On May 25, Floyd died from asphyxiation due to a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on his neck for almost eight minutes, Blavity previously reported. Video footage showed Floyd calling out for his mother in the final moments before he died.

Kinville's claim of not being able to breathe is a small part of a bigger problem that's brewing in the nation.

According to the CDC COVID-19 dashboard, there have been over 6.5 million documented cases of people contracting the virus. Of those cases, a little over 194,000 people have succumbed to the highly-contagious virus.

Nearly 23% of this nation's population refuses to wear a mask, according to a June report by the Advisory Board. Yet, as states take more drastic measures to protect Americans from the virus, that number will more than likely increase.

Shauna Kinville

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