10 things you need to know today: May 27, 2020

Minneapolis protests erupt over George Floyd's death, Twitter fact-checks Trump, and more

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1. 4 Minneapolis officers fired, protests erupt over Floyd's death

The Minneapolis Police Department has fired four officers over the death of a black man, George Floyd, after the officers restrained him. "This is the right call," Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tweeted. Thousands of people gathered outside a police station to protest after a video surfaced on social media showing one of the officers with his knee on the back of Floyd's neck as he is handcuffed on the ground. "Please, I can't breathe," says Floyd, who died at a hospital soon after the incident. Frey earlier offered condolences to the family, and called the encounter "horrible, completely, and utterly messed up." The officers were responding to a call about a forgery in progress Monday night. The FBI is investigating.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.