First, kneeling on the back of somebody’s neck does not kill them and does not restrict their breathing, especially the amount of pressure the officer was using. When the deceased turned his neck to the side, that was somewhat troubling. Again, we do not know if that caused his death.
Second, the only reason the deceased can’t get up is b/c 3 cops are holding him down. He was fighting/resisting the cops. This is NOT normal and suggests that this guy was on PCP. BTW, in the video you can hear the deceased’s friend encouraging him to get into the police car and to quit fighting with the cops.
Third, criminals LIE. They pretend to be in medical distress and then, as soon as the cuffs come off, they run or attack the police. It’s easy to sit on a couch and Monday morning QB. If the cops had uncuffed him and he attacked them or a citizen, or he grabbed their gun and started shooting, or he ran and got killed by a passing truck, I’m sure you would be blaming the cops for not holding the guy down.
Here’s the bottom line: If you don’t want to die or get injured in police custody, act civilized. 99% of these “unarmed black men” cases always start with the unarmed black male resisting arrest, attacking the cop, fleeing in a car, etc. This guy chose to resist arrest. He chose to use the drugs (I presume he was on drugs, or he was doing a great imitation of someone who was on drugs). At any time during this entire episode he could have complied with orders and the police would have kindly and gently put him in a squad car. Bad things can happen when you put police in difficult situations. Finally, as I note in all my posts, I am open-minded on this case.
Police lie.
It’s called “testilying.”
They never took the cuffs off, so not applicable.
The victim wasn't lying either. He died.
I'll bet you made a copy of that video to fantasize over.