Jun.01 — Senator Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat, discusses the results of an independent autopsy commissioned by the family of George Floyd into the cause of his death, the violent protests in Minneapolis, and the contents of the next round of stimulus legislation. She speaks with Bloomberg’s Kevin Cirilli on “What’d You Miss?”
In This Story: George Floyd
George Floyd was an African-American man who died on 25th May 2020 in Powderhorn, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, following police arrest. Video recording by a witness, showing Floyd repeating “Please”, “I can’t breathe”, and “Don’t kill me”, was widely circulated on social media platforms and broadcast by media. The incident led to widespread protests across the United States.