Heartbreaking video footage has resurfaced of George Floyd pleading for the end of gun violence. The moving clip emerged Thursday showi...
Heartbreaking video footage has resurfaced of George Floyd pleading for the end of gun violence.
The moving clip emerged Thursday showing the 46-year-old, whose death sparked international outrage and triggered protests against police brutality, filming himself urging for the end of violent shootings.
'I just want to say man that I’ve got my shortcomings and my flaws and I ain’t better than anybody else. But these shootings going on, man, I don’t care what hood you from, man, where you at, man…put them guns down, man. That ain’t what it is,' he said in the clip.
'Go out blessed, man. Y'all hold your heads up, man. We got parents out here …trying to bury their kids, man,' Floyd said in his public plea.
Heartbreaking video footage resurfaced Thursday of George Floyd calling for the end of gun violence saying 'these shootings going on...put them guns down'
'I just want to say man that I’ve got my shortcomings and my flaws and I ain’t better than anybody else. But these shootings going on, man, I don’t care what hood you from, man, where you at, man…put them guns down, man. That ain’t what it is,' he said in the clip
The video emerged on Thursday as the country entered its 10th night of protests decrying his death and police brutality. Demonstrators pictured marching across the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday
A protester at a march in Harlem, New York on Thursday took a knee and raised his fist in memory of George Floyd
Protests have emerged across the country including Barcelona, Spain as pictured above on Thursday
'I love you and God loves you,' Floyd added.
It's not clear when the original clip was posted, but it stirred the hearts of social media users across the country when it resurfaced.
'George speaks from the grave,' one Twitter user commented.
'This is how you make real change in the world, this man went from I made mistakes to teaching the world how to make it better,' one Twitter user said.
'RIP George Floyd,' another added.
Floyd, an aspiring rapper nicknamed 'Big Floyd', was confronted by four Minneapolis police officers on May 25 as he was sitting in his car. White cop Derek Chauvin proceeded to press his knee into the back of his neck for an excruciating eight minutes and 46 seconds, killing him.
Protests have erupted in all 50 states for 10 days so far, demanding justice for Floyd's death and reforms to the criminal justice system.
On Thursday a private memorial service took place for Floyd in Minneapolis where the Rev. Al Sharpton (at microphone), the president of the civil rights organization National Action Network, called Floyd’s death a testament of black oppression in the America
Floyd's casket pictured covered in roses at his memorial service on Thursday
Laid to rest: Mourners pictured paying their respects as Floyd's memorial service in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday
Another undated resurfaced clip of George Floyd pleading for the end of gun violence emerged last week where he said: 'Our young are clearly lost, man, clearly lost, man'
Last week a similar undated video of Floyd emerged, once again encouraging the younger generation to put an end to gun violence.
'Our young are clearly lost, man, clearly lost, man,' Floyd says in the harrowing clip.
'I don’t even know what to say anymore. You youngsters just going around busting guns in crowds, kids getting killed,' he added.
'Come on, come on home, man. It’s going to be you and God. You’re going up or you’re going down,' he said.
On Thursday a private memorial service took place for Floyd in Minneapolis where the Rev. Al Sharpton, the president of the civil rights organization National Action Network, called Floyd’s death a testament of black oppression in the America.
Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old white cop who has since been arrested, was seen in footage kneeling on Floyd's neck for eight minutes as the victim repeatedly said he could not breathe (incident pictured)
'George Floyd’s story has been the story of black folks. What happened to Floyd happens every day in this country — in education, in health services and in every area of American life. It’s time for us to stand up in George’s name and say, Get your knee off our necks."' Sharpton said.
The four former Minneapolis cops involved in Floyd’s death have been fired and on Wednesday were hit with new charges.
Chauvin, the white officer who had his knee behind Floyd’s neck, was hit with a new, more serious count of second-degree murder. He was previously charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
The three other officers – Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng, and Tou Thao – were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. They were not initially charged in the case.
Chauvin, 44, was arrested last week and is being held at the Minnesota Department of Corrections facility in Oak Park. His bail was raised to $1million on Wednesday.
Lane, Kueng and Thao were taken into custody Wednesday and are being held on $1million bail, county jail records show.
Second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree murder are punishable by up to 40 years in prison, while manslaughter and aiding and abetting manslaughter are punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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