Of course, that would create an opportunity for a whole new round of riots and incendiary political hysteria, so people on the left probably don't see a downside to overcharging.
Another loose end that needs to be cleared up is the nonchalance of the several other officers at the scene. One brutal thug of a cop is a bad apple; charge him, convict him, and give him an appropriate sentence. But I find it difficult to believe that three or four officers would be so casual, especially since they were surrounded by bystanders recording the incident on cellphones. "Hey, let's choke a black dude to death in broad daylight on film. Just for fun. Yeah, that's a great idea! It'll never get out and the guys at the station house will love it."
Yeah, right.
The cops on the scene were nonchalant. An EMT who arrived a bit later apparently wasn't. The discrepancy needs to be explained.
Another loose end that needs to be cleared up is the nonchalance of the several other officers at the scene.
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Good point. My surmise is that police experience similar behavior from suspects that turns out to be “the boy who cried wolf.” Suspects will claim their wrists are being hurt by cuffs in a ploy to get uncuffed and escape. I’m not buying the “I can’t breathe” stuff. If you can talk and struggle with officers, you can breathe just fine.
Unfortunately, it is the often uncivilized behavior of folks in communities like the one where this happened that leads to bad results. For example, someone asked why did the police not listen to the off-duty EMT? Answer: When you are screaming out and making emotional pleas, that doesn’t help. If she had simply walked up politely to the officer, showed some credentials, and expressed her concern, I can’t believe they wouldn’t have let her check him. BTW, the gathered crowd didn’t help things either. My guess is that Officer “Kneely” did what he did (which was WRONG) to both pin down the subject AND keep an eye on the crowd. This is going to be interesting.