On May 25th George Floyd, an unarmed 46 year old black man, was killed by police who were responding to a call from a local merchant who suspected that Floyd was trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. Derek Chauvin, a white Minneapolis police officer, held his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed face down on the pavement. An autopsy determined that this pressure on Floyd’s neck caused his death. The incident was ruled a homicide and Chauvin was eventually charged with second degree murder. There were three other officers at the scene who were determined by authorities to have been involved to varying degrees in the murder and they have all been charged with aiding and abetting a murder.
FSU women’s basketball reacts to the George Floyd tragedy
