In a rare move, a day after Floyd’s death, the Police Department fired all four of the officers involved in the episode, as Mike Freeman, the Hennepin County attorney also announced murder and manslaughter charges against Chauvin.
In a sharp contrast, when a white double murder suspect Sebastian Arzadon was arrested in Lawrence County, officers gave him water and dressed his wounds.
Within minutes, social media users couldn’t help, but notice the difference in police treatment in Tennessee, despite the gravity of the crime versus the episode in Minnesota which killed Floyd.
According to Lawrenceburg police chief Terry Beecham, 22-year-old Arzadon was charged with two counts of first degree murder, especially aggravated burglary, possession of firearm during commission of a felony.
Booked into jail on a $4.2 million bond, WKRN’s Andy Cordan noted “the suspect implicated himself in the crime and News Two has also learned that the handgun used in the commission of the murders was stolen recently in Lawrence County.”