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, Share, Reply)
