Posted on 05/27/2020 1:18:27 PM PDT by abb
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) An incident report by the Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) is shedding more light on what occurred in George Floyds fatal arrest.
Released by the city Wednesday, the report describes confusion as the fire department responded to the scene to assist medical personnel.
Before arriving, the only information the fire crew had was that Floyd, called pt in the report, had trauma to his mouth. Fire Station 17 of Minneapolis then arrived at Cup Foods to multiple police squads on scene and a small crowd of citizens.
The report says while MFD attempted to locate Floyd, several people told them that the police had killed the man. There was no clear info on Floyds whereabouts from either initial police officers or bystanders.
The report says MFD was finally able to locate an officer inside the store, who told them that Hennepin Healthcare medics loaded Floyd into an ambulance and left the scene.
Meanwhile, the fire crew did locate an off-duty firefighter who witnessed the end of the struggle, and said that he saw Floyd go from struggling to unresponsive on the ground while handcuffed and subdued by police.
Dispatch then notified the fire crew that the medics needed assistance and they responded to 36th and Park Avenue.
Two of the fire crew members got into the ambulance. At that time, medics had a chest compression device working on an unresponsive, pulseless Floyd. The fire crew members assisted medics and accompanied them to Hennepin Healthcare, where life-saving attempts were continued.
Medics performed pulse checks several times, finding none, and delivered one shock by their monitor. [Floyds] condition did not change, the report said.
Floyd was pronounced dead at Hennepin Healthcare.
Floyd, 46, died Monday night after being pinned to the ground while handcuffed with an officers knee on his neck. Floyds fatal arrest, which was caught on video, has prompted national attention and protests some peaceful, some violent in Minneapolis.
pressure on the carotid?
I would guess that 20% of all cops....”
I would bet this Chauvin guy has a history of police brutality.....”
I would wager a guess you’re an idiot,.
I think based on info so far, this warrants a criminal investigation. Even of the guy resisted, once down, hard to justify knee on the neck of a cuffed suspect.
Completely disturbing. There a few times you can actually see the officer rock his weight forward, putting more pressure on the individual. Nothing accidental about this event, the copy just didn't care, and neither did the Asian officer seem to have any regard for what was going on. I guess, he can always use the argument about being concerned for officer safety. Why police are more deserving of 'safety' is an answer I have yet to hear.
I would suggest positional asphyxia.
He (the officer) should have been tested immediately for drugs.
Well, given what he did, and the look on his face while he was doing it, I’d say he’s not normal.
I’d say more like 50% of police are bullies and 100% are sadists.
Three offices stood by and watched ‘their brother’ kill a man and they did not even flinch.
Police trashed any moral authority they ever had when they traded ‘peace officer’ for ‘law enforcement’.
Anyone with a lick of common sense keeps as far away from them as humanly possible.
MPD officers are not professionals, they are thugs.
so far on this incident I agree.
50% You’re grossly exaggerating and generalizing.
I worked law enforcement 28 years and consulted 8 more, nowhere near that number. you might be surprised at the level of training, dedication, and professionalism. Not everyone is a racist cowboy.
well we have it confined to the neck anyway.
Struck a nerve? You must be one of the 20%. Which is it, asperger or autism?
“nd the oddest thing was he had his hands in his pockets.”
His hand was not in the pocket. It was resting on his thigh.
“His mother that he was calling out to had passed away 2 years ago. He knew he was dying.”
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Please explain.
“pressure on the carotid?”
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I guess so, not sure, but it looks like it could be.
So effing angry....that pos cop should be made to walk the gauntlet then set on fire.
Bad cops aren’t autistic. Any cop has to be able to read people and have situational awareness. Autistic people can’t read others and tend to focus on details instead of the whole.
The absence of those qualities is easy enough to detect, and easy enough to disqualify someone in training. No cop wants a partner whose deficiencies put them at risk.
What you do get are bullies, sociopaths and the power-hungry. People who don’t care about others, who lack empathy, but can still read others. The Us vs. Them mentality, the chosen vs. civilian, can corrupt decent men and women over time.
Then you did it right!
Yes, it was hyperbole, but I will hold police to a higher standard every time.
With my own eyes I have seen more than once cops failing to meet even a standard of fairness, much less excellence.
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