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The fired Minneapolis cop who was captured on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd during an arrest has been charged with murder.
Chauvin is the officer caught on video with his knee pinned against Floyd’s neck during an arrest as Floyd yells, “I can’t breathe.”
According to KSTP.com, Floyd and Derek Chauvin once worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street, according to former owner Maya Santamaria.
Santamaria says she didn’t recognize Chauvin or Floyd in the viral video showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck while he yells, “I can’t breathe.”
Andrea Jenkins, vice president of Minneapolis City Council, echoed the information given by Santamaria, and she even went further and told MSNBC, “Officer Chauvin, he knew George.