Minneapolis Review

As George Floyd was pinned down by Minneapolis Police in the minutes before he died May 25, a 911 dispatcher watching the scene live from a surveillance camera warned a supervisor, even if it made her look like a “snitch,” the Associated Press reported.

“I don’t know, you can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras up for 320′s call,” the dispatcher told the supervisor, according to a recording of the call, AP reported. "I don’t know if they had used force or not. They got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them sat on this man.”

If officers use force as a takedown technique, they are not required by Minneapolis Police Department policy to notify supervisors, the story said. Notification is required in other cases where force causes an injury or alleged injury. In those cases, officers must remain on the scene and supervisors have to conduct a review of the force used, AP said.

The dispatcher reported the use of force against Floyd to a police sergeant as she watched it live, saying it looked “a little different,” AP said.

“Yeah, they haven’t said anything, unless it’s just a takedown which doesn’t count,” the sergeant replied. “But, I’ll find out.”

A white officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with second-degree murder for killing Floyd, after pinning the handcuffed Black man to the ground with his knee and keeping it there even after Floyd said he couldn’t breathe and stopped moving, AP reported.

Three other officers have been with charged aiding and abetting second-degree murder and manslaughter, the story said. The city fired all four officers.