LISTEN: 911 Dispatcher Reported Use Of Force In Floyd Arrest

MINNEAPOLIS — A 911 dispatcher watching live squad dash-cam video of George Floyd's arrest alerted a police supervisor about the possible use of force at the scene. A recording of the dispatcher's phone call was released by the city of Minneapolis Monday.

"You can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras up for 320's call," the dispatcher tells a supervisor. "Three-twenty over at Cup Foods. I don't know if they had use force or not. They got something out of the back of the squad and all of them sat on this man, so I don't know if they needed you or not, but they haven't said anything to me yet."

"They haven't said anything yet," the supervisor responded. "Just a takedown, which doesn't count. I'll find out."

The transcript of two previous calls related Floyd's arrest have already been released by the city.

The first 911 call — which reported that a fake bill was used at Cup Foods — is what brought police to the scene initially. The second 911 call came from an off-duty first responder who said police "killed" Floyd.

Just after 8 p.m. on Memorial Day, police responded to the Cup Foods store on 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South in Minneapolis on a report of a "forgery in progress."

Police were told that a suspect was sitting on top of a blue car and appeared to be under the influence. Two officers arrived and found Floyd,44, in his car. He was ordered to step out and was arrested.

In a now-viral video of the incident, Floyd is heard telling officers "I can't breathe" while being forced down onto the street. He also asks for water.

Bystanders tell Derek Chauvin — who had his knee on Floyd's neck — to get off of him. A second officer — Tou Thao — ordered people to back away from the scene.

Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck even after he went motionless.

All four officers who were at the scene were fired the next day, and have since been criminally charged.

Thao, Alexander Kueng, and Thomas Lane all face charges of aiding and abetting unintentional second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

Chauvin faces third-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter, and second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony.