Widely seen video shows George Floyd pleading with officers, telling them he can't breathe. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - A now-fired police officer and a black man who died in his custody both worked as security guards at a popular Latin nightclub as recently as the end of last year.
But the club's former owner says it’s not clear whether they knew each other. RELATED: Minneapolis police officer who knelt on neck of George Floyd taken into custody Officer Derek Chauvin worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo club as off-duty security for nearly two decades.
Maya Santamaria told The Associated Press that George Floyd had worked there only more recently for about a dozen events that featured African American music.