Posted on 05/31/2020 2:08:16 PM PDT by Morgana
Shocking new surveillance video appears to show George Floyd in a violent struggle with Minneapolis police before his death.
Floyd can't be seen in the footage, but one cop can be seen leaning through the back door and visibly struggling with him.
The clip was posted by activist Shaun King, who wrote: 'BREAKING: Just got this new video. It’s all coming together. Police were in the car beating the sh** out of George Floyd. One stands watch, while the others attacked him.'
Later, white officer Derek Chauvin was captured on video by a bystander kneeling on Floyd's neck as he begged for air.
Floyd, 46, fell unconscious and died, and Chauvin, 44, has since been charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, which are filed in cases of unintentional death.
Chauvin also was accused of ignoring another officer who expressed concerns about Floyd, a black man, as he lay handcuffed on the ground.
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The neck is one of the most fragile parts of the body and most easily injured and that's why it's prohibited.
Not an LEO or expert. I am only pointing out the article.
From article:
“The maneuver police used to restrain George Floyd before his death is no longer allowed in most Minnesota law-enforcement agencies, but in Minneapolis, it’s allowed as a “non-deadly force option” if officers are properly trained.”
I am sure once the city gets sue, they will change there policy. Oh there is no one branch of federal government setting policy for all police departments. Local governments have their own policies. We do not want federalize our local police.
Forgot to ask, is he a member of the Minneapolis Police department? That is an important bit of info to determine if the article is correct or not.
I only referred to indifference because it was in your link.
What happened here was worse.
We will see what happens. I am sure there is a lot of info both us do not have. It will be a closely watch court case, hopefully no mater what the outcome people will accept it.
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21 posted on 11/4/2019, 7:08:42 PM by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
Not it does not explain anything. A knee to the neck in order to handcuff a suspect who is violently resisting is no problem, in my opinion.
But basically standing on a suspects neck for over eight minutes *AFTER* the suspect has been handcuffed is over the top and wrong. This isn't even debatable.
Floyd’s legal team says an independent autopsy determined that his death was a homicide caused by asphyxia “due to neck and back compression that led to a lack of blood flow to the brain.” The result is contradictory to the official autopsy from Hennepin County, which declared the death a homicide caused by a cardiopulmonary arrest.
Floyd is pronounced dead in hospital less than an hour after his body was driven away from the scene of the arrest.
But we know from a recorded phone call with paramedics that Floyd went into full cardiac arrest in as little as five minutes after he was loaded into the ambulance.
So, to be in cardiac arrest in the ambulance, means he was not dead at the scene. He may have died in route, or at the hospital, but not at the scene. Also cardiac arrest was caused by other issues which were pre-existing to the arrest, and had no direct connection to asphyxia, or strangulation, which was my point all along. Also noted, the first autopsy, showed Mr. Floyd did not die of asphyxia or strangulation, it was only the second autopsy paid for by the family, that showed a different outcome.
The medical examiner’s report lists Floyd’s death as having occurred May 25 at 9:25 p.m.; the autopsy was conducted exactly twelve hours later at 9:25 a.m. on May 26.
As was released earlier by the medical examiner’s office, Floyd’s cause of death is listed officially as “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restrain, and neck compression.” The full autopsy report states further that “no life-threatening injuries [were] identified.” The medical examiner’s office had also previously deemed the manner of Floyd’s death a “homicide.”
Long after his death, it seems that Floyd died in police custody, all the reports I read indicate different findings from one perspective or another. I am concerned for all the officers, Chauvon in particular, and the training they received, police procedures and training, and the incomplete stories reported by the MSM that adds false fuel to the fire.
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