Scott Adams has a recent episode you need to see: https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1267599019305349120?s=20
Upshot: fentanyl deaths tend to come from the user passing out, and unable to reflexively gasp for air if they hinder their own airway (experienced users get into a comfortable safe position, _then_ use and pass out).
Cop likely didn’t recognize he was suffocating because, when passed out, George did not exhibit the usual gasping-for-breath reflex.
Doesn’t excuse the cop’s behavior & negligence, but does explain why the consequence.
I also noted that _before_ George was on the ground, he reportedly complained of difficulty breathing. I wonder if he was already dying of combined problems before the police took him down; they just had no training to recognize & cope with such an edge case.
You don’t need to wonder.....the videos show clearly he was out of control from te get go.....and before the cops even arrived.
True. Watch the video. And he had his knee on him for a long time. (consider the source). https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/george-floyd-investigation.html