The world is still reeling following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd - a black man who died shortly after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Since his Floyd's death on Monday, protests and riots have ensued across the US, as people are calling for justice for Floyd, a stop to police brutality, and for discrimination against black people to finally come to an end.
Today, shocking footage has emerged on social media showing a white man aiming a bow and arrow at demonstrators in Salt Lake City, Utah.
You can watch the dramatic moment below:Per the Metro, the man has since been identified as Brandon McCormick.
McCormick can be seen getting out of his car and yelling "All lives matter", before proceeding to brandish a bow and arrow amid the crowd.
A woman can then be heard shouting in response: "Look at this, call yourself an American?" To which McCormick replies: "Yes I’m an American, all lives matter!"
The man then points the assembled weapon at the crowd, prompting the woman to scream: "Don't you dare!"
A person is then seen on the ground in front of him (it is still not clear whether they were shot or not), before the crowd screams and drivers honk their horns. The video ends with a group of people jumping on McCormick.
The footage was shared to Twitter by user @Gingersonfire, who wrote alongside it: "A civilian brought a hunting bow to the #slcprotest and began shooting it at protesters."
Per the New York Post, protestors then flipped his car and set it on fire (video below).
Twitter users then shared other videos of McCormick. In one, McCormick can be seen shouting at protestors while bleeding from the head.
In another, it appears as if McCormick is holding a knife.
KSL.com has reported that reported McCormick was arrested by police and taken into custody.
McCormick was later interviewed by FOX13 news where he told his version of events. He fails to mention he aimed a bow and arrow at the crowd:On Friday it was revealed that Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer recorded kneeling on Floyd's neck, had been detained and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
More on Chauvin's arrest below:The 19-year veteran was arrested by the state’s bureau of criminal apprehension.
Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman revealed in a statement: "We are in the process of continuing to review the evidence. There may be additional charges later."
Chauvin's wife has filed for divorce, according to a statement from her lawyers.
Per the Guardian, after reviewing the bodycam footage of Floyd's arrest, state charging documents allege that the now-former Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for a total of nearly nine minutes.
It also states that Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for two minutes and 43 seconds after Floyd had become non-responsive.
Floyd's family has since released a statement calling Chauvin's arrest a "welcome but overdue step on the road to justice” and added that members “expected a first-degree murder charge" - which they still demand.
"The pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and spilling out on to streets across [the country]," the statement added.
The statement concluded by saying:
"Today, George Floyd's family is having to explain to his children why their father was executed by police on video. It's essential that the City closely examines and changes its policing policies and training procedures to correct for the lack of proper field supervision; the use of appropriate, non-lethal restraint techniques; the ability to recognize medical signs associated with the restriction of airflow, and the legal duty to seek emergency medical care and stop a civil rights violation."
Under Minnesota law, a first-degree murder charge would require prosecutors to prove Chauvin’s actions were willful and premeditated.