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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEXCLUSIVE: Police bodycam footage shows moment-by-moment arrest of George Floyd for the first time
EXCLUSIVE: Police bodycam footage shows moment-by-moment arrest of George Floyd for the first time - from terror on his face when officer points gun at his head, sobbing before he's shoved into squad car and begging to breathe as his life drains away
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8576371/Police-bodycam-footage-shows-moment-moment-arrest-George-Floyd-time.html
WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
The terror on George Floyd's face as a rookie cop points a gun at his head while he sits in his car can be seen today for the first time
DailyMail.com has exclusively obtained video from the bodycams of officers Thomas Lane and Alex Kueng, who were part of Floyd's fatal arrest on Memorial Day in Minneapolis
Floyd died after Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25
The tapes show in minute detail how Floyd begs 'Mr. Officer, please don't shoot me. Please man,' before the struggle that ended with his death
It also shows how Floyd resisted as the cops tried to force him into the back of the squad car, telling them he suffers from claustrophobia and anxiety
The video begins with Lane knocking on Floyd's car window with a flashlight and once Floyd opens the door, Lane pulls out his gun and points it at Floyd's head
Floyd, 46, begs him not to shoot, saying: ''I'll look at you eye-to-eye. Please don't shoot me man. I just lost my mom, man'
He sobs as the officers pull him out of the car and handcuff him, as his ex suggests he was undergoing mental problems and was afraid of police
After the struggle to get Floyd in the cop car, he is suddenly on the sidewalk with Chauvin's knee on his neck
Floyd says he can't breathe over and over again and calls for his 'momma' but his voice slowly gets weaker as his life drains away, even saying 'I'll probably just die this way'
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EXCLUSIVE: Police bodycam footage shows moment-by-moment arrest of George Floyd for the first time (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
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It answers questions about the police conduct leading up to the kneeling on his neck.
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
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Nevilledog
(51,022 posts)1. Kick
This is the bodycam of the initial contract and arrest process. It completes the story and the horror.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,308 posts)2. No one needs to watch this to know it was murder.
Nevilledog
(51,022 posts)3. It answers questions about the police conduct leading up to the kneeling on his neck.