Minneapolis mayor says George Floyd was ‘killed because he is black’ and that ‘arresting officer killed someone’ – The Sun

THE Minneapolis mayor said that George Floyd was "killed because he is black" and that the "arresting officer killed someone."

Jacob Frey made the comments during an interview on CBS aired on Thursday morning.

When asked if he believes that the incident was murder, Frey replied "I do."

"I'm not a prosecutor, but let me be clear, the arresting officer killed someone. As to the precise charge, I'm not going to get into that."

The mayor then went on to say "he'd be alive today if he were white."

"The facts that I've seen, which are minimal, certainly lead me down the path that race was involved.

"I don't know whether or not there's explicit or implicit racism involved, but racism is involved – let's be very clear."

On Monday, George Floyd died after Officer Derek Chauvin was filmed kneeling on his neck during an arrest in Minneapolis as the black man shouted "I can't breathe."

The arrest was carried out after Floyd allegedly trying to use forged documents at a local deli.

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