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Horrifying new footage shows Minneapolis officer Tou Thao ignoring pleas for help from bystanders as George Floyd gasped for air under the knee of Derek Chauvin for nearly nine minutes before his death.
The video was released Sunday morning by Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney representing Floyd’s family.
The footage appears to be a slightly wider angle than the initial video released last month and shows bystanders desperately pleading with Thao to help Floyd.
‘This is beyond disturbing, even harder to watch than the first video,’ Crump warned in the caption of the video.
Crump then wrote: ‘Tou Thao stood guard as Derek Chauvin MURDERED George Floyd … while witnesses of the execution tried to stand up for JUSTICE, tried to save George’s life!
‘The protest of those bystanders, who refused to just stand by and let it happen, has reverberated around the world — fueling our protest against injustice and police brutality!! 8 minutes 46 seconds.’
Horrifying new footage shows Minneapolis officer Tou Thao ignoring pleas for help from bystanders as George Floyd gasped for air under the knee of Derek Chauvin for nearly nine minutes before his death
A woman and a man who witnessed the horrifying incident are seen on video asking for the officers to get help and plead with Thao to check his pulse
Crump shared the footage to Instagram on Sunday and demanded the former officers be charged with murder
Crump then called for Chauvin, Thao and two other officers who have been arrested, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng, to be convicted of murder.
‘The four ex-officers MUST be convicted of MURDER for this hideous atrocity! They MUST all be held accountable!’
In the video, a man and a woman are heard urging the officers to check Floyd’s pulse before more bystanders are heard pleading with the officers to help Floyd.
‘You think that’s okay? Check his pulse!’ a man is heard yelling as Thao argued with a woman nearby.
‘The ain’t moved yet bro,’ the…
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