George Floyd Police Body Cam Transcripts Released
Transcripts of the complete footage from police body cams were released on Wednesday, further detailing the last minutes of George Floyd’s life. The documents are part of a motion filed by attorneys for Thomas Lane, one of the officers on the scene who is charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter. The full video footage has not been released; however, the transcripts reveal how George Floyd begged for his life, stating, “I can’t breathe” almost thirty times. Derek Chauvin, the officer charged with the choke-hold murder of Floyd, told him to “stop talking” and “it takes a lot of oxygen to talk.” The transcripts further detail Mr. Floyd repeatedly stated he wasn’t resisting, wasn’t armed, and near the end of the nearly nine-minute choke hold, he said to tell his Mama and kids he loves them. Moments later George Floyd was dead after uttering his last three words, “please, please, please!”

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