Mistakes, Riots and Racism - a podcast by WBZ-AM

The whole horrible cycle of violence started when police received a 911 call that a man had passed fake bills at a convenience store to buy cigarettes. When police arrived the suspect, a man named George Floyd was still sitting in his car outside the store , apparently having consumed alcohol . Police removed from the car - 4 officers were there. George was black, two officers were white and two were Asian. One of them used his knee to pin an unresistant Floyd to the ground. The knee was up against Floyd's neck who pleaded for the officer to get up because he could not breath. The incident was caught on video....We have the story in sound.

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