apply pressure ...


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(CNN) - A new video from police body cameras seen by CNN offers a new critical context in the moments before George Floyd's death.

Floyd sobbed when officers initially started pulling him out of the vehicle he was in, and at one point, Officer Derek Chauvin appears to be using his knee to support himself and apply pressure to Floyd's neck. Floyd's last words, not seen in a previously published transcript, were: "I can't breathe."

The two videos viewed by CNN on Wednesday begin when Minneapolis police officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng are seen answering a call about a "fake bill" being used in a local market.

Within 36 seconds of speaking to a store employee, officers are at the door of the car Floyd was in and, after an initial flashlight hit, Lane points a gun at Floyd and yells, " Put your damn hands up right now! ” Floyd pleads with the officers as he sobs, at one point resting his head on the wheel.

Heartbreaking details of George Floyd's death 4:30

Video Shows Agents Fighting To Handcuff Floyd

About three minutes after the video, Floyd is forcibly removed from the car as officers fight to handcuff him. This was after he pleaded with the officers as he sobbed as they attempted to take him to the patrol.

The video seen on CNN shows that a great fight ensues when Agents Lane and Kueng try to put Floyd on patrol. Kueng is physically trying to push Floyd into the car when Lane turns to the other side of the vehicle and approaches to try to pull him off while Floyd screams. This is the first "I can't breathe" that we heard from Floyd through what sounded like a gargling breath.

Finally, Floyd falls off Lane's side and it is at this point that the other agents, Thao and Chauvin, appear on video, and then Chauvin, Kueng, and Lane work to contain Floyd. This is when Floyd falls into the familiar location seen on the known cell phone video, and approximately 11 minutes and 23 seconds of video on Lane's body camera, Chauvin's knee hits Floyd's neck.

READ: What we know about Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged with the death of George Floyd

Floyd has been handcuffed for almost 8 minutes and, while already restrained, Chauvin appears to increase the pressure on Floyd's neck, shifting his torso from an upright position to a downward motion.

About 16 minutes later on film, Floyd's last words are heard: "Man, I can't breathe." Paramedics are seen with Floyd just over 9 minutes after Floyd's knee hit his neck, and a minute later Floyd's limp and completely still body is loaded into the ambulance.

The Minneapolis Police Department has not released a video of the incident, saying it is part of an active investigation by the Office of Criminal Apprehension about the actions of officers who responded to a call for assistance.

New video in George Floyd case before confrontation 2:56

Judge made body camera images available

The Lane and Kueng police camera footage was released in court last week by Lane's attorney as evidence supporting Lane's motion to dismiss the charges against the former agent, but the court only released the written transcripts. .

Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill, who presides over the cases against the four Minneapolis police officers charged with Floyd's death, made the camera footage of Lane and Kueng's body available to the public on Wednesday.

So far, Cahill has refused to allow the news media to post the images. A coalition of media companies, including CNN, filed a motion on Monday calling for the immediate release of the two body camera videos.

Floyd died on May 25 after Chauvin knelt on Floyd's neck for almost eight minutes. Lane and Kueng had helped contain Floyd and the ex-agent Tou Thao was nearby.

Chauvin is charged with willful and unintentional manslaughter and second degree involuntary manslaughter. Lane, Kueng, and Thao are accused of aiding and abetting unintentional manslaughter and aiding and abetting a manslaughter.

All four officers were fired.

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Chauvin's attorney declined to comment Wednesday.

According to the motion filed by Lane's attorney Earl Gray, Lane asked twice if Floyd should be transferred to his side. Chauvin, a 20-year veteran and training agent, told Lane to keep him there until the ambulance arrived, according to the motion. Chauvin assured Lane that Floyd was fine and that Lane could not see any "visible intentional imposition of damage," the motion says.

Gray said in the motion that his client did not know that Chauvin was committing a crime while restraining Floyd. The attorney said the decision to restrict Floyd was reasonably justified, according to the motion.

George Floyd's death marks drive for racial equity in the US and the world

George Floyd rests peacefully with his mother in a cemetery in Houston, Texas, but protests over his violent death in police custody still pressure politicians to carry out real change. The increasing attention to the Black Lives Matter movement and racial equity is already causing companies, industries, institutions, communities, families and individuals to question their attitudes and actions.

Posted by CNN in Spanish on Saturday, June 13, 2020

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Source: cnnespanol

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