Protesters in St. Paul, Minnesota, expressed loud frustration as a CNN reporter interrupted a moment of silence for George Floyd.
During CNN’s broadcast of The Lead with Jake Tapper, network reporter Miguel Marquez was met with a loud reaction from protesters as they gathered in a moment of silence for Floyd, who died after being pinned by the neck by an officer for more than eight minutes.
“Miguel, you’re at a protest at the state capitol building. Tell us more,” Tapper said, introducing the reporter.
“We were here last night. There are about 200 or 300 protesters,” Marquez said before protesters reacted with yelling. “I’ve got to tell you, we’re in five minutes of silence right now.”
“I’m going to show you how big this crowd is. It is absolutely massive. Thousands and thousands of people have showed up,” he continued.
One protester can be heard shouting complaints through a megaphone, and several are seen waving away the camera. At one point, a protester blocks the camera with his hand before Marquez cut the live feed to play prerecorded reporting.
“Miguel Marquez brought us that piece. But right now where he is in St. Paul, they’re having a moment of silence, so we’re going to respect that,” Tapper said after the segment.
An independent autopsy, which was commissioned by Floyd’s family, found that Floyd’s death was a “homicide caused by asphyxia due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain,” according to a Monday statement from the family’s lawyer.
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