“So, If he did not have a pulse, why would it not be conveyed to the officer either of the two times? He could have passed out as well. No indication he was dead that I saw.”
He was informed by another officer that was expressing concerns about Floyd’s welfare.
If a constrained person passes out, cops are to immediately Administer aid.
EMT’s. made no effort to Administer aid and immediately covered his whole body including his head.
USA Today reported:
Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested Friday on charges of third-degree murder and manslaughter after Floyd’s death. A bystander’s video caught more than eight minutes of Chauvin’s knee pinning Floyd’s neck as the suspect lay on the ground and pleaded for help before eventually passing out.
So, he did not die at the scene, it was later determined that he died of a heart attack, and not strangulation or anything to do with pressure on his neck.
He was picked up at the scene with a stretched then moved to the ambulance, with his head uncovered. As long as he had an airway, and a heartbeat, the officers behaved correctly.
Having 7 years experience as an EMT, and having run Ambulance for as many years, once in the ambulance, he would have been given Oxygen, the hospital would be contacted, If he needed fluids a paramedic could do so intravenously, and then he would be monitored on the way to the hospital.