Yeah, but how many times have you and a couple buds kneeled on their neck until they died, with bystanders begging you to stop? While being videoed by bystanders?
We weren't trained to use that type of constraint, but according to an article posted a short while ago on FR, that type of restraint has been taught to the Minneapolis Police. It's up to the powers that be to determine if the "authorized" restraint was excessive use of force, and it will be up to the coroner to determine whether it caused Floyd's death or not.
Police training expert speaks about fatal Minneapolis incident