At least two callers and a dispatcher expressed concern about Minneapolis police officers' use of force with George Floyd, according to dispatch recordings and transcripts released by the city's police department on Monday, per CNN.
Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly using a counterfeit $20 note in a store. While being detained, ex-cop Derek Chauvin - a 19-year veteran of the force - knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter, while the three other arresting officers have been charged with aiding and abetting murder.
The publication details that a concerned dispatcher watching the incident on surveillance cameras felt it was necessary to alert a supervisor about the level of force being employed by law enforcement.
"You can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras up for 320's call... I don't know if they had to use force or not, but they got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them sat on this man, so I don't know if they needed you or not, but they haven't said anything to me yet," the dispatcher can be heard saying on the audio call.
The Minneapolis police department also released two 911 transcripts from the day of Floyd's death. One was from an off-duty firefighter who witnessed the 46-year-old's death. He remains unidentified.
"I literally watched police officers not take a pulse and not do anything to save a man, and I am a first responder myself, and I literally have it on video camera... I just happened to be on a walk so, this dude, this, they f*****g killed him," the firefighter reportedly told dispatchers.
The other caller, who also remains unidentified, stated that an officer "pretty much just killed this guy that wasn't resisting arrest." They then requested to speak to a supervisor at the Minneapolis 3rd Precinct.