https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/30/video-timeline-george-floyd-death/?arc404=true
Floyd was a scumbag. But he didn't deserve to die like that. How many damn times does someone have to say "I can't breathe!" and show signs of extreme physical distress before you take him seriously and change up restraint tactics so that he can breathe?
Floyd was already cuffed before he ended up on the ground. He should have been stuffed into the squad car in spite of his protestations and driven to the station pronto. Yeah, I know - armchair quarterbacking blablabla - but there was no excuse for these cops not to back off when it was becoming clear that yes, Floyd actually was in physical distress. They had plenty of time to do that before he died.
Okay, but that won't kill a person.
Floyd was a scumbag. But he didn't deserve to die like that.
He chose to take the drugs that killed him. "Deserve" has got nothing to do with it. He did it, and it killed him.
How many damn times does someone have to say "I can't breathe!" and show signs of extreme physical distress before you take him seriously and change up restraint tactics so that he can breathe?
You do know that not being able to process oxygen is a symptom of fentanyl poisoning? He was clearly taking air into his lungs because he was able to say "I can't breath."
The not being able to get oxygen is what happens when you overdose on fentanyl.
Floyd was already cuffed before he ended up on the ground. He should have been stuffed into the squad car in spite of his protestations and driven to the station pronto.
He *WAS* stuffed into the squad car. When you see him on the ground, it was because he was removed from the squad car. I saw the video of them taking him OUT of the squad car, because he was acting like he had a medical problem.
Go look at that video. Let me see if I can find it for you.
Okay, I haven't found the video of them pulling him out of the squad car, but here is a video of him struggling while he is *IN* the squad car.
I think you have been greatly misled about what happened. The News liars were pumping it up to create racial tensions to help them in the election against Trump.