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Minneapolis: Police officer who knelt on black man in custody arrested

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An illustration of George Floyd is affixed to the window of a vacant building Tuesday, May 26, 2020, near where he was detained by police officers in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. A video taken by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of a man in custody who later died. The four officers involved have been fired. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

A white police officer seen on video kneeling on a black man's neck for eight minutes as he pleaded he couldn't breathe has been arrested.

The arrest of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd follows three nights of increasing violence in Minneapolis.

Last night, protesters torched the police station where Chauvin and three other officers seen in the video worked.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the state is taking over the response to the protests and will show respect and dignity for those who are suffering.

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