Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney Erica McDonald pledged a ‘robust and meticulous investigation’ into the circumstances surrounding George Floyd’s arrest and death
The latest spasm of unrest in Minnesota’s largest city went largely unchecked, despite Governor Tim Walz ordering the National Guard activated to help restore order following the first two days of disturbances sparked by Monday night’s fatal arrest of George Floyd, 46.
A car and at least two other buildings in the vicinity were also set ablaze, and looters returned for a second night to a nearby Target discount store, left boarded up and vacant from the previous night, to make off with whatever remained inside.House Democrats demand probes of police killings of black Americans
Four city police officers involved in the incident, including the one shown pressing his knee into Floyd’s neck as he lay on the ground, moaning, “please, I can’t breathe,” were fired from their jobs the next day. Throughout the day, protesters pressed their demands that the four policemen be arrested and prosecuted.
Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, said Floyd’s case was like “opening up an old wound, and pouring salt into it.”At a morning news briefing, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo publicly apologized to Floyd’s family, conceding his department had contributed to a “deficit of hope” in Minneapolis. Minnesota’s U.S. attorney, Erica McDonald, pledged a “robust and meticulous investigation” of Floyd’s arrest and death.The federal investigation, which Attorney General William Barr had designated a “top priority,” will focus on whether the arresting officers used the “color of law” to deprive Floyd of his civil rights, she said.
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