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The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Mayor says George Floyd would be alive if Derek Chauvin had been fired in 2017

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Photograph: Alex Kormann/AP

The mayor of Minneapolis said George Floyd would still be alive if the city’s police department had “done the right thing” and fired officer Derek Chauvin in 2017 after complaints he knelt on the necks of two people he arrested.

Jacob Frey was speaking at a press conference on Thursday announcing the city had reached a $8.9m settlement in two excessive force lawsuits.

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