Quote:
Originally Posted by Windguy
I agree, but we’re going to have problems until cops stop protecting these racists. The good cops need to speak out and insist on criminal prosecutions of these terrible people. If they don’t, then they are part of the problem.
|
This was a no win situation. Apparently in that jurisdiction over the last 5 years there have been 44 incidents where suspects lost consciousness after the knee to neck tactic was used and no one died. So no one expected Floyd to die. Therefore, if one of the other cops stopped him and Floyd did not die then that cop would have been an outcast for not supporting a fellow officer and instead supporting a suspect in public. At that point that cop might as well quit. The sad thing is Floyd did die. Hopefully the police community will learn from this tragedy. The only solution to this incident is to make tactics like this illegal, therefore, if a cop uses excessive force they lose their job or worse. Then the other cops would have no choice but to stop another cop from using excessive force.