George Floyd, who later died in police custody, speaks with former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer Thomas Lane during his detention, in a still image from Lane's body camera video in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. May 25, 2020. Video taken May 25, 2020. MPD/Hennepin County District Court/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Minneapolis police body-camera videos of George Floyd's fatal arrest showed him begging for an officer to remove a knee from his neck in the moments before his death.
A Minnesota judge on Friday ordered the public release of the footage nearly three months after Floyd's death, which sparked nationwide protests against police violence and racism. Floyd was Black and the officer charged with murder is white.
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