BREAKING: Minneapolis Police Officer Tied to Floyd’s Death Arrested, No Word on Other Fired Officers

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Friday, May 29, 2020

GoLocalWorcester News Team

PHOTO: Studio Newport

Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said he has been notified that the officer identified as Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd has been taken into custody by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, according to the Star Tribune.

The Tribune reports, “County Attorney Mike Freeman announced a news conference for 1 p.m. Friday at the Ridgedale Public Library to announce a "major development" in the case.”

He announced at Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

There is no word yet on the other three Minneapolis police officers who also were fired.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz vowed to restore order Friday after a third night of protests and violence in response to Floyd’s death in police custody led to the breach and destruction of a Minneapolis police precinct and dozens of other buildings across the city.

Newport Resident in Minneapolis

Photographer Olga Enger, who owns Studio Newport - and hails from Minneapolis -- appeared on GoLocal LIVE on Friday to talk about her experience taking photos in the riots in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd this week.

"We were nervous. We didn’t know what it was going to be like [for two white women] going into a race riot, to be honest," she said, of joining her sister to take photos in Minneapolis.

"The enemy wasn’t the mobs, [it] wasn’t the crowds — the mobs are angry and crying for justice," she said.

It was when she and her sister were hit with tear gas that shocked her.

"Your face is burning, your eyes are burning, and there was no medical personnel. It was a wake up for me," she said. "I believe that the officer [that threw the tear gas] targeted us. There was no mainstream media where we were."

Enger said she belive it was police officers "who were actually instigating" the violence.