âDonât Kill Meâ: Others Tell of Abuse by Officer Who Knelt on George Floyd New firsthand accounts accuse Derek Chauvin, the police officer who pressed his knee into George Floydâs neck in Minneapolis, of using similar tactics on detainees over the years. Zoya Code says the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd until he complained he could not breathe treated her roughly as well.Credit...Nina Robinson for The New York Times By Jamiles Lartey and Abbie VanSickle Published Feb. 2, 2021Updated March 11, 2021 Nearly three years before the Minneapolis police offic...