Tony Timpa died in an extremely similar way to Floyd, and those officers received no charges. The reason being: the hold was legitimate and not lethal in normal circumstances, but the victim had extraordinary health complications that made nonlethal holding methods effectively lethal.
Chauvin performed a potentially lethal holding method, but the method by which it's lethal is by preventing the held from breathing, thus suffocating them. The autopsy revealed suffocation was not the cause of death.
He's going to get charged anyways, because certain groups riot when they don't get blood when the media tells them they should want blood.
Chauvin performed a potentially lethal holding method, but the method by which it's lethal is by preventing the held from breathing, thus suffocating them. The autopsy revealed suffocation was not the cause of death.
The thing is, Chauvin held the technique, which in the regulations, is to be applied only to people actively resisting, for close to 3 minutes after the perp went unresponsive, and a lot more minutes after he wasn't even actively resisting.
The maneuver is known to be dangerous, and it was used without regards for regulations, and it lead to the death of a man. I haven't read about Tony Timpa, but there's a difference between applying a technique correctly within regulation, and blatant disregard for police training that leads to death.
Tony Timpa died in an extremely similar way to Floyd, and those officers received no charges. The reason being: the hold was legitimate and not lethal in normal circumstances, but the victim had extraordinary health complications that made nonlethal holding methods effectively lethal.
Chauvin performed a potentially lethal holding method, but the method by which it's lethal is by preventing the held from breathing, thus suffocating them. The autopsy revealed suffocation was not the cause of death.
He's going to get charged anyways, because certain groups riot when they don't get blood when the media tells them they should want blood.
The thing is, Chauvin held the technique, which in the regulations, is to be applied only to people actively resisting, for close to 3 minutes after the perp went unresponsive, and a lot more minutes after he wasn't even actively resisting.
The maneuver is known to be dangerous, and it was used without regards for regulations, and it lead to the death of a man. I haven't read about Tony Timpa, but there's a difference between applying a technique correctly within regulation, and blatant disregard for police training that leads to death.
That's why the charge is murder 3rd degree.