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UPDATED: 4:08 p.m. ET —
The Minneapolis Police Department has fired four officers it says were involved in the death of an unarmed Black man accused of forgery.
While none of the officers were identified by the department, the Minneapolis Star Tribune revealed that the main officer who was seen kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as he explained he couldn’t breathe is named Derek Chauvin.
Original story:
The name of the police officer in Minneapolis who was seen on a viral video apparently kneeling on a Black man’s neck until he died has been identified.
A report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune revealed that the officer’s name is Derek Chauvin, according to “two sources familiar with the investigation.”
However, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced during a press conference Tuesday morning that both of the officers involved in Floyd’s death were on “relieved of duty status,” which reportedly differs from the standard protocol of placing cops on administrative leave following the death of a suspect.
