A picture has appeared online of two students from an elite private school in Brisbane mocking the death of George Floyd.
Mr Floyd, an African American man living in Minneapolis, died last Monday after police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck for almost nine minutes while arresting him.Chauvin has been charged with second degree murderA photo has since been shared online showing two St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace students acting out the former police officer kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck.The photo shows one teen pressing his knee to another boy's neck.
The image has since been shared on Twitter with one social media user blasting the photo as “disgusting”. On Twitter, users shared the image to highlight their disgust. One user called it a “complete disregard for human life”. Another said it was “the most disturbing and insensitive thing I have ever seen”.reported three teens were arrested for a possible hate crime after sharing a similar photograph.
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