Before Chauvin placed his knee on Floyd’s neck while the 46-year-old was prone on the ground, Floyd told officers, “I can’t breathe,” pleading against being put in the back of a police car.

Derek Chauvin’s defense team argued during the former police officer’s murder trial on Wednesday that George Floyd saying, “I can’t breathe,” while police attempted to load him into the ...

He was more than the 16 utterances, captured in the recording, of some version of “I can’t breathe.” He was an outsize man who dreamed equally big, unswayed by the setbacks of his life.

FILE - Jessica Knutson, and her daughter Abigail, 3, place flowers at a memorial to George Floyd, in Minneapolis, May 31, 2020.. Share Police Ignored George Floyd's 'I Can't Breathe' Plea ...

“I can’t breathe.” Their warnings were ignored. The phrase has become an international rallying cry against police brutality after the high-profile deaths of Eric Garner in 2014 and George ...

As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn't breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd's neck dismissed his ...

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sent an email to supporters Tuesday that highlighted George Floyd's "I can't breathe" comments made shortly before his death and included a ...

Floyd repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe,” as Chauvin pressed his knee into the back of Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds. ... George Floyd’s America: ...

George Floyd said he can’t breathe yet you continue to take his breath away. Ahmaud Arbery was running to keep his life, yet you still stole it from him anyway.

His last words "I can't breathe," became the slogan of nationwide protests. Tuesday 26 Thousands flooded to the streets of Minneapolis to protest Floyd's death and the violent police response.

Videos being posted in June 2020 on Facebook show President Donald Trump sarcastically saying "I can’t breathe ... He was mocking political rivals, not George Floyd. The Poynter Institute Menu.