It’s not all that tragic. Brooks was a career criminal that was let out of prison because of the coronavirus.
The death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe is not in any way a tragedy. Once you fight the cops and aim a Taser at them, you’ve proven that the world would be a better place without you. Bye, Rayshard!
Open and shut? Since when?
An approved method of restraining a person resisting arrest, for which the cop was trained for, was used. It was not a choke hold but a knee on the back of the neck.
However, Floyd was high on Fentanyl, which causes respiratory depression and death, Floyd had Covid 19 which causes lack of oxygen and respiratory problems and death, on top of that he had and enlarged heart and heart trouble.
The autopsy revealed that Floyd did Not die of asphyxiation.
The cop applied the hold for a long time, 9 minutes. But it is clear to me it was not murder, accidental manslaughter at best.
Why do people assume it was race realeted?
Are they so racist, and have such racial bias that any black death at the hands of the police is ‘systemic racial oppression’?
Why was Floyd resisting arrest? The man was large and dangerous (muscular 6 foot seven!) And several police were unable to put him in the cop car because of his resistance. The only choice the police had was to pin him down.
I call his death ‘suicide be cop’, and the cop should be exhonorated.
There have been a number of cases where using a taser has resulted in deaths, so I don’t buy that argument.