Minnesota's governor activated the National Guard to help police restore order following two days of violent protests in Minneapolis over GeorgeFloyd's death.
Minneapolis - Minnesota's governor activated the National Guard on Thursday to help police restore order following two days of violent protests in Minneapolis city over the death of a black man seen in graphic video footage gasping for breath as a white officer knelt on his neck.
His dying words became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement that formed amid a wave of killings of African-Americans by police. Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, said Floyd's case had renewed the trauma she suffered six years ago. "This is just opening up an old wound, and pouring salt into it," she said.
"Give us the time to do this right, and we will bring you justice," County Attorney Mike Freeman told reporters. He acknowledged the policeman's conduct depicted in the video was "horrible," but said, "My job is to prove that he has violated a criminal statute."
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