Seeing is believing, sure— which is why eyewitness testimony is rarely accurate.
It’s an informal professional opinion. Pronouncement of this man’s death was much later, so one cannot know when the individual passed as a direct result of the immediate arrest actions— which were clearly wrong. With toxicology could tease out more. Any compression on a drunk enough or drug suppressed enough breathing would cause more rapid asphyxia, even after (if and when) the officer let off the excessive knee force— which was and is my point. Once the guy was zip tied-— get off of him, which did not happen. This was incompetence intended or otherwise, and as not premeditated 3rd degree in MN law (from law source references).
Equally important the Brunswick case is being improperly charged as murder under GA law (which would have to be premeditated— a potential there for a jury trial reaching a not guilty verdict. It should have been manslaughter, ie 3rd degree). This is a really badly handled case as well.
It should have been "The stupid f***er attacked a man with a shotgun, and it was therefore "suicide." "
There should have been no charges filed at all.
Police eyewitness testimony should carry the same weight as any regular person.