I believe the officer's actions brought about George Floyd's death. Now whether or not Floyd had a pre-existing condition that contributed to it, or his resistance may have instigated the officers brutal reponse in order to bring Floyd under control, at some point as we can see Floyd was completely under his control. The claim that George Floyd was going to just drop dead regardless of what the officer did, will not fly in court. Now, did Floyd do something that caused the officer to react in such a manner? That has not been proven yet, but if so, will only reduce the murder charge for the officer.At this point it looks like a battle of the experts and doctors in the courtroom, but my sense is that for at least the officer with his knee on Floyd, the murder conviction is almost certain.It's going to be hard to prove that the officer didn't contribute or cause asphyxiation or a stroke. He should have also taken into consideration how fucked and or high Floyd was.Problem I have is it shows Floyd being placed into the police car, but not how he ended up on the ground, with the police officer's knee on his neck. Most likely he tried to escape and there was an altercation. It still doesn't excuse what the officer did as he had him completely under his control. However, if there was an escape attempt followed by a physical altercation on tape, then it's going to be harder to convict on anything other the original manslaughter charge. Which will lead to more rioting, burning and looting, and I bet will be timed to happen right before next November 3.Would like to see this video as opposed to a description. Thanks.At least more of the truth. For however long, the news has been making it look like the cops murdered a cooperative black guy they arrested, apparently because they had nothing better to do at the time. Causing many riots and protests. Well last night they finally showed a little more of the story.
They showed a cop on the passenger side back door trying to subdue the soon to be dead Floyd. No doubt Floyd was kicking at him. It showed the hero cop who would end up with his knee on the back of Floyd's neck to subdue him going to open the drivers side back door. What was shown at least showed Floyd putting up a fight.
Now, I would like to see the rest of the video. Which would show Floyd being dragged out of the drivers side back seat and how he ended up at the front of the cop car with the officers knee on the back of his neck. No doubt Floyd was putting up more struggle from the back seat area to the front of the cop car.
Why is the news wrongfully portraying the incident. They also made a big deal about the cop keeping his knee on Floyd's neck even after he stopped moving. But Floyd's condition wasn't caused by the knee on his neck. So why should the cop have moved it. Especially when just before then he was putting up a fight. All this coddling of criminals makes me sick. Least of all the negro ones. The cops don't have an easy job. They are almost like soldiers on the front line. A little excess on their part should be excused. They need to be supported. Not vilified.
the local media ran it a couple of times here, then the edited ones took over. We'll see if the whole videos make it to trial or the edited ones.
and, even with the edited vids, it's obvious the officer's knee is not resting entirely on the guy's neck, most of the weight is obviously on the left shoulder blade. It's giant farce from start to finish, and the GOP is making a big mistake by jumping on the cop killer bandwagon.
I don't know how many minutes of video the body cams hold, and they don't have rear cams in the squad cars, apparently. In any case, it's clear that the officer is not putting his full weight on Floyd's neck, his knee is more on his shoulder blade, and as Quarantine pointed out his foot is on the ground bearing weight as well. the ass hole just stroked himself out, is all.
Yes, proving a negative is hard. But, it's not Chauvin's job to prove a negative, it's the prosecutor's job to prove he was deliberately murdering Floyd, and there is no evidence to support that charge at all. Knowing Floyd's health problems after the fact doesn't call for a murder charge. That would be like someone passing out and falling in front your car in the street and then charging you with murder.
I hope not----I do not believe that the officer killed
George. Restraint of a resister is NEVER GENTLE ---
It is impossible to GENTLY restrain a large muscle bound man
at no point did I suggest that george would have "just dropped dead were it not for the ROUGH ARREST" The point I make is the charge of murder I believe that in order to make the murder charge, the prosecutors will have to prove that the "KNEE ON NECK" caused the death. That means either death
by asphyxiation or death by strangulation. Such a death does SHOW UP ON AUTOPSY. So far findings supporting asphyxiation or strangulation have NOT
been presented. Somehow---PARTS OF THE HEART
ARE MISSING (????) for the second autopsy. Myocardial infaction does show up on microscopic studies of the heart muscle.
Sounds like someone was already 'losing' (destroying) evidence so it wouldn't get to court.
in fact---in autopsies ---LOTS OF TISSUE is ---sorta lost-----cut up ----IN ORDER TO MAKE SLIDES to examine microscopically. IT'S THE SLIDES that have to be recovered. The brain is left in Formalin in a JAR--for some time (I forgot how long) then cut up and ALSO examined microscopically It is the microscopic evidence that is VITAL ----not just the dead body lying on a slab. THAT GETS BURIED.
NONE of that information has been presented so far. IF the man died of asphyxiation or was CRUSHED, then there would be EVIDENCE thereof on microscopy.
It is not rocket science. There was a time in my own life that even I did it------I am no genius