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George Floyd: Eyewitnesses recount harrowing death

The killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis has sparked the biggest protest about racism in the US for a generation.

With the help of people in the neighbourhood, Panorama has pieced together the moments leading up to George Floyd's death.

Video journalist: Yasmine Djadoudi

You can watch B Panorama - George Floyd- A Killing That Shook the World in full on BBC iplayer in the UK.

16 June 2020

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