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Mother Of George Floyd's Daughter Calls For Justice To Be Served For Him

Mother Of George Floyd's Daughter Calls For Justice To Be Served For Him

Roxie Washington choked back tears as she said explained how six-year-old Gianna won't grow up with her dad.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

The mother of George Floyd's daughter has called for justice to be served after his sudden death in Minneapolis.

The African American man died in police custody last week after screaming that he couldn't breathe. Video footage of the incident showed arresting officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes before he lost consciousness. Chauvin has since been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Roxie Washington says she has been struggling to find the words to convey how devastated she is.

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Fronting a press conference with George's six-year-old daughter, Gianna, Roxie choked back tears while saying: "I don't have a lot to say, I can't get the words together right now.

"I want justice for him because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks. I want everyone to know that this is what those officers took from me.

"At the end of the day, they get to go home and be with their families. Gianna does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate, he will never walk her down the aisle. If there's a problem and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore."

Three other police officers were there during Floyd's arrest. They've been fired, along with Chauvin, since the incident.

The chief of Minneapolis police said those other officers are 'complicit' in the death of George Floyd.

Minneapolis Chief Of Police Medaria Arradondo.
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Medaria Arradondo told CNN: "There are absolute truths in life. We need air to breathe. The killing of Mr Floyd was an absolute truth, that it was wrong, and so I did not need days or weeks or months or processes or bureaucracies to tell me that what occurred out here last Monday was wrong.

"This was a violation of humanity.

"This was a violation of the oath that the majority of the men and women that put this uniform on [take] - this goes absolutely against it. This is contrary to what we believe in. What occurred to me, it was an absolute truth that it was wrong, period.

"Being silent or not intervening, to me, you're complicit. So I don't see a level of distinction that's any different. Obviously the charging and those decisions have to come through our county attorney's office, certainly the FBI is investigating that, but I want you to know my decision to fire all four officers was not based on some sort of hierarchy."

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