George Floyd: Police body camera footage emerges
New police body camera videos have been shown in which George Floyd is seen pleading with officers because they make an effort to force him to their car, US media say.
They say Mr Floyd told the Minneapolis officers he cannot breathe, asking if he could lie on the ground instead.
A district judge allowed news outlets to see both videos, which show the clearest picture yet of Mr Floyd's last occasions in Minneapolis on 25 May.
All four officers involved have since been fired and charged over his death.
Derek Chauvin, who in another video filmed by eyewitnesses was seen kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck for almost eight minutes, has been charged with second-degree murder.
The three other officers - Thomas Lane, J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao - have been charged with aiding and abetting murder.
The death of Mr Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed African American, sparked huge protests over the US against police brutality and racism.
In another development on Wednesday, Mr Floyd's family sued Minneapolis and the four policemen for wrongful death.
Civil rights legal professional Ben Crump said the suit was seeking monetary damages with respect to Mr Floyd's children and siblings.
What did the videos show?
Your body camera recordings from Mr Lane and Mr Kueng form area of the ongoing case against all police officers.
Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill allowed news outlets to view the videos, that have up to now not been made public. Previously, only transcripts were made public.
The videos get started as Minneapolis cops Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng have emerged giving an answer to a call over a fake banknote being used at a local market, according to CNN.
It says that just seconds after talking to a store employee, the officers were at the door of the automobile Mr Floyd was in and, after an initial knock with a torch, Mr Lane points a gun at Mr Floyd and orders him to place his hands up.
Mr Floyd sometimes appears sobbing and pleading with the officers, and is then pulled from the automobile as the officers battle to handcuff him.
A big struggle ensues when Mr Lane and Mr Kueng attempt to put him in the authorities car.
Eventually, Mr Floyd falls out of the car, and it is at this stage that the other two officers, Mr Thao and Mr Chauvin, appear in the videos, CNN reports.
They all make an effort to restrain the suspect, and Mr Chauvin is later seen kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck.
During this time period Mr Floyd is heard more than 20 times telling the officers that he cannot breathe.
