His Name Was George Floyd

Real Crime Profile

Real Crime Profile / Wondery

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, Documentary

4.2 • 10.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Laura Richards, Jim Clemente and Lisa Zambetti discuss and deconstruct the horrific killing of George Floyd in Minnesota on Monday 25 May 2020.

We are joined by special guest Professor James Densley. James is a Professor of Criminal Justice at the Metropolitan State University in St Paul Minnesota and co-founder of The Violence Project in America.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to Real Crime Profile ad free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:07.0	The cellphone video shocked the nation.
0:12.0	That day, we agreed with the place he did not deserve what happened to him.
0:16.0	What I saw was murder. That's exactly what I saw.
0:20.0	On Monday, George Floyd was taken into custody by four Minneapolis police officers accused of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.
0:28.0	Every officer Derek Shavin held him down with a knee on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds while Floyd struggled to breathe.
0:40.0	You guys are checking his pulse and doing the compression if you need some.
0:44.0	Court filings say that for the last two minutes and 53 seconds, Floyd was unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
0:54.0	George Floyd was 46 years old. Six and a half feet tall. He worked as a bouncer at a nightclub at one point posting an Instagram video encouraging young people to give up gun violence.
1:07.0	You guys are just going around, just busing girls in crowds. He is getting killed.
1:25.0	I won't, you know, everybody to be peaceful right now, but people are torn and hurt because they're tired of seeing black men die constantly over and over again.
1:37.0	And I understand and I see why a lot of people doing a lot of different things around the world.
1:43.0	I don't want them to lash out like that, but I can't stop people right now because they have pain.
1:50.0	They have the same pain that I feel I want everything to be peaceful, but I can't make everybody be peaceful. I can't, it's hard.
2:01.0	What's your message to police? What do you want the rest of us to know about what your family is experiencing?
2:11.0	To the police, I want them to get everything right. Start doing your job the right way because I haven't been seeing it. Years and years down the line, I haven't been seeing it at all.
2:26.0	I'm trying to see black men die. Black lives matter too. I want to.
2:35.0	I don't want justice.
2:41.0	Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profile. This is Jim Clemente, who you're tired of.
2:44.0	We have a profile at former in the Ex City prosecutor and writer producer of CBS's Criminal Minds. And with me today is.
2:49.0	Laura Rich's Criminal Behavior Analyst, former of New Scotland Yard and formerly from the racial and violent crime task force at New Scotland Yard.
2:57.0	My name is Lisa Zambetti, I'm the casting director of CBS's Criminal Minds.
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