| Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced Wednesday that the family of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, is filing a civil lawsuit against the city and the four police officers involved for Floyd's "wrongful death." "This is an unprecedented case and with this lawsuit we seek to set a precedence to make it financially prohibitive so police won't ... kill marginalized people, especially Black people, in the future," Crump said. |  |
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|  | | George Floyd's family sues Minneapolis, police officers involved in his death | | Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced Wednesday that the family of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, is filing a civil lawsuit against the city and the four police officers involved for Floyd's "wrongful death." "This is an unprecedented case and with this lawsuit we seek to set a precedence to make it financially prohibitive so police won't ... kill marginalized people, especially Black people, in the future," Crump said. | | |
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