India’s George Floyd Moment: Cop Kneels On Man’s Neck In Jodhpur

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Jodhpur: In a stark reminder of the George Flyod case in Minneapolis, closer home in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, a cop thrashing a man for allegedly venturing outside without wearing a mask and pinning him to the ground with his knee on the man’s neck has gone viral.

The shocking case of alleged police brutality was caught on camera in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur. In the video of the cop’s attack on the man, the policeman can be seen pinning the man to the ground with his knee on his neck, repeatedly smacking the man on his face.

The man was allegedly drunk. In the video, he is seen retaliating and even managing to hit the policemen surrounding him. An investigation against the cop is underway.

This incident comes to light days after the US has been rocked with violent protests after a black man, George Floyd, was choked to death by a police officer in Minneapolis. George Floyd died of suffocation after the cop, amid Floyd also being infected with Covid, in a similar manner in the above video placed his knee on the former’s neck for eight minutes despite complaints from Floyd of not being able to breathe. The incident has led to global outrage.