EXPERTISE TODAY.
AGAIN, ON SUCH AN IMPORTANT %
DAY, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU %
HERE. %
>> THANK YOU.
>>> LET’S GET TO NBC NEWS
CORRESPONDENTS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
WHAT IS A REACTION THE END TO %
AMY KLOBUCHAR’S ANNOUNCEMENT, %
BOTH FROM THE CHARGES THAT WILL
GO FROM THIRD-DEGREE MURDER TO %
SECOND AND THAT THE OTHER THREE
OFFICERS WOULD BE CHARGED? %
>> THEY GOT ALL FOUR.
THE CHARGES JUST CAME IN. %
YOU MENTIONED AMY KLOBUCHAR.
WE HEARD FIRST FROM HER ON HER %
TWITTER PAGE. %
I JUST GOT AN EMAIL. %
WE ARE LOOKING AT THERE
CHARGES. %
OFFICER TOUR VAN, THE OFFICER
WHO KNELT ON GEORGE FLOYD ABOUT
NINE MINUTES, HIS CHARGE HAS %
BEEN UPGRADED TO 2nd DEGREE %
MURDER ACCORDING TO THE %
MINNESOTA COURT SYSTEM RIGHT %
NOW. %
THAT IS OFFICIAL ON OFFICER % CHAUVIN AND ESCALATION OF THOSE
CHAUVIN AND ESCALATION OF THOSE
CHARGES.
PEOPLE ARE BRINGING FLOWERS AND
HANDING OUT WATER.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THEIR %
PHONES. THEY READ THE CHARGE
OUT LOUD. ALL FOUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN %
ALL FOUR OFFICERS HAVE BEEN %
CHARGED.
IN THE MAIN CALL OF THESE %
PROTESTERS, THIS IS EXACTLY %
WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR
OVER A WEEK NOW. %
NOW THAT ALL OFFICERS HAVE BEEN
CHARGED, THERE WAS A VERY %
SOLEMN MOMENT. %
PEOPLE STARTED SINGING IN %
UNISON. %
IT WAS A MOMENT THAT YOU COULD % TELL PEOPLE REALLY CAME %
TELL PEOPLE REALLY CAME %
TOGETHER.
>> WHEN WILL THE OFFICERS BE %
ARRESTED? %
IS THERE ANY UPDATE ON THE %
TIMELINE? %
THIS IS ALSO FRESH. %
WHAT WE ARE GETTING IS % TRICKLING IN RIGHT NOW. %
TRICKLING IN RIGHT NOW. %
>> Reporter: NO UPDATE ON THE %
TIMING. %
WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM KEITH %
ELLISON, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. %
HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE %
PROSECUTION OF THIS CASE, THIS %
IS A CASE THAT INITIALLY WAS %
BEING PROSECUTED BY THE COUNTY,
THE PROSECUTOR, BUT KEITH %
ELLISON CAME IN. %
HE SAID IN THE PAST HE WOULD %
EXPECT TO SEE THESE CHARGES AND
FOR THESE OFFICERS TO BE
CHARGED THE YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AND THEY WILL %
SEE THAT HAPPEN AND THEY WILL %
START TO REVEAL THE CHARGES.
>> THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A DAY IN
MINNEAPOLIS. %
YOU WERE THERE EARLIER TODAY %
WHEN THE FLOYD FAMILY SHOWED UP
AND WENT TO VISIT THE SITE %
WHERE GEORGE FLOYD DIED. %
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT %
INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL VISITING %
WHAT HIS FAMILY HAD TO SAY? %
>> Reporter: YELL. %
YOU SAW THE SECRET HE. %
YOU SO THE SON LUKE GEORGE %
FLOYD,. %
HE WALKED UP AND HE GOT ON ONE %
KNEE. %
IT WAS A SOLEMN MOMENT, A %
SACRED MOMENT. %
THAT IS WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO %
SEE, THE FAMILY COME HERE.
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE CALLING %
FOR THE ARREST OF THE FOUR %
OFFICERS. % THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING %
THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE SEEING %
HERE AT THIS SITE.
>> DID WE GET REACTION FROM THE
FAMILY TO THE UPGRADED CHARGES %
YET?
>> Reporter: YES, WE DID. %
I WILL PULL IT OFF MY PHONE.
THE FAMILY ATTORNEY ACTUALLY %
RESPONDED. %
IN A STATEMENT HE SAID, WE ARE %
DEEPLY, THIS IS BITTERSWEET, %
THIS IS A BITTERSWEET MOMENT.
ATTORNEY GENERALS TOOK THE %
RIGHT ACTION IN CODE CHARGING %
ALL THE OFFICERS AND UPDATING % THE CHARGE AGAINST DEREK %
THE CHARGE AGAINST DEREK %
CHAUVIN.
WHEN THE ATTORNEY SHOWED UP %
WITH THE SON OF GEORGE FLOYD, %
HE SAID ONE CALLING FOR THE
CHARGES, THAT WAS BEFORE THE %
MEMORIAL SERVICE. %
WE KNOW THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO %
BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE IN %
MINNEAPOLIS CAN IN NORTH %
CAROLINA THIS WEEK AND ANOTHER %
ONE. % HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LATE IN %
HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE LATE IN %
HOUSTON TO REST.
NOT ONLY HIS ATTORNEY, NOT ONLY
THE FAMILY, BUT LEADERS IN %
MINNEAPOLIS AND EVEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE CALLING FOR THE %
ARREST OF ALL OF THE OFFICERS %