The FBI is investigating the death of an unidentified Black man in Minneapolis after a police officer was seen kneeling on his neck while the man repeatedly stated that he couldn’t breathe.
The incident happened on Monday (May 25) when police responded to calls of a forgery in progress, and after locating a man who they believed to be intoxicated, they approached him at his vehicle. Police said the man “physically resisted officers,” with a spokesperson from the police station addressing further details of the situation in a news briefing. The statement reads: “Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and realized that the suspect was suffering a medical distress. Officers called for an ambulance. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he died a short time later.”
