Worse, there is absolutely no police procedure for placing your full body weight on a subdued suspect that is already flat on the ground and cannot raise himself to properly breathe... let alone do it for 6 minutes. This is murder.
I know... to some, the dead guy is some dude they don't know or care about. But what if that were their son being choked to death in that fashion. I bet all the 'must have had a reason' folks would change their tune.
Police are not always going to be fair and do things right when they're handling a criminal arrest amid a rowdy crowd. Just as teachers, attorneys, judges and all in the public service have to contend with a public that's never satisfied and often ungrateful and violent themselves...
> And to think....All these riots and destruction for a guy who wanted a pack of cigarettes he believed he could get by forgery while in a drunken or drugged stupor!...Oh and at 46 he was getting his life together.