Video of former Minneapolis police officers arresting George Floyd has
been released to the public and made available for publication.

According
to the Associated Press, a Hennepin County judge ordered the release of the
footage on Monday. The footage comes from the body cameras of former officers
Thomas Lane and J. Kueng.

It shows the officers struggling to place a pleading Floyd
in a police car that lead up to his death on May 25. It also contains footage of Lane drawing his firearm on Floyd after the latter did not immediately show his hands.

“Please
don’t shoot me, man. I just lost my mom, man. I’m so sorry,” pleaded Floyd.

Floyd can
be seen telling the officers that he is not resisting his arrest, but that he
is claustrophobic and has had COVID-19.

The police
claimed that he had ‘physically restrained’ the arrest. A video went viral on
social media in which Floyd can be seen saying, “I can’t breathe, officer don’t
kill me.”

Police were
called to a Minneapolis convenience store after Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old
African-American, was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd died after
being handcuffed and pinned on ground by former officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt
on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.

Chauvin,
44, was arrested on May 29, with charges of second-degree and third-degree
murder and manslaughter, which carry a combined maximum 35-year sentence.

Officers Lane, Kueng and Tou Thao have been charged with aiding and abetting.
All four have been fired since the incident.