One of the now-fired Minneapolis police officers involved in the death of George Floyd, who was filmed repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe as an officer held his knee on his neck, has been taken into custody, officials said Friday.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said Friday afternoon that he’d received information that Derek Chauvin had been taken into custody by the department’s Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Chauvin, along with officers Thomas Lane, Tou Thao, and Alexander Kueng, were fired Tuesday after explosive footage of the arrest spurred a national outcry and demands for a federal investigation.