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Research reveals missed opportunities to save George Floyd's life

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Police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on May 25, 2020 .

Lancaster University researchers analyzed 12 videos of the events from 19:55 to 20:42 ( CST ) on the date of his death.

Analysis identified 205 direct verbal interventions from the crowd, with 177 of those aimed at the police, which took the form of: - Statements, e.g., "He is human," "He's not responsive right now, bro," and "Now you're worse".

Researchers say police officers need to be trained to engage in conversational interaction with bystanders around welfare and a duty of care.

The failure to save George Floyd's life results from the inability of the officers to revisit the duty of.

care that these moments provided." Researchers say the analysis of bystander interventions in an unfolding emergency demonstrates how police officers must be trained.

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53

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

57

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likely offensive

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medium-lived

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