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'They f---ing killed him': 911 transcripts from George Floyd's death show horrified witnesses reporting his arrest

Jun 16, 2020, 19:33 IST
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A woman holds a placard showing George Floyd in Bordeaux, France, on June 9, 2020.Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images
  • 911 call transcripts from bystanders at the scene of George Floyd's fatal arrest have been made public.
  • One caller said an officer had "pretty much just killed this guy who wasn't resisting arrest," according to the Associated Press.
  • Another, a self-described first responder, said, "They f---ing killed him," Sky News reported.
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911 call transcripts from bystanders who witnessed George Floyd's final moments have been made public.

The transcripts show the appalled reactions of two callers, each of whom characterized the events as the police killing a person, according to the Associated Press. One said an officer had "pretty much just killed this guy."

Derek Chauvin, one of four Minneapolis police officers fired over the incident, has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter after pinning Floyd to the ground by his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Chauvin's colleagues Thomas Lane, J. Kueng, and Tou Thao have also been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter.

Video of the arrest has led to massive protests against police brutality and racial inequality.

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According to the AP, one bystander who called 911 said an officer had "pretty much just killed this guy that wasn't resisting arrest," adding: "He had his knee on the dude's neck the whole time."

The caller then said Floyd had "stopped breathing ... He was already in handcuffs ... I don't even know if he dead for sure but dude was not responsive when the ambulance came and got him, and the officer that was just out here left, the one that actually just murdered the kid in front of everybody," the AP reported.

The caller agreed to speak with a sergeant when the operator offered, saying: "Yeah, like that was bogus what they just did."

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.Ramsey County Sheriff's Office via AP

A second 911 call transcript was from a person who said they worked as a first responder.

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"Hello, I am on the block of 38th and Chicago and I literally watched police officers not take a pulse and not do anything to save a man, and I am a first responder myself," Sky News reported the person as saying.

"I just happened to be on a walk so, this dude, this, they f---ing killed him."

Though this caller was also willing to speak with a supervisor, the call was disconnected and further attempts to reach the caller were unsuccessful, the AP reported.

Internal audio from the 911 dispatcher's office have also been released to the public, in which a dispatcher reported footage of the scene to her supervisor.

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