Put the city of Minneapolis in front of its demons. The family of George Floyd filed a civil complaint Wednesday against this municipality of Minnesota and four police officers for their responsibility in the death of this African-American during his arrest at the end of May in the city of the north of the United States, where he became the symbol of police violence but also of the fight against racism worldwide.
“It’s not just the knee of Constable Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, it’s the knee of the entire Minneapolis Police Department […] who killed him, “said Ben Crump, the family’s main lawyer, in city court.
George Floyd, 46, died on May 25 after being handcuffed and immobilized on the stomach, suffocating under the knee of a white policeman, Derek Chauvin.
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His death provoked an unprecedented anger movement since the 1960s in the United States against racism and police violence, which spread around the world, with protests with shouts of “Black Lives Matter” count).
Derek Chauvin, dismissed from the police with three other officers present during the events, will be tried for murder and his ex-colleagues for complicity. Minneapolis City Hall has decided to transform its police to create a “new model” of public safety.
May the family be free from the need “for eternity”
Ben Crump did not disclose the amount requested from the municipality, simply explaining that he wanted to ensure that the family is safe from need “for eternity”. “If you think the lives of black people matter, then understand that we are going to make sure there is a black value,” said Chris Stewart, lawyer for the complaint, at the town hall.
