Editing Tou Thao (section)

==George Floyd murder==
On May 25th, Thao was with Derek Chauvin, [[J. Alexander Kueng]], and [[Thomas Lane]] responded to a report of fraud and counterfeiting, as well as an allegation Floyd was intoxicated. Upon arrival to the scene, Floyd allegedly had mild resistance to arrest, but was eventually restrained and dropped on the ground next to a police van. 

A Facebook livestream shows Floyd being compressed under Chauvin's knee for around 8 minutes, where Floyd pleads for his safety, later his life, after he was stating he was losing breath and becoming dehydrated. Thao was purposely keeping the bystanders back who were angered by Chauvin's actions and assured the crowd that Floyd was fine. Both Thao and Chauvin then made remarks mocking the situation and antagonized the crowd and Floyd with Thao telling everybody this is what happens when people do drugs.

An ambulance was eventually dispatched, where Floyd had no pulse and was pronounced dead.