George Floyd’s family considering suing Kanye West for conspiracy theory comments

Charlie Herbert

family of george floyd considering suing Kanye West for conspiracy theory comments

‘The guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck’

The family of George Floyd are considering suing Kanye West for comments he made claiming that Floyd died as a result of fentanyl in his system, as oppose to the actions of police officer Derek Chauvin.

In May 2020, Floyd was killed by police officer Chauvin who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd shouted “I can’t breathe.” Floyd’s death sparked global protests against racial injustice and police mistreatment of Black people.

A year later, Chauvin was found guilty of his murder and sentenced to 22 years behind bars. In July this year, he was sentenced to a further 21 years in jail for violating Floyd’s civil rights.

But Kanye West has caused controversy after comments he made about Floyd’s death while speaking about Candace Owen’s documentary The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.

Ye told the Drink Champs podcast: “I watched the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens put out.

“One of the things that his two roommates said was they want a tall guy like me, and the day that he died, he said a prayer for eight minutes.

“They hit him with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that.”

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Although medical experts did find traces of fentanyl in Floyd’s system, doctors confirmed that it was Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin’s knee on his neck that killed him, as he was unable to breathe.

Following West’s comments, the lawyer for Floyd’s family, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, announced that they were considering suing the rapper for what he said.

In a tweet, Merritt wrote: “While one cannot defame the dead, the family of #GeorgeFloyd is considering suit for Kanye’s false statements about the manner of his death.

“Claiming Floyd died from fentanyl not the brutality established criminally and civilly undermines & diminishes the Floyd family’s fight.”

While one cannot defame the dead, the family of #GeorgeFloyd is considering suit for Kanye’s false statements about the manner of his death.

Claiming Floyd died from fentanyl not the brutality established criminally and civilly undermines & diminishes the Floyd family’s fight.

— Lee Merritt (@MerrittForTexas) October 16, 2022

In the same interview, the ‘Runaway’ singer then proceeded to compare Floyd to the late Virgil Abloh.

“This white company Louis Vuitton is now making statues of him as a martyr, and we don’t know why exactly [he died], they said it was cancer,” he said.

West’s comments come after he decided to wear a ‘White Lives Matter’ T-shirt alongside Candace Owens at Paris Fashion Week.

The ‘Runaway’ singer also made a number of bizarre and outrageous claims in an interview with Fox News, and decided to show porn to Adidas executives in a meeting.

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