30min bodycam video - George Floyd

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[–]kokolokoNightcrawler 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (2 children)

Cold blooded murder. They knew he was having a cardiac arrest. ... You would have to be brain dead not to understand this as a medical emergency.

They killed him, one less criminal off the streets for them.

[–]SheSellsSeaShells 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It became manslaughter when he continued to kneel on George's neck and restrain him for several minutes after he stopped responding. That is willfully and negligently putting his life in danger. Up to that point, I believe that the police mostly did their job well (except for opening the encounter with a gun in his face and swearing. The fuck?).

There has to be a better way for police to be able to restrain and deescalate situations where a suspect is in clear mental or physical distress.

[–]kokolokoNightcrawler 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There are procedures. But these tyrants follow them when they feel like because of the thin blue line. They are not supposed to restrain someone having a cardiac arrest, period.