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LAPD launches internal investigation into Valentine-themed image with George Floyd and phrase 'You take my breath away'
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There are also allegations that the post with the image was authored by a department employee.
The post in question was described to CNN by an LAPD official as using an image of Floyd with the phrase "You take my breath away." Floyd died last May after repeatedly telling an officer "I can't breathe" while the officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250216092711.jpg)
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