Body Cam and CCTV Footage leading up to George Floyd's arrest

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Body Cam and surveillance video from a Minneapolis restaurant near the spot where George Floyd was handcuffed by police officers on Monday shed light on the moments leading up to his arrest and death.

The footage was obtained from around 8:30 p.m. when police arrived at Cup Foods to investigate reports of a customer trying to pay with counterfeit money. Two rookie officers located George Floyd, 46, sitting in a parked vehicle.

 

In the video, a police officer approaches the vehicle and addresses its occupants before two other people disembark from the car a man from the passenger's side and a woman from the backseat. The officer then walks around to the driver's side and Floyd emerges in handcuffs a few minutes later. Another officer, this one with a mask on his face, is then seen asking the woman to back up against the wall, which she does, with her hands raised in the air.

 

An incident report by the Minneapolis Fire Department said that Fire Engine 17 responded to a Code 2 call, which indicated that George Floyd only had "trauma to his mouth." An off-duty firefighter also said that he had "witnessed the end of the struggle and witnessed the [patient] go from struggling to unresponsive on the ground while handcuffed and subdued" by police, it said.

 

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