As racial discrimination and injustice has revived in this very time, the protests have started in the U.S. The protests are for a 46-year-old who is African American and was killed by a police officer in a disturbing video where the Minneapolis police officer kneeled on George Floyd's neck for several minutes(8 minutes and 46 seconds). This abuse of power has killed an innocent person. This incident has caused screams of millions of people around the world through social media which has caused compulsion on the Minneapolis Police Department(M.P.D) to arrest the officer who has forcefully killed George Floyd. The accusations of third-degree murder and manslaughter were imposed on Derek Chauvin(Police officer who killed Floyd). In this case, Third-degree murder means that felony murder only where the underlying felony is non-violent. 44th President of the US, Barack Obama said, "This shouldn't be normal in 2020 America". And President Trump said, "It is very, very bad". Mr. Trump took further actions by urging further investigations on the death of George Floyd and the FBI was approached with this case. The other three men who were part of Floyd's death were fired from their jobs and are currently investigated. Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey has called on Mike Freemen to arrest the other three police officers, Hennepin County attorney. Governor of Minneapolis, Tim Waltz said, "the black community is hurting beyond words". The prosecutors reported that "none of the three officers moved from their positions". This means that all of the officers were involved in the death of George Floyd. It is to be believed that Floyd resisted the police officers. But the callous response of the police officers to George Floyd was harsh and fatal. This is the second recent killing of an African American through a police officer. The hearing of Derek Chauvin will be presented on the 1st of June, 2020. It has ignited massive political and social unrest among the nation where people are burning businesses, buildings, houses, and especially the precincts which are districts of city or town for police. The governor of Minneapolis has already activated the National Guard to control the protests and violent attacks.
This is the reenactment of the same case that happened in 2014 where there was the killing of an African American unarmed men in NYC, Eric Garner, and his last few words were, "I can't breathe".
An estimation of the number of years Derek Chauvin will be serving is 35 years total, 25 for Third Degree murder, and 10 for manslaughter. As we don't know all the information, many people have prejudice feelings regarding this tragedy.
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