The Death Of George Floyd Was ‘Modern Day Lynching'

Dying man pleads 27 times to cop on his neck: ‘I can’t breathe’

- Lucy Thornton

George Floyd was the victim of a modern-day lynching, his brother says.

Grieving Philonise Floyd spoke ahead of the trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of murder.

A US jury saw a horrifying video, lasting nine minutes and 29 seconds, of Mr Floyd’s dying moments with Chauvin’s digging his knee-deep into the victim’s neck.

The arrested dad pleads 27 times: “I can’t breathe. Please I can’t breathe.”

He cries out for his dead mother and says: “Tell my kids I love them.”