George Floyd’s family sues the city of Minneapolis

The family of George Floyd filed a civil complaint, Wednesday July 15, against the municipality of Minneapolis and four police officers for their responsibility in the death of this African-American man during his arrest in late May in the city of the northern United States , announced his lawyers. “It’s not just the knee of Constable Derek Chauvin on George Floyd’s neck for 8 min and 46 s, it’s the knee of the entire Minneapolis Police Service (…) who killed him “Ben Crump, the family’s main lawyer, said in city court.

George Floyd, 46, died on May 25 after being handcuffed and immobilized on the ground on his stomach, suffocating under the knee of a white policeman, Derek Chauvin. His death provoked an unprecedented anger movement since the 1960s in the United States against racism and police violence, which spread around the world, with protests with shouts of “Black Lives Matter” black count ”).

“Pivotal moment”

Derek Chauvin, dismissed from the police with three other officers present during the events, will be tried for murder and his ex-colleagues for complicity. Minneapolis City Hall has decided to transform its police to create a ” new model “ public security.

Ben Crump did not disclose the amount requested from the municipality, simply explaining that he wanted to ensure that the family is immune to need. ” for eternity “. “If you think the lives of black people matter, then understand that we are going to make sure there is a black value”, also said Chris Stewart, the lawyer associated with the complaint, at the town hall address.

The death of George Floyd, when he posed no danger to officers, is a “Pivotal moment” to address the issue of police brutality against the black minority in the United States, said Ben Crump. He cited a study of theAmerican Journal of Public Health dating from 2018, that a black man is about three times more likely to be killed by the police than a white man, while the black community accounts for 13% of the population.