George Floyd.Photo: George Floyd
“Our investigation is to determine the accuracy of the allegations while also reinforcing our zero tolerance for anything with racist views,” Chief Michel Moore told theLos Angeles Times.
If it’s confirmed that officers were involved, said Moore, “people will find my wrath.”
The incident launched months of protests across the country, some turning violent, and spotlighted the Black Lives Matter movement with calls for police reform and racial justice.
Chauvin, who was fired after the incident, is scheduled to stand trial March 8 for second-degree murder and manslaughter, after an appeals court last week dismissed the prosecution’s request for a delay, reports theAssociated Press.
A memorial at the Minneapolis site where George Floyd was killed.Getty
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Three other officers at the scene, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao, are facing separate prosecution on charges of aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.
“At this point the department has not identified any actual postings in the workplace or identified that it was in fact our department employee who created the image,” the tweet says. “We have raised the apparent existence of the image and directed commands to survey the worksites for it.”
“This is beyond insult on top of injury – it’s injury on top of death,” Crump said. “The type of callousness and cruelty within a person’s soul needed to do something like this evades comprehension –— and is indicative of a much larger problem within the culture of the LAPD. We demand that everyone who was involved is held accountable for their revolting behavior and that an apology be issued to the family immediately.”
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