Ex-Minneapolis police chief recalls ‘absolutely gut-wrenching' moment of seeing George Floyd video
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo vividly remembers receiving a call around midnight from a community activist. The caller told him to watch a video spreading on social media of a white officer pinning a Black man to the ground, despite his fading pleas of 'I can't breathe.'
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