Four police officers fired following death of unarmed black man who had neck knelt on during arrest
Four Minneapolis police have been fired after video showed one of the officers kneeling on the neck of a black man, who later died.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey confirmed the termination of the four officers on Tuesday.
"Four responding MPD officers involved in the death of George Floyd have been terminated," he wrote on Twitter.
"This was the right call."
There was immediate outrage after the video, filmed on Monday, showed Mr Floyd on the ground with a police officer leaning his knee on the back of his neck.
Mr Floyd can be heard in the video moaning and asking police to
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arrandondo announced that the four police had been fired over the incident but did not identify the officers involved.
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