MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody Monday night.
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced the decision at a press conference Tuesday afternoon. The four officers involved have not been identified.
The man, identified as George Floyd, died at the hospital after he was detained by officers near the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South.
A video taken by a bystander showed one of the officers pinning Floyd to the ground and pressing his knee into the man’s neck as the man repeats that he cannot breathe.