>>> 17-YEAR-OLD DARNELLA FRAZIER
RECORDED THE LAST MINUTES OF
GEORGE FLOYD’S LIFE ON A VIDEO.
WE NOW KNOW THAT GEORGE FLOYD
SAID, "I CAN’T BREATHE" MORE
THAN 20 TIMES AS HE STRUGGLED
FOR AIR UNDER A POLICE KNEE IN
THE LAST MINUTES OF HIS LIFE.
THAT NEW COUNT OF HOW MANY TIMES
HE SAID, "I CAN’T BREATHE" COMES
FROM THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE
POLICE BODY CAMERAS OF TWO OF
THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE
HOLDING GEORGE FLOYD DOWN.
OFFICER THOMAS LANE AND OFFICER
ALEXANDER KING.
THESE TRANSCRIPTS WERE MADE
PUBLIC IN COURT FILINGS TODAY IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT OF
THE BODY CAM OF OFFICER DEREK
CHAUVIN WHO KEPT HIS KNEE ON
GEORGE FLOYD’S NECK FOR 8
MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.
THAT WAS ON HIS NECK LONG AFTER
ALL THE WITNESSES PRESENT COULD
TELL THAT GEORGE FLOYD HAD
STOPPED BREATHING.
THE VERY FIRST THING GEORGE
FLOYD SAYS IN THE TRANSCRIPT OF
OFFICER LANE’S BODY CAMERA
RECORDING IS, HEY, MAN, I’M
SORRY.
THE NEXT THING GEORGE FLOYD SAYS
IS, I’M SORRY.
I’M SORRY.
GEORGE FLOYD’S LANGUAGE IS
ALWAYS POLITE.
THE TRANSCRIPT IS FILLED WITH
GEORGE FLOYD SAYING SORRY AND
PLEASE.
THE POLICE OFFICERS’ LANGUAGE
BEGINS VERY AGGRESSIVELY WITH
THOSE LINES THAT THEY ALL
LEARNED IN COP MOVIES.
OFFICER LANE, "PUT YOUR F’ING
HANDS UP RIGHT NOW!
KEEP YOUR F’ING HANDS ON THE
WHEEL."
SO WHO GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, YES,
SIR.
I’M SORRY OFFICER.
GEORGE FLOYD CONTINUES TO
APOLOGIZE, I’M SORRY.
I’M SO SORRY.
MAN, I GOT SHOT THE SAME WAY,
MR. OFFICER, BEFORE.
I’M SO SORRY.
IT’S NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR IF
GEORGE FLOYD WAS SAYING HE HAD
ONCE BEEN SHOT BY A POLICE
OFFICER OR IF HE POSSIBLY HAD
BEEN SHOT BY SOMEONE ELSE WHEN
HE WAS APPROACHED WHILE SITTING
IN A CAR.
GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, PLEASE DON’T
SHOOT ME, MR. OFFICER.
PLEASE DON’T SHOOT ME, MAN.
PLEASE, CAN YOU NOT SHOOT ME,
MAN.
I’M SORRY, MR. OFFICER.
I’LL GET ON MY KNEES, WHATEVER.
WHEN OFFICER KUENG SAYS, YOU’RE
ACTING ERRATIC.
GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, I’LL DO
ANYTHING.
I’M NOT RESISTING, MAN.
I’M NOT.
MR. OFFICER, MR. OFFICER, I’M
NOT THAT KIND OF GUY.
PLEASE, I’M NOT THAT KIND OF
GUY.
MR. OFFICERS, PLEASE.
I WON’T DO NOTHING TO HURT YOU,
MR. OFFICER.
GEORGE FLOYD WAS AFRAID OF
GETTING IN THE POLICE CAR, AND
THE TRANSCRIPT SEEMS TO REVEAL
WHY.
GEORGE FLOYD, "Y’ALL, I’M GOING
TO DIE IN HERE!
I’M GOING TO DIE, MAN.
OFFICER KUENG, YOU NEED TO TAKE
A SEAT RIGHT NOW.
GEORGE FLOYD, I JUST HAD COVID,
MAN.
I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO THAT.
GEORGE FLOYD’S AUTOPSY SHOWED HE
HAD COVID SIX WEEKS BEFORE HE
WAS KILLED.
HE SEEMED TO BE AFRAID THAT
GOING INTO A POLICE CAR AND
BEING TAKE TON A JAIL WOULD GIVE
THE CORONAVIRUS ANOTHER CHANCE
TO KILL HIM.
GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, I’M NOT
TRYING TO WIN.
I’LL GET ON THE GROUND,
ANYTHING.
I’M NOT A BAD GUY, MAN.
OFFICER LANE SAYS, GET HIM ON
THE GROUND.
GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, LET GO OF ME,
MAN.
I CAN’T BREATHE.
PLEASE, MAN.
PLEASE LISTEN TO ME.
OFFICER THAO, JUST LAY HIM ON
THE GROUND.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
I CAN’T BREATHE.
OFFICER LANE, JESUS CHRIST.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
>> OFFICER LANE, THANK YOU.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
OFFICER KUENG, STOP MOVING.
GEORGE FLOYD, MOMMA, MOMMA,
MOMMA, MOMMA.
GEORGE FLOYD, MOMMA, MOMMA,
MOMMA.
MOMMA, MOMMA, MOMMA.
OFFICER CHAUVI, YOU’RE UNDER
ARREST, GUY.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
ALL RIGHT.
OH, MY GOD.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS.
I CAN’T BELIEF THIS.
OFFICER CHAUVIN, SO YOU’RE GOING
TO JAIL.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BELIEVE
THIS, MAN.
MOM, I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU.
OFFICER LANE INAUDIBLE.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE OR
NOTHING, MAN.
THIS COLD-BLOODED MAN.
AH!
HE THEN SCREAMS.
OFFICER CHAUVIN SAYS, YOU’RE
GOING A LOT OF TALKING, MAN.
GEORGE FLOYD, MOMMA, I LOVE YOU.
I CAN’T DO ANYTHING.
MY FACE IS GONE.
I CAN’T BREATHE, MAN.
PLEASE!
LET ME STAND.
GEORGE FLOYD, MY FACE IS GETTING
IT BAD.
OFFICER LANE, HERE, SHOULD WE
GET HIS LEGS UP, OR IS THIS GOOD?
OFFICER CAHHAUVIN, JUST LEAVE HI
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
OFFICER KUENG, YOU’RE FINE.
YOU’RE TALKING FINE.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
I CAN’T BREATHE.
AH!
I’LL PROBABLY JUST DIE THIS WAY.
OFFICER THAO RELAX.
GEORGE FLOYD, I CAN’T BREATHE.
MY FACE.
I CAN’T BREATHE.
PLEASE I CAN’T BREATHE.
GEORGE FLOYD, MY STOMACH HURTS.
MY NECK HURTS.
EVERYTHING HURTS.
I NEED SOME WATER OR SOMETHING.
PLEASE, PLEASE.
I CAN’T BREATHE OFFICER.
>> OFFICER CHAUVIN, THEN STOP
TALKING.
STOP YELLING.
IT TAKES A HECK OF A LOT OF
OXYGEN TO TALK.
GEORGE FLOYD, COME ON, MAN.
OH.
I CANNOT BREATHE.
AH!
THEY’LL KILL ME.
I CAN’T BREATHE.
OH!
AND THEN GEORGE FLOYD SAYS, AH!
PLEASE.
AND HE NEVER SPOKE AGAIN.
THE LAST WORD THAT GEORGE FLOYD
SAID WAS "PLEASE" AS GEORGE
FLOYD REMAINED MOTIONLESS AND
APPARENTLY NOT BREATHING
SPECTATORS WHO HAD BEEN YELLING
AT THE POLICE OFFICERS FOR
SEVERAL MINUTES TO STOP WHAT
THEY WERE GOINGDOING TO GEORGE F
AND ONE SPECTATOR KEPT YELLING
AT THEM TO CHECK GEORGE FLOYD’S
PULSE.
HE KEPT TELLING THE POLICE
OFFICERS THAT GEORGE FLOYD WAS
NOT RESISTING AND THAT HE WAS NO
LONGER RESPONSIVE.
AND WITH GEORGE FLOYD MOTIONLESS
AND SILENT FOR ALMOST TWO MINUTES, THAT SPECTATOR THEN
MINUTES, THAT SPECTATOR THEN
YELLED AT OFFICER CHAUVI INN.
HE’S NOT EVEN BREATHING RIGHT
NOW, BRO.
YOU THINK THAT’S COOL?
YOU THINK THAT’S COOL, RIGHT?
OFFICER CHAUVIN THEN CHECKED HOW
THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS WERE
GOING.
YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT, THOUGH?
OFFICER LANE, YEAH.
I MEAN, MINI MIGHT BE A LITTLE