In other words, there is no way that the prosecutors can prove that the police officer is guilty of any type of murder or manslaughter. The medical examiner in the autopsy stated that the restraint by the police officers “likely“ in combination with other factors led to his death. You don’t convict people based on the standard of “likely“. You convict people on proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Now you see why the DA was hesitant to file charges in the first place.
And before someone calls me a racist, allow me to point out that two things can be simultaneously true. First, it can be true that the officer used excessive and unreasonable force. Second, it can be true that that excessive and unreasonable force had nothing to do with this man’s death. By the way, I think I was lectured about 20 times over the last three days by various comments about how the victim died because he couldn’t breathe. This autopsy totally debunks the conventional wisdom that he died from lack of oxygen. Yes, he COULD BREATHE!!!!
This is FR. It’s either black or white and you will be eviscerated if you trot out something different from our group think. We don’t have the bandwidth to entertain more complex possibilities. Instead of studying logic, most have heard there are books on logic. Somewhere.