明尼阿波利斯和芝加哥的警察局长哀悼乔治·弗洛伊德的死亡，他是一名在警方拘留期间死亡的黑人。对弗洛伊德之死的愤怒引发了明尼阿波利斯附近的抗议活动，弗洛伊德就是在这里被杀害的，本周全国各地都有抗议活动。
周三晚上，抗议者包围了明尼阿波利斯的第三区，打破了窗户。警方使用催泪瓦斯和橡皮子弹试图驱散抗议者。周三晚上，30多起火灾被点燃，企业被洗劫一空。周四，抗议蔓延至纽约、芝加哥和美国其他地区
在周四的新闻发布会上，明尼阿波利斯警察局长梅达里亚·阿雷东多向弗洛伊德的家人道歉。
“我对弗洛伊德先生的死亡给他的家人、他的亲人和我们的社区带来的痛苦和创伤感到非常抱歉，”阿雷东多说。阿雷东多还说，他承认他的部门促成了他所说的明尼阿波利斯的“希望缺失”。
芝加哥警察总监大卫·布朗星期四发表声明说，明尼阿波利斯发生的事情使得全国各地的警察和市民之间的关系变得困难。
布朗写道:“任何滥用职权或袖手旁观的官员都不应该佩戴徽章。
费城警察局局长丹尼尔·奥特洛在周四发表的声明中强调了弗洛伊德之死对少数民族社区的影响。
“在全国范围内，有色人种已经厌倦了一次又一次地重复这样的暴行，”奥特洛写道。"他们厌倦了生病和疲惫。"她还说，许多执法官员“已经厌倦了我们的努力被那些犯下这些不人道行为的人的行为玷污了。”
涉及弗洛伊德死亡的四名警官被明尼阿波利斯警察局解雇，但是明尼阿波利斯市市长雅各布·弗雷在周三打电话要求逮捕此案的警官接受指控。弗雷在推特上写道:“如果大多数人，尤其是有色人种，在周一晚上做了警察该做的事，他们早就被关进监狱了。”。
新闻周刊我联系了亨内平县检察官办公室征求意见，但没有及时回复以便发表。
周四，在明尼阿波利斯的暴力抗议之后，警察局长公开反对乔治·弗洛伊德的死亡。
弗洛伊德家人的律师本杰明·克伦普(Benjamin Crump)在周四的声明中表示，抗议是可以理解的，但示威者“不能堕落到压迫者的程度，我们也不能在回应一致和愤怒的声音时相互威胁。”
唐纳德·特朗普总统周三表示，他已下令司法部和联邦调查局开始调查此案。周四，DOJ发布了一份声明，称他们对警官行为的调查是“当务之急”
在警察试图以伪造罪逮捕弗洛伊德后，他于周一去世。据称，弗洛伊德曾试图在一家商店使用一张伪造的20美元钞票。根据明尼阿波利斯警察局的报告，弗洛伊德拒捕。
社交媒体上分享的事件视频捕捉到弗洛伊德说，“我无法呼吸”，一名警官将他钉在地上。作为回应，可以听到一名逮捕他的警官说，“他在说话，所以他在呼吸。”当明尼阿波利斯消防局到达时，他们发现弗洛伊德没有脉搏，没有反应。
美国东部时间2020年5月28日下午8:04更新:这个故事已经被更新，包括费城警察局局长丹尼尔·奥特洛的声明。
Police Chiefs Condemn George Floyd Death After Protests Intensify
Police chiefs in Minneapolis and Chicago lamented the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody. Anger over Floyd's death has inspired protests in the Minneapolis neighborhood where Floyd was killed and around the country this week.
Protesters surrounded the 3rd Precinct in Minneapolis Wednesday night, breaking windows. Police used tear gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to dispel the protesters. Wednesday night, over 30 fires were set and businesses were looted. On Thursday, protests spread to New York, Chicago, and other areas of the U.S.
At a Thursday news conference, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo apologized to Floyd's family.
"I am absolutely sorry for the pain, the devastation the trauma Mr. Floyd's death has left on his family, his loved ones and our community," Arradondo said. Arradondo also said that he acknowledged that his department had contributed to what he referred to as a "deficit of hope" in Minneapolis.
Chicago Police Superintendent David O. Brown released a Thursday statement saying that what happened in Minneapolis made relations between police officers and citizens difficult across the country.
"Any officer who abuses their power or stands by and allows it to happen does not deserve to wear the badge, period," Brown wrote.
Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Danielle Outlaw highlighted the impact of Floyd's death on minority communities in a statement issued Thursday.
"Throughout the nation, communities of color are tired of reliving atrocities such as this over and over again," Outlaw wrote. "They are sick and tired of being sick and tired." She also said that many law enforcement officers "have grown weary of our efforts being stained by the actions of those who commit these inhumane acts."
The four officers involved in Floyd's death were fired by the Minneapolis Police Department, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called Wednesday for the arresting officer in the case to be charged. "If most people, particularly people of color, had done what a police officer did late Monday, they'd already be behind bars," Frey tweeted.
Newsweek reached out to the Hennepin County Attorney's office for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.
Police chiefs spoke out against the death of George Floyd on Thursday in the aftermath of violent protests in Minneapolis.
The attorney for Floyd's family, Benjamin Crump, said in a Thursday statement that the protests were understandable, but that demonstrators "cannot sink to the level of our oppressors and we cannot endanger each other as we respond to the necessary urge to raise our voices in unison and outrage."
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had ordered both the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to begin looking into the case. On Thursday, the DOJ released a statement calling their investigation into the officers' actions a "top priority."
Floyd died on Monday after officers attempted to arrest him for suspicion of forgery. Allegedly, Floyd had attempted to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a store. According to the Minneapolis Police Department report, Floyd resisted arrest.
Video of the event shared on social media captured Floyd saying, "I can't breathe" as an officer had him pinned to the ground. In response, one of the arresting officers can be heard to say, "He's talking, so he's breathing." When the Minneapolis Fire Department arrived, they discovered Floyd had no pulse and was unresponsive.
Updated 8:04 p.m. EST 05/28/2020: This story has been updated to include a statement from Philadelphia Police Department Commissioner Danielle Outlaw.
