5/25/2020, Minneapolis, US
Minneapolis, US
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Transcription of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police.
Please. Please. Please. I can't breathe.
Please, man, please I can't...
—One of my homies died [that way]… (Witness)
I’m about to die the same…
I can’t breathe like this. He’s killing me. Lord.
— What do you want? (Police)
I can’t breathe! Please, the knee in my neck, I can't breathe...
—Well, get up and get in the car, man. (Police)
I will!
—Get up and get in the car! (Police)
I can't move.
Mama! Mama!
—Get up! (Police)
I can’t!
—You can’t win, man! (Police)
My neck…
—You ain’t listen! (Police)
My stomach hurts. My neck hurts… some water or something…
Please. Please.
I can’t breathe!
They’re going to kill me, man.
—His nose is bleeding… (Witness)
Get up, please. Get up, please…
—He isn’t even resisting arrest… (Witness)
They killing me. They killing me.
Please. Please.
—You’re trapping his breathing, bro… I trained at the academy, that’s some bullshit bro. You’re fucking stopping his breathing right there, bro. (Witness)
Please, I can’t breathe.
—You could get him off the ground! You’re being a bum right now. You could get him off the ground. (Witness)
—[The officer is] enjoying that shit right now… (Witness)
—I’m going to call the police on another police. (Witness)
—[Policeman on neck brandishes mace.]
—He got mace! (Witness)
—He’s not responding right now! He’s not responding right now! He’s not responsive right now! (Witness)
—Check his pulse... Check his pulse, bro! Check his pulse! (Witness)
—Don’t do drugs. (Police)
—Check his pulse! (Witness)
—Show me his pulse! (Witness)
—Bro, he has not moved, not one time! (Witness)
—He’s not fucking moving! (Witness)
—Did they fucking kill him, bro? (Witness)
—Where’s your 1087, bro? (Witness)
—Get the fuck off of him! What the fuck are you doing!? (Witness)
—He’s not even fucking moving! Get off with the fucking leg, bro! Get off of his neck! (Witness)
—You gonna let him kill that man in front of you, bro? (Witness)