George Floyd: Attorney Reacts To Leaked Bodycam Footage

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — The attorney to George Floyd's family says that body camera footage leaked by a British tabloid Monday further indicates the injustice of Floyd's death. The Daily Mail published the footage from the bodycams worn by former officers Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng.

"The more video evidence you see, the more unjustifiable George Floyd's torture and death at the hands of the police becomes," Attorney Ben Crump said in a statement after the videos leaked.

"Although the allegation against George was for a non-violent offense involving a $20 bill, the police officers approached him with guns drawn, simply because he was a Black man. As this video shows, he never posed any threat. The officers' contradictions continue to build. If not for the videos, the world might never have known about the wrongs committed against George Floyd."

The court in Hennepin County had banned the videos from being widely released to the public. However, members of the media were allowed to watch them inside the Hennepin County courthouse last month.

According to FOX 9 reporter Paul Blume, the court is working with the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office to find out how the footage was leaked.

Just after 8 p.m. on Memorial Day, police responded to the Cup Foods store on 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis.

In a viral video of the incident recorded by a bystander, Floyd is heard telling officers "I can't breathe" while being forced down onto the street. He also asks for water.

Bystanders tell Derek Chauvin — who had his knee on Floyd's neck — to get off of him. A second officer — Tou Thao — ordered people to back away from the scene.

Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck even after he went motionless.

All four officers who were at the scene were fired the next day, and have since been criminally charged.

Thao, Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane all face charges of aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

Chauvin faces third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony.

Floyd's death sparked ongoing protests across the globe, demanding police reform and an end to racial injustice.