New charges against the policemen involved in George Floyd's killing

The Prosecutor's Office of Minnesota have charged all of the four policemen in connection with killing George Floyd, reports Reuters.

According to the agency, the charges against Derek Chauvin has been aggravated to the second-degree killing while the rest of the three policemen were charged with aiding and encouraging the killing and manslaughter - a criminal charge with up to 40 years of possible punishment.

48 years old Afro-American George Floyd lost his consciousness while being arrested and was taken to the hospital where he couldn't be saved. The video of the arrest was widely shared in social media, depicting how the policeman held his knee against Floyd's neck for 9 minutes, while the latter kept saying that he couldn't breathe.

The policeman Derek Chavin was arrested on 26 May for third-degree killing.

The video of the arrest has sparked mass protests across the USA.