Unless they’re on PCP, you can subdue anyone by bending their fingers or wrists. That’s fundamental. There is no justification for putting your whole weight on a man’s neck except for a minute, if that.
Those cops didn’t look malicious in this case, just unbelievably stupid, joking around like that, unaware of what they were causing. Chauvin looked like he knew what he was doing, and had a woody.
Chauvin did know what he was doing. Floyd was overdosed on fentanyl and experiencing excited delirium syndrome and the cops were trained to hold the person down until the paramedics could administer a ketamine shot. Chavin was going by the book and didn’t kill Floyd, he was already saying he couldn’t breathe before he went to the ground, and the neck pressure was not strong enough to kill him. He died of being drugged up and having heart issues. People experiencing EDS will keep struggling against the cuffs until they give themselves a heart attack.
“Chauvin looked like he knew what he was doing, and had a woody.”
Is that some of that “gallows humor”?
It’s not funny and also NOT TRUE! (the woody part) I think he knew exactly what he was doing! FOLLOWING PROCEDURE!
Lifting the weight off his neck from time to time to assure that he wasn’t consistently putting too much pressure on his neck. You can see this in the video if you LOOK! Also the autopsy CONFIRMS no injury to the neck.
George Floyd KILLED HIMSELF!