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'Don't kill me': Others tell of abuse by officer who knelt on George Floyd

By Jamiles Lartey and Abbie VanSickle
New York Times·
11 mins to read
'Don't kill me': Others tell of abuse by officer who knelt on George Floyd
Community members visit the George Floyd memorial site in Minneapolis. Photo / Joshua Rashaad McFadden, The New York Times

Firsthand accounts accuse Derek Chauvin, the police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck in Minneapolis, of using similar tactics on detainees over the years.

Nearly three years before Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd as he cried out that he couldn't breathe last May,

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