The guy was 6'6", and not exactly slender.
Considering his history, I think 'brute' is a fairly reasonable adjective.
The restraint technique used is pretty common all over the world, particularly when trying to restrain an assailant that would otherwise pose a significant physical threat - you know, like a 6'6" bruiser resisting arrest while jacked up on super heroin. What would you have suggested? Shooting him?
I'm by no means condoning the length of time that Floyd was restrained. As soon as he was cuffed, the pressure should have been taken off his neck. But to call it a 'public lynching' is utter bullshit. It was just a shitshow of poor policing. Anybody who honestly believes that their objective during the arrest was to kill George Floyd is a fucking idiot.
(, Sat 20 Jun 2020, 12:08, Reply)
I applaud your reasonable skepticism.
He was in cuffs well before the incident. Video shows that. He was led across a street in cuffs.
During the time of his neck pressure, he was in cuffs, and there were four police officers. He was saying he could not breathe (16 times in 5 mins) until he lost consciousness.
Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for 8 minutes 46 seconds. "For the last three of those minutes Floyd was motionless and had no pulse" - (quoting from Wikipedia, but see refs.
Autopsy report, cause, "CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST COMPLICATING LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBDUAL, RESTRAINT, AND NECK COMPRESSION" [1]
Video reference [NSFW]
My opinion: it's murder.
(, Sat 20 Jun 2020, 12:59, Reply)
He was cuffed before they applied the choke hold.
His history is only relevant here if you’re looking for a reason to justify the police officer’s actions.
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