Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said Sunday that all of the officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, were "complicit" and that they should bear responsibility for his death.
Arradondo made the comments while appearing for an interview in which CNN correspondent Sarah Sidner conveyed a question from Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd. Asked by Philonise Floyd if Arradondo would "get justice" for his brother and arrest all of the officers involved, the police chief responded, "Being silent or not intervening, to me, you're complicit."
"So I don't see a level of distinction any different. Mr. Floyd died in our hands, and so I see that as being complicit," Arradondo added as he stood at the site of Floyd's arrest, which is now serving as a makeshift memorial.