BREAKING: Killer Minneapolis Cop Has Been Arrested

Minneapolis’s CBS News affiliate reports:

Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested days after George Floyd’s fatal arrest that sparked protests and outcry across the city and nation.

On Friday, John Harrington, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, announced that Chauvin has been taken into custody in connection with the May 25 death.

Chauvin is the former officer in the video seen around the world with his knee on Floyd’s neck. He’d been with Minneapolis police for 19 years. Floyd’s death is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI in Minneapolis and the Department of Justice Civil Rights division.

BREAKING: Minnesota authorities say the police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck has been arrested. https://t.co/HvnG6QD80R

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 29, 2020