Watched the video.
All the police present at the last of his breathing, should be charged with criminal negligence. They should be stripped of their badges and all official and personal weapons of all kinds; their homes to be searched for all weapons of any kind, and removed.
The investigation should determine if any of the cops had 1st and/or 2nd degree criminal intent, and if evidence is found, so apply the charges.
They all get their day in court; and a jury decides their fate.
As the same cops would have such for any “other persons” who strangled, suppressed, and refused aid to a man whom such “other persons” held to the ground.
Cops are **not** different, **nor** special. They have lost all *benefit of the doubt* status, by their own, several and grossly negligent misdeeds over the last decade.
If the cops are found “not guilty,” then and only then, do they get to appeal for the return to their jobs ... but **never** the return of their weapons, as a reminder of their failure and the loss of life.
Sound harsh? It is nothing less, than what they impose on good citizens; and, they did kill the man.
Why? Part II
Because **NONE** of those cops can be trusted. They are **not** good cops.
A good cop would have called in “Fred” (or whatever the guy’s name is), whose a wise man and who would just stand there and talk with the man in question.
A good cop would have deflated an **OBVIOUSLY** deflate-able situation, because what the man in question seeked, was simply an honorable man to stand there and reason the thing, the situation.
The guy was obviously arguing his case and the two cops were just standing there, letting him blow off steam ... then the blue tornado
So ... what was the reason the guy had to state his case his case in the first place ?
I reread the story again.
So, the police thought that the guy had been selling cigarettes illegally. Did the police have proof, that he was selling cigarettes illegally?
My concern here is, were the police in the process of making a formal arrest? or did they want to handcuff the guy so that they could continue their investigation to see if he had been engaged in illegal activity?
The handcuffs should only come out if the cops are in the process of making an arrest. I have seen too much of this where the cops handcuff someone for their own safety as the continue to troll for evidence.
If it turns out that this man was not engaged in illegal activity, then these cops should all go to jail. This, ‘Us’, against, ‘Them’, mentatlilty must end...
I have a friend who got stabbed in a bar. After 3 punches and one kick to the head the stabber died and my friend had to do 17 years. If a cop even sees a knife he unloads a clip into you no questions asked. It’s not right!