George Floyd protests: 'I can't breathe'
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🗓️ 2 June 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Protests and riots have been sparked across the US by the killing of George Floyd. Floyd, an unarmed black man, was filmed dying as a white police officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while he was handcuffed and pinned down in the road. Today we bring you stories from Minneapolis, where civil unrest continues.
Guests:
Will Pavia, New York correspondent for The Times.
Laura Pullman, New York correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Brandon Clayton, protester and resident in Minneapolis.
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| 0:00.0 | George Floyd. |
| 0:02.0 | George Floyd. |
| 0:04.0 | George Floyd. |
| 0:06.0 | A week ago, George Floyd, a 46 year old African American, |
| 0:11.0 | was arrested outside a convenience store in Minneapolis, Minnesota. |
| 0:16.3 | Within an hour, he was dead. |
| 0:19.4 | He's saying he can't breathe and gradually as you watch he loses consciousness it's just the most |
| 0:26.6 | shocking thing George Floyd's death has lit a fire across America a city after city is rocked by protests, looting, curfews, and riot |
| 0:37.4 | police. |
| 0:38.4 | 2020 has been hell. |
| 0:42.2 | It seems like we're losing black lives by the week or by the month |
| 0:47.5 | it's literally happening over and over and it almost feels like it's a test to |
| 0:52.2 | see if we're going to erupt. |
| 0:54.0 | Why did this death spark the biggest protest since the 1960s? |
| 1:00.0 | And what are the changes the protesters are demanding to see? |
| 1:05.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:10.0 | I'm Manveen Rana. |
| 1:12.0 | Today, I can't breathe. The protests storming across America. I headed straight from the airport to a peaceful protest which was happening outside a delicatessen called |
| 1:36.2 | Cup Foods which is where George Floyd was killed on Memorial Day. |
| 1:43.0 | Laura Pullman is the Sunday Times New York correspondent. |
| 1:47.0 | On Friday she arrived in Minneapolis to cover the growing protests |
| 1:51.0 | and to find out more about the protesters. |
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