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FBI Joins Investigation After Man Dies In Minneapolis After Video Shows Police Officer With His Knee On His Neck

<p>The FBI has joined the investigation for an incident that took place in Minneapolis on Monday&period; In a viral video&comma; it shows an officer forcing his knee into the neck on a black man who is handcuffed and pinned to the ground&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the video&comma; the man could clearly be heard pleading with the officer to get off of his neck because he could not breathe&period; As he pleaded with the officer he continued to say&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Please&excl; I can&&num;8217&semi;t breathe&comma;” as the officer continued to keep his knee on the man’s neck&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bystanders approached the scene and told the officer to get off of the man&period; As the bystanders continued to tell the officer to get off&comma; one person pointed out that the man’s nose started to bleed&period; The man then stopped moving and appeared to be unresponsive as the ambulance arrived at the scene and placed him on the gurney to take him away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cbsnews&period;com&sol;news&sol;video-shows-minneapolis-cop-with-knee-on-neck-of-motionless-moaning-man-he-later-died&sol;">CBS News<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the man was later announced deceased following the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Minneapolis police later released a statement claiming that officers responded to a report of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;forgery in progress&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement continued to claim&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Officers were advised that the suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence&period; Two officers arrived and located the suspect&comma; a male believed to be in his 40s&comma; in his car&period; He was ordered to step from his car&period; After he got out&comma; he physically resisted officers&period; Officers were able to get the suspect into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress&period; Officers called for an ambulance&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police continued to note that no weapons were used during the incident and body cameras were worn and activated during that time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The officers involved were placed on paid administrative leave&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The video&comma; 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