Jo—the video clip was not “selective”.
There was a full, unedited, uncut, no-monkey-business 9-minutes-straight video, taken while the victim was on the ground handcuffed.
The now-ex-policeman facing murder 3 and manslaughter, had his knee on the victim’s neck the ENTIRE time.
One of his fellow policemen, ON THAT VIDEO, takes the guys pulse and finds the victim’s heart isn’t beating.
Mr. Kneecap does not start CPR.
He does not even check the pulse for himself.
He stays there with his knee on the victim’s neck for over 2 more minutes.
There are severe civil rights implications to this, because once you are handcuffed, you are “in custody”. People forget that means, the police now have an affirmative duty of care towards you.
Mr. Kneecap is a trained first responder. He doesn’t even go through the motions of lifesaving measures.
he’s toast.
For the “if he didn’t resist” bullcrap?
An unconscious man (he passed out before the pulse was taken IIRC), lying down and handcuffed, is not an imminent threat to life or limb.
Potentially deadly force is not allowed at that point.
As far as the arrest, he had been accused of passing a single counterfeit $20. The police are on video trying to pull him out of his car. If he’s in his car, he’s not exactly rampaging around with a bazooka. They could’ve just put chocks on the wheels so it couldn’t move, and waited for him to get out to go to the bathroom. Or arrested him peacefully at home a couple of days later.
You can do CPR in the Wuhan virus era on strangers .
The cops and all others will pass.
You have no idea what happened .
The cops working these streets have it so easy .
The drugged out ex con was just a big teddy bear . Gee pawning off fake 20 is just a minor federal thing the
secret service will put you away for 20 plus years .’
Are you serious ?
The police are on video trying to pull him out of his car. If he’s in his car, he’s not exactly rampaging around with a bazooka.
Pulling him back out may imply he was trying to kick out a window. I have also read reports that he did not want to get in the car claiming he had claustrophobia.