No one put a knee on his neck: A cop tortured and killed George Floyd on camera -- yet it took four days to arrest him

No one put a knee on his neck: A cop tortured and killed George Floyd on camera -- yet it took four days to arrest him
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Roxanne Cooper
May 30, 2020

Imagine if you killed somebody on your job, and all you got that day was fired.You go into work the next day, return the keycard you swipe every morning when you get on the elevator, pack the things from your desk, toss out whatever food you have in the pantry refrigerator and say goodbye to your co-workers before two security guards escort you out of the building.And, let’s just say this was no accidental death. You knew you were likely killing the victim, but you kept on killing him anyway. And in response, your boss calls you into an office and says, “We have to let you go.”So, you go, but ...

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