Family of George Floyd considers legal action over Kanye West comments

Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt responded to West’s claims on behalf of Floyd’s family
Family of George Floyd considers legal action over Kanye West comments

Kanye West. 

The family of George Floyd has said it is considering taking legal action against Kanye West after the rapper alleged that the 46-year-old man died from drug abuse.

Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of Floyd’s murder in May 2020. He knelt on Floyd’s neck for around nine minutes while the unarmed Black man was handcuffed and lying face down on the street, crying “I can’t breathe”.

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