He died of cardiac arrest. Not asphyxiation.
He was breathing. It takes a lot of air to speak.
Sorry.....this was an accident, not an intentional strangulation.
“He died of cardiac arrest. Not asphyxiation.”
Yes, that may be, but it doesn’t excuse the use of improper force, which obviously was the proximate cause of death. He wasn’t dead until the officers laid hands on him, and then he was, very shortly thereafter. I am not going to believe he would have suddenly had a heart attack if they hadn’t choked him, piled on top of his back, compressed his chest, and kneeled on his head.
“He was breathing. It takes a lot of air to speak.”
Again, you can still be breathing and have trouble breathing, or have a damaged airway, or some other acute condition that is going to shortly lead to your death. Obviously this was the case, because he died.
“Sorry.....this was an accident, not an intentional strangulation.”
No, I don’t think it was intentional, however, that isn’t really the issue here.