Bail of Derek Chauvin, officer charged with murder in George Floyd case increases from $500k to $1.25 Million

On that evening of May 25, Mr. Floyd, sitting in a nearby car, stiffened when the officers tried to put him in the back of their police car after getting a call from a nearby store alleging Floyd had used a counterfeit $20 bill.
Floyd fell to the ground, according to an arrest affidavit. Then Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck.

Mr. Floyd struggled as the rookie officers held Mr. Floyd’s back and legs, and began saying he could not breathe, the affidavit says.

Chauvin held his left knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes, while Mr. Floyd still said “I can’t breathe” and “Mama” and then, after a time, stopped talking as he became unconscious. By the time he was taken to hospital he was pronounced dead.