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Jay Z piles pressure on US politicians to prosecute George Floyd's killer

Jay Z intervened to expedite the George Floyd case on Sunday.

Jay Z has called for politicians and lawmakers in America to prosecute the killers of George Floyd “to the fullest extent of the law.”

The 50-year-old musician, real name Shawn Carter, called Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz over the weekend to appeal to him to use all powers available to prosecute those who contributed to the death of Mr Floyd, who died last week aged 46 after a police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes.

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