In newly released footage, former officer Tou Thao seems increasingly agitated as the crowd gets more vocal, with onlookers repeatedly asking why George Floyd's vitals weren't being checked. At one point, Thao says, 'This is why you don't do drugs, kids.'
Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin is seen struggling to force George Floyd into the back seat of a police SUV in newly released body camera video recorded by Officer Tou Thao. Both Chauvin and Thao were fired, along with two other officers involved in Floyd's death on Memorial Day. All four former officers are facing charges.Hennepin County/MPR/YouTube/Screenshot by NPR
Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin is seen struggling to force George Floyd into the back seat of a police SUV in newly released body camera video recorded by Officer Tou Thao. Both Chauvin and Thao were fired, along with two other officers involved in Floyd's death on Memorial Day. All four former officers are facing charges.Newly released officer-worn body camera video is giving a fuller view of the tense scene in whichwas killed in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.
The video, from former Officer Tou Thao, shows another vantage of Floyd's arrest as well as Thao's interactions with a crowd of bystanders. The recording was released by a judge's order in Hennepin County, Minn., Thao seems to get increasingly agitated as the crowd becomes more vocal. Onlookers repeatedly ask him why Floyd's vital signs aren't being checked as other officers hold Floyd, who is handcuffed, on the pavement.
Floyd can be heard pleading with officers for air, including telling them,"I can't breathe" — the complaint that's been repeated by thousands of protesters as they call for an end to systemic racism and police brutality across the U.S. and internationally.One bystander, a Black man in a black hoodie and shorts, tells the officers he trained at the police academy. He asks Thao about the tactic Chavin is using, asking if it's a"jiu-jitsu move.
Thao arrived on the scene after Floyd was cuffed, and as fellow officers Chauvin, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were struggling to place Floyd in the back of a police SUV.
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