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Originally Posted by GoFarm
You are painting with a wide brush. The overwhelming majority of police officers are doing good. They shouldn't all be tarnished because of the action of a sole maniac.
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She's not painting, there's no wide brush. This thread isn't about what all police do or don't do. It's about one dead man at the hands of four very specific police officers.
Also to whoever posted on the other page about this: If he had not resisted arrest, he still would've been dead. He didn't "voluntarily" lower himself to the floor. He fell over at the curb. One of the two videos shows that very clearly. The police report states that he was already handcuffed, and restrained on the ground, at the time when Chauvin applied his knee to Floyd's neck. The other video showed that one cop was kneeling on his legs, another cop was kneeling on his back, and Chauvin was kneeling on his neck. While he was handcuffed, face down on the pavement. It was NOT POSSIBLE for him to resist arrest at that point. He was struggling to breathe.
Try it yourself. Have someone handcuff you, and face you down on the blacktop pavement, stomach to the ground. Then have someone kneel on the backs of your legs. And have someone kneel on the middle of your back. And another person kneel on the side of your neck. And just kinda - lay there for 8 minutes.
Good luck.