On the 25th of May, 2020, in the city of Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota, in the United States of America, an African American woman was going about her daily life when something horrifying caught her eyes. Four Minneapolis Police Officers were surrounding an African American man who was handcuffed and lying face-down on the ground. This man was 46 years old African American, George Floyd – whose murder caused outrage across the United States and even the world.
One of the officers, Derek Chauvin: a 44-years old white male weighing about 200 pounds, was pressing his knee forcefully on George Floyd’s neck, cutting off his breath. Flabbergasted, the passerby took out her phone and started to video.
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By looking at the video which later went viral on Facebook, it was clear that there were at least four onlookers at the scene of the crime. One was the African American woman who was videoing, one was an African American man and at least two white women.
All of the onlookers were horrified and were pleading with Derek Chauvin to stop applying pressure to George’s neck. George Floyd could be heard pleading for his life, “I can’t breath…my stomach hurts…my neck hurts…everything hurts…water…momma...” as tears ran down his eyes and blood came through his nose.
Bluntly, and perhaps mockingly, one of the police officers said to him, “well get up and get in the car,” to which George responded, “I will…I can’t move.” But George couldn’t move as the murderous policeman kept pressing his knee to George’s neck.
The African American male onlooker could be heard pleading with the Officer Chauvin to stop applying pressure to George’s neck up to the point where George went silent.
The murder of George Floyd by a white police officer enflamed anti-white sentiments across the United States to the point where one wondered if a race war would erupt in the United States with blacks and whites on either sides. A flurry of racial slurs against whites exploded as cars and buildings were set on fire, stores were looted and roads were blocked. The calls for the arming of black American citizens were extremely loud and splattered across social media.
But according to the video, which you will see below, the two white women on the scene also pleaded for George’s life. In fact, one of them rushed to save him, but Derek pulled out mace spray and pointed it at her, so she was forced to back off. Click here to see video: Warning : Graphic Content and Violence.
In the video, the white women could be heard shouting: “How long you’ll gotta hold him down? Bro, get the fuck off of him! He’s going to pass out! What the fuck! Get off of him! Check his pulse! Let me see a pulse!”
At some point, one of the white women rushed towards Derek Chauvin, but he pulled out his mace spray and ordered her to back off.
In addition to the mace spray, this policeman, Tao Thao, stood in the way and barred onlookers from intervening in the murder.
We do not know the identities of any of the persons in this video, but if you do, please send us an email at carperjensen@yahoo.com. Click here to see video: Warning: Graphic Content and Violence.
