I see that the three officers all realized he had stopped breathing, but did nothing about it. It doesn't seem like his death was entirely due to having the knee on his neck, but it is certainly true that once he stopped breathing, they made no attempt to revive him.
Okay, having read the entire thing, I see that he started saying he couldn’t breathe while he was still standing. That he apparently went to the ground of his own volition. That he was breathing for the first 5 minutes of the time he was pinned, and then he stopped.
I see that the three officers all realized he had stopped breathing, but did nothing about it. It doesn’t seem like his death was entirely due to having the knee on his neck, but it is certainly true that once he stopped breathing, they made no attempt to revive him.
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What the report shows is that when Mr. Floyd was yelling out things like “I can’t breathe,” he was doing so under the influence of drugs. He was saying “I can’t breathe” while standing up outside of a squad car! He was claiming that he was “claustrophobic” 5 minutes after he was inside of his own car! He was high on drugs. So when he was on the ground saying “I can’t breathe,” he could breathe (obviously). That’s why everyone is so ticked off—they think this goof was being choked/strangled with a knee. He died because he was high on drugs and had a bad heart, something that happens every day. The police had him restrained to prevent him endangering himself or others. The ambulance was on the way. This is a WEAK case. Even the medical examiner’s finding does not establish solid proof that the officer caused this guy’s death. (Of course, I do note that putting a knee on one’s neck is over-the-top). Basically, a city has been burned down for nothing.