‘the killing of”
No bias there.
So tired of reading this nonsense. I am a grappling and self defense instructor. We replicated the exact scenario in class, and I had my knee on my other instructor’s neck for about 5 minutes, with him face down, hands behind his back. We stopped because it was going nowhere, it had no effect on breathing, airway or blood flow.
I outweigh him by at least 40 pounds. While he was uncomfortable, he was breathing and talking the whole time. If at any time he was unable to breathe or felt like he was going to pass out, he would’ve tapped out, like we all do regularly in grappling class.
I would like to see that done in court.
Floyd was not killed by the cop. He died of a fentanyl overdose at the hospital after the incident with the knee. He was dying even as the police approached to arrest him. He was having trouble breathing and complaining about it before a cop touched him. Perhaps he should have simply been prevented from leaving until he expired.
His encounter with George Floyd was a touching moment.
George tried to “touch” this clerk for twenty bucks.
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Miriam-Webster
Touch (someone) For (something) | Definition of ...
: to persuade (someone) to give or lend one (an amount of money) He touched me for ten pounds