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Jay-Z calls for the prosecution of all police officers involved in the death of George Floyd - Daily Mail
Jun 01, 2020 2 mins, 0 secs

Jay-Z had called on the Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to 'do the right thing and prosecute all those responsible' for the murder of George Floyd last Monday.

The community complained it had taken too long for white Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin to be charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter despite being filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes until he died.

'Do the right thing': Jay-Z, 50, urged the prosecution of all police officers involved in the death of George Floyd in an Instagram statement on Sunday; pictured with Michael B.

Officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder after he was filmed kneeling on George Floyd's neck (left). But Tou Thao (right) has not been charged.

Jay-Z said he is with the whole country in wanting officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng (pictured detaining Floyd last Monday) prosecuted too.

He urged Ellison to prosecute all the officers involved in Floyd's death, not just Officer Chauvin who pressed his knee into his neck as he cried for his deceased mother and pleaded for his life, saying: 'I can't breathe, officer.'  .

Walz (left) said Attorney General Ellison (right) was appointed after Jay-Z's call and a letter from 10 state House members saying their constituents had lost faith in prosecutor Mike Freeman.

'After our very earnest conversation, thank you to Governor Walz for doing what's right and calling in Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over the George Floyd case,' the statement read.

The rapper then urged Ellison to prosecute the other officers involved Floyd's death who didn't stop officer Derek Chauvin from killing him. .

'Now I, along with an entire country in pain, call upon AG Ellison to do the right thing and prosecute all those responsible for the murder of George Floyd to the fullest extent of the law,' the star said. .

Key text: His use of the phrase 'do the right thing' may have been a reference to Spike Lee's iconic 1989 film about a Brooklyn community torn asunder by racial tensions after police officers choke a black man to death

'We need justice for George Floyd,' she said

Jay-Z's use of the phrase 'do the right thing' may have been a reference to Spike Lee's iconic 1989 film about a Brooklyn community torn asunder by racial tensions after police officers choke a black man to death

'We need justice for George Floyd,' she said

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