人类历史上最丑恶的一幕

A Black man who yelled "I cannot breathe" as a white Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee in the US state of Minnesota died late on Monday, police confirmed, drawing outrage from community members and leaders, and leading to the officers' termination. 

Video of the incident shows the police officer pinning down George Floyd, believed to be in his 40s, to the pavement with his knee on the man's neck for several minutes. Floyd was identified by prominent civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who said he had been retained by the Floyd family. 

Floyd can be heard saying in the video: "Please, please, I cannot breathe."

The officer tells Floyd to "relax".

Floyd responds: "I can't breathe. Please, the knee in my neck."

The officer continues to hold down Floyd with his knee for several minutes, with Floyd pleading and asking for water.

"My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Please, please. I can't breathe," Floyd cries out, while moaning and trying to cough.

Floyd eventually appears motionless under the officer's knee.

Those who were watching the incident unfold can be heard begging police to move off Floyd.

"He's not f****** moving," an onlooker can be heard saying. "Get off of his f****** neck."

It is unclear what happened before and after the video was taken.

4个人渣：

murder 1

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin poses for a booking photograph at the Ramsey County Detention Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. May 29, 2020.

Derek Michael Chauvin is one of the four police officers involved in the controversial death of George Floyd. On May 25, 2020, an employee at Cup Foods at 3759 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States called the Minneapolis Police Department to report a customer who was trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill.

Floyd apparently matched the suspect’s descriptions so he was arrested by Chauvin and three other cops namely Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng. It was a deadly encounter witnessed by several bystanders and streamed on Facebook Live.

For a total of 8 minutes and 46 seconds, Chauvin knelt on the neck of Floyd, who repeatedly tried to tell the cops that he could not breathe. About an hour and a half later, Floyd was pronounced dead at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

On May 26, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigations launched an investigation. On the same day, the Minneapolis Police Department fired Chauvin and the three other cops.

Chauvin met his wife Kellie Chauvin, who is of Hmong descent, at the Hennepin County Medical Center when she was an employee of the hospital. He brought a suspect there for a health check before arrest.

For the case related to Floyd, Derek is represented by Thomas Kelly, a Minneapolis attorney who was part of the legal team that successfully defended former St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez in the fatal shooting of Philando Castile in 2016. Here are 13 more facts about Derek:

1. Born in 1976, he is a 19-year veteran and his badge number is 1087.
2. He was hired by he Minneapolis Police Department hired Chauvin on January 8, 2001 and he started the Minneapolis Police Academy in October 2001.
3. Having worked in the first, third and fourth precincts and the water works security detail, he has received 17 complaints, all of which were closed with no disciplinary action except for one that generated two official reprimands.
4. In 2003, he was orally reprimanded on multiple occasions for allegations of using a demeaning tone and derogatory language.
5. In 2006, he was one of the six officers who fired a weapon that resulted in the death of Wayne Reyes, who was accused of stabbing two people.
6. In 2007, he received two letters of reprimand.
7. In 2008, he responded in an incident involving a man armed with a gun and was awarded a department medal of valor for it, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
8. In 2008, he shot and wounded Ira Latrell Toles, a home invasion suspect.
9. He married Kellie in 2010.
10. In 2011, he was among the officers at the scene near the Little Earth community when Minneapolis officer Terry Nutter shot Leroy Martinez in the torso.
11. In 2018, he joined Kellie onstage when she represented Oakdale in United States of America’s Mrs. Minnesota, which she won.
12. Working as a real estate agent and club bouncer in his off hours, he once worked overlapping security shifts with Floyd at the same nightclub, the El Nuevo Rodeo club in Minneapolis.
13. With a real estate license, he worked as an independent contractor for Realty Group between late 2018 and early 2019.

murder 2

J. Alexander Kueng, George Floyd

J. Alexander Kueng was terminated by the Minneapolis Police Department on May 26, 2020. He and his fellow police officers Derek Michael Chauvin, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane were involved in the controversial death of George Floyd.

On May 25, 2020, an employee at Cup Foods at 3759 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States called the Minneapolis Police Department to report a customer who was trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill. Apparently, Floyd matched the suspect’s descriptions so he was arrested by Chauvin, Thao, Lane and Kueng.

Several bystanders witnessed the deadly encounter, which was streamed live on Facebook. As shown in the video, Floyd was lying face down on the street next to the squad car’s rear passenger wheel while repeatedly telling the cops he could not breathe.

Chauvin put his left knee on Floyd’s neck for a total of 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Two minutes and 53 seconds of this was after the arrestee was non-responsive.

While Chauvin was kneeling on Floyd’s neck, Kueng and Lane were holding the arrestee. On the other hand, Thao was dealing with the eyewitnesses.

Paramedics arrived moments after Floyd started to lose consciousness. They took him to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis where he was pronounced dead.

Kueng has yet to release a statement about his involvement in the arrest of Floyd that led to this death. Meanwhile, here are 10 facts about the Minneapolis cop:

1. He was born in 1994.
2. He is 5’11” and weighs around 170 lbs.
3. He loves to play soccer.
4. He attended Patrick Henry High School in Minneapolis.
5. He was the captain of the soccer team when he was in high school.
6. He played for Cruz Azul Minnesota.
7. The Minneapolis Police Department hired him on December 18, 2017.
8. He was licensed in August 2019.
9. Since he was hired by the Minneapolis Police Department, he had no disciplinary records prior to the incident involving Floyd’s death.
10. It was him and Lane who arrived first during the arrest of Floyd while Chauvin and Thao followed minutes later in a separate squad car.
11. He was the one holding Floyd’s back while Chauvin was kneeling on the arrestee’s neck.
12. He and Kueng were still in their probationary periods when they were fired by Minneapolis Police Department.
13. For the case related to the Floyd’s death, he is represented by Thomas C. Plunkett, one of the top-rated criminal defense attorneys in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Murder 3

Tou Thao

Tou Thao is no longer in Minnesota, United States. The Asian-American cop involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd is represented by Robert Paule, one of the top-rated criminal defense attorneys in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Tou Thao is one of the four police officers involved in the controversial death of George Floyd. On May 25, 2020, an employee at Cup Foods at 3759 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States called the Minneapolis Police Department to report a customer who was trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill.

Apparently, Floyd matched the suspect’s descriptions. He was arrested by Thao and three other cops namely Derek Michael Chauvin, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng.

It was a deadly encounter witnessed by several bystanders and streamed on Facebook Live. As shown in the video, Floyd was lying face down on the street next to the police car’s rear passenger wheel while repeatedly telling the cops he could not breathe.

Paramedics arrived moments after Floyd started to lose consciousness and he was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis where he was pronounced dead. On May 26, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigations launched an investigation and the Minneapolis Police Department terminated Thao, Chauvin, Lane and Kueng.

Thao’s involvement in the case caused problems in the Asian-American community in the U.S. Many people who are also named Tou Thao but had nothing to do with the incident received harassment from strangers.

In Hmong, Tou means son or boy while Thao is one of the 18 clan names. Here are 13 more facts about the Asian-American police officer:

1. He was born in 1986.
2. He is of Hmong descent.
3. He is a 12-year veteran.
4. The Minneapolis Police Department hired him on February 4, 2008 and he started as a community service officer.
5. His badge number is 7162.
6. In 2009, he went through the Minneapolis Police Academy.
7. He was laid off from 2010 to 2011.
8. In 2012, the Minneapolis Police Department hired him back and gave him a full-time position.
9. Six complaints have been filed against him prior to Floyd’s death but no disciplinary action was ever taken, according to Communities United Against Police Brutality.
10. On October 7, 2014, he and fellow police officer Robert Thunder arrested Lamar Ferguson, physically assaulted the arrestee and took him to the hospital before putting him to jail.
11. In 2017, he and Thunder were sued by Ferguson for excessive use of force and the case was closed in 2018 with the Minneapolis Police Department settling with Ferguson for $25,000.
12. For the case involving the death of Floyd, he is represented by Robert Paule, one of the top-rated criminal defense attorneys in Minneapolis with more than three decades of experience in general practice.
13. He did not physically touch Floyd and was busy interacting with the eyewitnesses, asking them to “get back on the sidewalk” while his three colleagues were holding the arrestee.

Murder 4

A rookie cop, Thomas K. Lane had completed his field training just recently. While the world is battling against the new coronavirus (COVID-19), he lost his job as a police officer along with a fellow rookie cop and two veterans.

Lane’s fellow rookie cop was J. Alexander Kueng. The veterans were Derek Michael Chauvin and Tou Thao.

The four cops were involved in the controversial arrest of George Floyd, the late African-American security guard originally from Houston, Texas, United States. Floyd died almost 90 minutes after the arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, which earned the ire not only of Americans but of different people from all over the world.

On May 25, 2020, he, along with Chauvin, Thao and Kueng, responded to a report received by the Minneapolis Police Department from an employee at Cup Foods at 3759 Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. The employee reported that a customer was trying to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill.

It was Lane and Kueng who arrived at the scene first and approached the parked car of Floyd, who matched the suspect’s descriptions. Chauvin and Thao followed minutes later in a separate squad car.

Lane has yet to release a statement about his participation in the deadly arrest of Floyd. Meanwhile, here are some facts about the rookie Minneapolis cop:

1. He was born in 1983.
2. He is the grandson of Donald M. Mealey, a Minneapolis police detective who died in 2008 at the age of 92.
3. He got married in 2018.
4. The Minneapolis Police Department hired him on February 19, 2019.
5. He graduated as a police cadet in March 2019.
6. He pointed his gun at Floyd’s open window and directed the African-American man to show his hands but he put his gun back in its holster after the suspect put his hands on the steering wheel.
7. It was him who handcuffed Floyd after ordering him out of his car.
8. After pulling Floyd out of his car, he ordered the suspect to sit on the ground and asked for his name and identification.
9. It was him who explained to Floyd that he was arrested for passing counterfeit currency.
10. He was holding the legs of Floyd while Chauvin was kneeling on the arrestee’s neck.
11. On May 26, 2020, the Minneapolis Police Department fired him, Kueng, Thao and Chauvin.
12. He and Kueng were still in their probationary periods when they were fired.
13. For the case related to Floyd’s death, he is represented by Earl Gray.