I watched the video again, and listened to it. From that very limited video, that may have been doctored by the media, AKA Rodney King, who can say for certain what aid any of those cops rendered? There are two cops near him at the end of the video and there are still-photos of the ambulance crew on scene. So, obviously, someone called for a rescue squad. Anything other than that is open to speculation.
Bottom line, the guy resisted arrest. He knew the drill, the article says he has 31 prior arrests, put your hands behind your back, let them take you down town, book you and have your day in court. Then, if they had been harassing him as he said in the video, get an ambulance chaser to sue the pants off the cops.
I wonder how many other times he resisted arrest in his 31 arrest history. You also hear him saying he just broke up a fight. How much did he exert himself in that police action? Obviously obese and looks to be sweating, he may have got himself jacked up, on the way to a heart attack in that little escapade.
There are already 2 different stories - one claiming he was fine until after he got in the ambulance, which is an absurd claim. If any of these cops performed CPR on him when he went unresponsive and lost a heartbeat, this story would have been told a LOT differently.
Picking through his pockets? That doesn’t seem like something you’d do on a person you were performing CPR on until the EMT’s could arrive...