I was a cop/detective in a major metro department. I know there are other cops on FR. We’ve fought folks with our hands and all the toys authorized by law. Most of us have dealt with people, after being handcuffed, that tried to kick out the windows of patrol cars.
At the end of the day, absolutely none of that has anything to do with kneeling on the guys neck for that long. Long enough to see that he was relatively calm, there were two other officers helping to restrain him.
Do I feel sorry for Floyd? 10000% I DO NOT. Much talk about how he was turning his life around after getting out of prison. Really? Why was he high and trying to pass fake money?
The only people I feel bad for are the ones that have lost their lives during this sh*tshow, the ones injured during this sh*tshow, the business owners that have lost everything, and everyone else that has had their lives effected by these f*cking scumbag protesters.
At the end of the day, regardless of what Floyd did to get put in cuffs and what he did after he was put in the backseat, it won’t matter.
The cops appeared to have him under control, whether through the techniques they used, the drugs wearing off, Floyd finally realizing his fate, or a combination thereof and they’re supposed to be smarter.
Everyone LEO is taught, and I can assure you that it isn’t easy, that once they’re in cuffs, the situation changes and it’s the cops job to de-escalate and prevent anything else from happening to them.
and then he had a heart attack....sorry, he brought about his own demise...never get a conviction, especially with this ridiculous 2nd degree murder charge.
I understand using a knee to restrain someone is common worlwide???
I recall Police restraining someone at Vancouver airport. Police tased the man. The man had some weird medical condition, and died.
Point being, techniques that are effective and safe in almost all situations can result in a very bad outcome.
Thank you for taking on a very tough job, a job I could not perform
Thank you for weighing in and referencing your background and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Once the situation appears to be controlled and the suspect is not resisting force is minimized. This is not what happened in the video, this was a cop slowly murdering someone. Floyd was no angel and punishment is not the cops decision.
I believe it was an ordered hit by the Sinoloa cartel.
What cop of any color would kill another man in broad daylight knowing that there would be lots of people taking pictures and videos?
Both were working for a nightclub that was a front for the cartel.