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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Not just while he died. An argument can be made that he struggled violently up until the end and needed to be held down with force. I don't believe it, but it's an excuse that could, theoretically, work.
What won't work is ANY excuse that he CONTINUED kneeling on Floyd's neck AFTER he learned Floyd no longer had a pulse and had ceased struggling. He REFUSED to let up. The video shows this, it's clear, there's no way around it. The cop caused Floyd's death, and made SURE he was dead by continuing to cut off his circulation after he no longer had a pulse.
That is the unforgiveable part, and the part that needs to be punished. That is what makes it not "homicide" but "murder."
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there's something very odd about this whole story & no one is covering it: the fact that floyd & the officer KNEW EACH OTHER, & had once worked the same security detail outside a nightclub. i had to read that in the uk mail, & they even had a picture taken of the 2 standing together. it is my belief this cop knew who's neck he was kneeling on, the question is why. where, oh where is Perry Mason?