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WATCH: MN Police Union Boss: We’ve Been Barred From Viewing Body Cam Footage In George Floyd Case, ‘Administration Broke Our Policy’

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Minneapolis Police Lieutenant Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, was photographed working his off-duty job as a security guard at a Minneapolis Wells Fargo branch on Wednesday, December. 9, 2015.
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Lt. Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, said Tuesday during an interview with CBS’ Gayle King that the administration has violated policy by refusing to allow the union leaders to view body camera footage involved with the George Floyd arrest.

Floyd, who is black, died on May 25, following an arrest where an officer held his knee on the neck of the 46-year-old for over eight minutes. The social media footage, surfaced online and sparked nationwide protests and riots.

According to Mr. Kroll, his team has only been allowed to see what the public has seen, barring him from being able to come forward with an “informed” decision on the arrest, particularly when it comes to the supporting officers involved.

“Lets talk about the incident,” King said, “I wanna know from each of you, what you thought when you saw the video of George Floyd and Officer [Derek] Chauvin.”

“That’s part of the problem, Gayle, is we were not allowed to see the video,” answered Kroll. “The administration broke our policy, which gives us the ability to see, to review the video.”

“So, we were blindsided, we only saw the social media video,” he continued. “In all other officer-involved critical incidents, we are entitled to review. What I’ve seen of it is only what the public has seen on the cellphone, and it is horrific.”

“How much more do you need to see to determine, to come out and say that this is not all right?” King pressed.

“Any human being that watched that, knows that that shouldn’t [have] ended they way that it did,” said union director Rich Walker Sr. “But we also know that there is more to the story.”

“They say he never resisted in the statements released. We don’t know if he never resisted because we haven’t seen from the time the officer stopped him until the point he was on the ground,” he emphasized.

King, growing visibly irritated, admonished the leaders for wanting to see the body camera footage before definitively speaking out, suggesting the social media footage was enough.

“We would just like to see what we are entitled to in our agreement in our policy, [which] is our officer’s body camera footage,” Kroll contended. “It might shed some light that we’re unaware of. Right now, we cannot make an informed decisions about the other officers who do not appear on camera.”

The CBS host became even more irritated, telling the union leaders that by asking for the body camera footage, they are causing “extreme upset” to many. King even accused the leaders of engaging in the so-called “blue wall of silence, again.”

“We’d love to see more,” Kroll responded, adding, “This has been a failed exercise in leadership, here. We wish we could have an early opinion in this, but it’s up to the administration to stick with policy and give us what we’re entitled to under policy.”

“It does look and sounds horrible, I completely agree with you Gayle,” the union leader added.

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