George Floyd Family’s Counsel Denounces LAPD Officers Accused of Circulating ‘You Take My Breath Away’ Valentine’s Day-Inspired Card: ‘Beyond Insult on Top of Injury’
Law & Crime report
With a Los Angeles Police Department investigation reportedly underway to ferret out the officers allegedly behind a Valentine’s Day car mocking George Floyd’s death, the family’s famed counsel sounded off the scandal rocking the City of Angels.
“This is beyond insult on top of injury – it’s injury on top of death,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said in a statement on behalf of the family on Monday. “The type of callousness and cruelty within a person’s soul needed to do something like this evades comprehension—and is indicative of a much larger problem within the culture of the LAPD. We demand that everyone who was involved is held accountable for their revolting behavior and that an apology be issued to the family immediately.”
The reported investigation sprang from accusations that multiple officers circulated a Valentine’s Day-inspired image mocking the death of Floyd, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
LAPD Chief Michel Moore on Saturday confirmed to the Times that at least one officer filed a personnel complaint about colleagues sharing a post depicting Floyd’s face along with the caption: “You take my breath away.”
“Our investigation is to determine the accuracy of the allegations while also reinforcing our zero tolerance for anything with racist views,” Chief Moore said.
He added that any officers found to have been involved in circulating the image would “find my wrath.”
