WATCH FULL VIDEO... Four Minneapolis Cops Have Been Fired Over The Death Of A Handcuffed Black Man After VIdeo Showed White Officer Kneeling On His Neck...

Four Minneapolis cops are fired over the death of a handcuffed black man after video showed white officer kneeling on his neck for six minutes during arrest for forgery as he shouted that he couldn't breathe.

Four Minneapolis police officers involved in Monday's incident have been fired, police chief announced
the cops were seen in video taken on Monday showing a white cop kneeling on the neck of black man George Floyd during his arrest

Floyd was heard repeatedly telling cops he is in pain and cannot breathe before eventually losing consciousness

Minneapolis Police Department confirmed the man later died in the hospital after 'suffering medical distress'

The officers had been responding to a 'forgery in progress,' according to police

The two officers in the video were identified as Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao by attorney Ben Crump

FBI and state authorities are now investigating man's death

The arrest has been compared to cases of police brutality including the likes of Eric Garner, who died in 2014

Four members of the Minneapolis Police Department have been fired over the death of George Floyd, who was filmed being pinned to the ground by his neck by a white police officer moments before he died in custody.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo on Tuesday announced that four officers involved in Monday's incident are now 'former employees' of the force.

'We know there are inherent dangers in the profession of policing but the vast majority of the work we do never require the use of force,' Arradondo said.

The names of the four fired cops have not been released however, two officers seen in the video were identified by Floyd's family's lawyer as officers Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao.

The two were filmed in a video taken by a bystander on Monday which showed Floyd struggling to breathe on the ground as a white cop knelt on his neck for several minutes.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to the four officers' termination on Twitter saying the move was 'the right call.'

It comes as the FBI and state law enforcement authorities announced they have launched an investigation into the man's death.

The black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday has been identified as George Floyd on social media. The attorney representing Floyd's family Benjamin Crump tweeted this photo of the victim on Tuesday, calling for police officers to be brought to justice

Source: Daily Mail

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