Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

LAPD Officers Slammed For 'Passing Around' Image Mocking George Floyd For Valentine's Day

LAPD Officers Slammed For 'Passing Around' Image Mocking George Floyd For Valentine's Day
George Floyd/Facebook

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced they are looking into a disturbing photo allegedly passed around the department on Valentine's Day mocking George Floyd's death.

Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by White former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin during an arrest on May 25, 2020. Chauvin suffocated the handcuffed victim by pinning him down and kneeling on his neck for nearly eight minutes.


In multiple videos capturing the incident, Floyd was heard crying out, "I can't breathe."

According to a spokesman for the LAPD, the Valentine's Day image of Floyd was accompanied by the caption, "You take my breath away."


The image was believed to be created by "a department employee."


You can watch the news report here:

youtu.be

The LAPD Headquarters posted about the incident on Facebook, which read in part:

"A personnel complaint has been initiated and we are pursuing each allegation, including interviewing the department member who brought it to our attention."
"At this point the Department has not identified any actual postings in the workplace or identified that it was in fact our department employee who created the image."
"We have raised the apparent existence of the image and directed commands to survey the worksites for it."

News Floyd's photo was allegedly shared between LA cops sparked outrage online.







Police Chief Michel Moore told The Los Angeles Times:

"Our investigation is to determine the accuracy of the allegations while also reinforcing our zero-tolerance for anything with racist views."

If the investigation confirms LAPD members did share the Valentine's Day image, Moore said, "people will find my wrath."

Floyd's death sparked thousands of protests around the world against racial injustice and the use of excessive force by U.S. police officers on Black suspects.

After Floyd's death, Chauvin was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department and was charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.

His in-person trial is scheduled for next month.

The other fired Minneapolis officers who accompanied Chauvin and prevented passersby from interevening—J. Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao—were charged with aiding and abetting counts.

Those three defendants will be tried together on August 23.

More from Trending

Lauren Boebert
@Acyn/X

Boebert Gets Blunt History Lesson After Threatening To Change DC To 'District Of America'

Colorado Republican Representative Lauren Boebert was widely mocked after she warned Democrats mocking President Donald Trump's "Gulf of America" executive order that Washington, D.C., might be next on the docket for a name change, prompting many to educate her on what she missed in history class.

On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order changing the "Gulf of Mexico" to the "Gulf of America." The order also reversed an Obama-era decision and changed the name of the Alaskan mountain "Denali" back to "Mount McKinley."

Keep ReadingShow less

Historical Events That Sound Fake But Are Totally True

There are some life events that make you want to shake your head and say, "This wouldn't even seem real in the movies."

But it's true, life can be crazier than what any writer could concoct.

Keep ReadingShow less
assorted produce at the market
Jacopo Maiarelli on Unsplash

People Describe The Worst 'Food Crimes' They've Seen Someone Commit

The phrase "food crime" is an actual thing in legal and regulatory vernacular.

In that context, food crime refers to serious fraud and related criminality within the food supply chain—often involving dishonesty in ingredient substitution or quality—and potentially harmful practices.

Keep ReadingShow less
Pete Hegseth
Annabelle Gordon/AFP via Getty Images

Pete Hegseth Gets Brutal Reality Check After Throwing Tantrum Over Released Signal Chat

After Jeffrey Goldberg—the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic—released the full transcript of a Signal chat with high-level Trump administration officials discussing military strategy surrounding their war strikes in Yemen, Hegseth had a tantrum in a post on X that exposed him to significant criticism.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted Tuesday morning that “no classified material was sent to the thread.” But her statement contradicted Goldberg, who maintained that the messages contained “precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing.”

Keep ReadingShow less
Elon Musk standing next to a Cybertruck
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

Brooklyn Cybertruck Goes Viral After Owner Gets Fact-Checked By Real-Life Community Note

A viral photo showed a Cybertruck owner being epically fact-checked about Tesla CEO Elon Musk's sanity timeline.

Cybertrucks and other Tesla vehicles have increasingly become targets of vandalism since Tesla CEO Elon Musk went off the deep end, exacerbated by his alignment with Republican President Donald Trump.

Keep ReadingShow less