This thing is a mess and it was largely driven by a media frenzy and political opportunists.
This video is important for people to watch and it is far different than the initial narrative we were told and the limited video of the restraint technique used by the officer. A restraint technique taught by almost all departments in the country.
Facts are stubborn things and while I hope and pray that the facts will be the basis for the judicial proceedings, it is only natural to worry that the initial “narrative” (much like the Ferguson incident) will be the basis for the legal proceeding.
The autopsy results do NOT support this case as a homicide and most certainly not beyond a reasonable doubt. No matter what happens in court (hopefully “justice”) the same opportunist and media that spun the initial narrative will do it again.
Sad. Why anyone would go into law enforcement today is beyond me. It really pains me to say that, but you are a pawn in a much larger game and even if you do nothing wrong you can be jailed and convicted for a “narrative” when the person you are dealing with has taken a potentially fatal overdose of fentynal.
Not the first time video has been used to stir up race trouble. I believe back in the 90’s, the video of the Rodney King beating by the LA police was the number one piece of aired video of all time.
“The autopsy results do NOT support this case as a homicide “
It. Doesn’t. Matter.
If a person in police custody, care, or control dies, the public, the media, and anyone to the left of the average Freeper is going to regard it as a police killing.
Once a person is restrained they are owed a *HIGHER* duty of care; failure of police departments to understand this leads at BEST to massive lawsuits and often, as well, to the destruction of riots.