All the cops involved got home safely that night.
Let’s wait for an autopsy before jumping to all kinds of conclusions. If the guy couldn’t breathe he wouldn’t be able to talk or moan at all. Given that this occurred in the 3700 Block of Chicago Ave S., in Minneapolis, it’s very possible that the guy might have died of a heart attack due to a crack OD and stress. That area is a hotbed for drug dealing, prostitution, assorted other crimes, and murders.
All the cops involved got home safely that night.
Police don’t do things without having a reason.
That looks like murder. I can’t imagine the distress that man felt in his final moments.
When they say “no weapons” we’re deployed that is certainly not true. The officer used his body as a lethal weapon.
It is a effective restdaint tool for a combatve subject.
If the man couldn't breathe he wouldn't be making any sounds.
He is obviohsly breathing and talking.
First of all, we don’t know what killed this guy.
His treatment though was inexcusable.
LEOs say “if you’re talkin’, you’re breathin’”.
This is TRUE! If you “really” can’t breathe, you wouldn’t waste your breath complaining about it. Perps regularly CLAIM they can’t breathe, when they clearly can.
Early on in the video, the man is complaining about not being able to breathe while BREATHING! He talks several times in sentences showing me that he CAN breathe.
After several minutes, the man does stop talking and moving. This may have NOTHING to do with the officer’s knee on the guys neck. (Likely standard approved procedure).
Having said all that....
WHY did the officer CONTINUE to hold the perp down with his knee for such a long time? The guy was not at this point resisting.
As the bystanders (rightly) kept saying to “let him up”, “put him in the car”, etc. WHY DIDN’T they?
What possible reason at that point could there be for continuing to hold him down.
It very well may turn out that this guy died of a drug overdose and not from suffocation, but REGARDLESS once the man appeared to have become unconscious, emergency medical aid should have been administered by the officers on scene.
WHY DIDN’T THEY LET HIM UP?
You are looking at 250+ pounds pushed down on a neck.
The dirty cops should face the same punishment. Put them in a garrote and let the relatives of the black man turn the vice.
Fair is fair!
If you don’t fully comply (comply to be defined by the cop) you will be beaten or restrained, even if you are in distress, or an old man/woman.
Something tells me that some cops ENJOY the right to restrain/kill a protesting citizen. Prove me wrong.
Protesters block traffic, call for justice at location where man died in Minneapolis Police custody