The brother of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody after an officer knelt on his neck for several minutes, called for the officers involved in the incident to receive the death penalty.
Philonise Floyd and his family’s attorney, Benjamin Crump, spoke to CNN on Thursday and drew similarities between his brother’s death and that of Eric Garner, who died in 2014 while being arrested despite him telling police officers, “I can’t breathe.” He also said that he spoke to Garner’s mom.
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