He was taken to the ground for a reason.
I read that the autopsy said he didn’t die from asphyxiation. Did it mention any bruising or marks on him?
He violently resisted arrest. That explains why the police were aggressive. However, folks only want to see one side of the entire incident.
Maybe the toxicology report will show that Saint George was also on PCP just like Rodney.
Resisted arrest.
Died from underlying medical condition and drugs in his system and not from asphyxiation.
Police used an approved restraint position.
But...but...the narrative.
What a rewriting of history.
The cops struggled to put George in the police car.
They took him out, almost certainly, because they could not secure him in the car.
Can't transport a suspect unsecured.
So, now, because George fought the police, rather vigorously, this is being characterized as cops beating George inside the police car.
This video is sure to help the defense lawyers.
Increasingly it just looks like the goal is for police to declare that black people cannot be confronted, detained, or arrested. They have diplomatic immunity, and they can do whatever they please to anyone without police interference.
Would he still be alive if he hadn’t resisted arrest in the first place?
So much for the “Why did they even have him on the ground he wasn’t resisting” crowd. Also explains why they didn’t actually believe “I can’t breathe” stuff. I mean, you just got done fighting (at 6’7”) in the back of a cop car.
So there WAS a reason to get him on the ground and hold him down.
I want to see the tox reports.
I really don’t care and I never did , you commit a crime and it’s your own doing
Pulled him out or did he fight his way out? They probably never got him all the way in.
It’s about the media template, so it doesn’t matter. Michael Brown attacking Darren Wilson doesn’t matter. Freddie Gray in Baltimore doesn’t matter. I could go on, but you get the idea and it simply doesn’t matter. Get ready to fight because politics & the judicial system are no longer a valid option for conservative white people.
I knew there was more to it but these people just want an excuse to riot.
Well, I guess those seemingly light charges were appropriate after all. To those, we can add assault, I suppose, unless Mr. Floyd was clearly fighting them.
was the store Floyd stiffed paying protection?
The black Somali killer cop who murdered Justine Damond was charged with the same 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter...the penalty is 20 years I think...
12 years should be sufficient enough fro this sociopath to get himself straightened out.
Like how dumb ass Shawn King is proclaiming “The police were beating the shit out of him in the back of the car” and you cant see anything BUT a struggle, and at one point the cop runs to the other side because he’s trying to escape through the other door. If anyone thinks the cops were “Beating the shit out of him” during that video then they have a low IQ. King needs to be thrown off twitter for making such statements with no proof. FACT CHECKERS, HELLO?
Except Rodney King lives, and he lived enough to tell everyone they should “get along” - ie, not riot.