Newly released officer-worn body camera video is giving a fuller view of the tense scene in which George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. In it, bystanders clamor for officers to check Floyd’s vital signs as Officer Derek Chauvin holds his knee on the man’s neck.
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.
In the video, 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.
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