A thousand people protest police brutality at the Lansing Capitol

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Close to 1,000 people gathered at the Capitol Sunday to protest police brutality six days after George Floyd, a 46-year old black man, died in police custody after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes.

Floyd, who was handcuffed and face-down on the ground, repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe.”

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