FBI called in to investigate death of black man in Minneapolis after video surfaces on social media of whit…

The FBI has been called to investigate an incident in Minneapolis where a black man died after a white police officer pinned his knee against the suspect’s neck as he appeared to struggle to breathe and begged for help before going limp.In a video shared on social media early Tuesday, the unnamed man is heard yelling, “I cannot breathe! I cannot breathe!” as bystanders gathered. He said, “Don’t kill me!”A short time later, the Minneapolis Police Department announced the man, believed to be in his 40’s, died of a “medical incident.”During a press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey became emotional before he spoke.”For five minutes we watched as a white officer pressed his knee to the neck of a black man. For five minutes,” Frey said. “When you hear someone calling for help, you are supposed to help. This officer failed in the most basic human sense. What happened … was simply awful.””When you hear someone calling for help, you are supposed to help. This officer failed in the most basic human sense.”— Minneapolis Mayor Jacob FreyState authorities as well as the FBI were called in to investigate.”Our community continues to be traumatized again, and again and again,” Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins, who represents the district where the incident occurred, said in a statement. “We must demand answers.”She added that she has spoken to the mayor and vowed “to be as transparent and forthright with the community.”The incident began Monday around 8 p.m. Two officers arrived at the 3700 block of Chicago Avenue South after being called about an alleged forgery at a nearby business. Officers located the man who was sitting in his car and said they thought he was under the influence. The officers said after the man got out of his car, he “physically resisted officers.””Officer were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and realized that the suspect was suffering a medical distress,” Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder said in a news briefing that was posted to Twitter. “Officers called for an ambulance. He was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center where he died a short time later.”EX-MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO 12.5 YEARS FOR FATAL SHOOTING OF UNARMED 911 CALLERNeither the police officers nor the suspect used any weapons during the encounter, Elder said.Darnella Frazier, who recorded the incident outside the Cup Foods grocery store, later posted it on Facebook, The Washington Post reported.She said when she walked up to the scene the man was already on the ground. Frazier said the police officer pressed the man’s face so hard against the ground that his nose was bleeding.Other people who had gathered at the scene began begging the officer to take his knee off the man’s neck. After the man stopped moving and lied motionless on the ground, a bystander is heard saying, “Bro, he’s not even f—ing moving! Get off of his neck!”CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPPolice Chief Medaria Arradondo said he asked the FBI to investigate whether a possible civil rights violation led to the man’s death. He added that the officers involved in the incident have been placed on paid leave. He also said the police department would conduct an internal investigation into the officers’ use of force during the incident.A citywide protest is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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