That still doesn’t address the time it took to check him once he was completely limp or the lack of resuscitative efforts once he was determined to be in cardiac arrest. Police are held to a higher standard and should be. Again I don’t think it was murder and Floyd’s actions undoubtedly contributed to his demise but I think there was significant negligence in the part of the cops. I have no issue with their actions up until the time the knew or should have known he was in real trouble.
The cops were surrounded by a hostile mob, which definitely impacted their decisions.
Floyd would not have died that day...
(1) If Floyd had simply told the truth about taking fentanyl.
(2) If Floyd had simply obeyed the lawful instructions of the Police to get in the back seat of a patrol car.
(3) If Floyd had not committed a felony attempting to pass a counterfeit bill.
(4) And, if hundreds of thousands of other USA criminals had not previously lied about not being able to breath.