All I have to say is that it is a little bit confusing and initially frustrating as to why he remains with his knee on him after Fentanyl Floyd stops moving and crying like a baby.
His entire situation would be so much better right now if he had just slightly better situational awareness and realised the crowd of angry people shouting "take your knee of his neck" were doing him a favour.
It might not have killed Mr Kirby, but it certainly looked bad and went on for a bit longer than necessary in terms of restraining the piece of shit.
In retrospection and hindsight so many things could have been done better.
But at that moment in time that cop had crazy amounts of stress and hormones going through his brain as well as an aggressive crowd.
I contend that if the crowd wasn't so aggressive and hostile, the outcome would have been much better initially. There still might have been an overdose death in the squad car.
Unfortunately, two imperfect humans crossed paths at the wrong time, and humanity was left dealing with the consequences.
This is precisely why officer use of force is judged by the objective reasonableness standard provided by the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Connor.
Officers are to be judged on whether a reasonable officer with similar levels of training and experience would have done the same thing given the same facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time - not with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.
Also, this would have all come out in the detailed investigation that follows a in-custody death. These Investigations take months and sometimes up to a year. There is no justification for these charges to have been brought within 48 hours. There is literally no way a complete investigation done. The charges were emotional, not based in reality, and flagrantly unjust. They would not withstand the scrutiny of any fair jury.
at first I was questioning some of the actions of the officer until I watched the entirety of the video when it was released.
I have no doubts now.
the knee maneuver that the officers using is actually a taut restraint technique with the police department.
He was merely following their procedural guidelines. With someone who was continuing to resist arrest and becoming combative.
He had no knowledge the guy was on significant amounts of fentanyl.
All I have to say is that it is a little bit confusing and initially frustrating as to why he remains with his knee on him after Fentanyl Floyd stops moving and crying like a baby.
His entire situation would be so much better right now if he had just slightly better situational awareness and realised the crowd of angry people shouting "take your knee of his neck" were doing him a favour.
It might not have killed Mr Kirby, but it certainly looked bad and went on for a bit longer than necessary in terms of restraining the piece of shit.
In retrospection and hindsight so many things could have been done better.
But at that moment in time that cop had crazy amounts of stress and hormones going through his brain as well as an aggressive crowd.
I contend that if the crowd wasn't so aggressive and hostile, the outcome would have been much better initially. There still might have been an overdose death in the squad car.
Unfortunately, two imperfect humans crossed paths at the wrong time, and humanity was left dealing with the consequences.
This is precisely why officer use of force is judged by the objective reasonableness standard provided by the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Connor.
Officers are to be judged on whether a reasonable officer with similar levels of training and experience would have done the same thing given the same facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time - not with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight.
Also, this would have all come out in the detailed investigation that follows a in-custody death. These Investigations take months and sometimes up to a year. There is no justification for these charges to have been brought within 48 hours. There is literally no way a complete investigation done. The charges were emotional, not based in reality, and flagrantly unjust. They would not withstand the scrutiny of any fair jury.