While we can all agree the cops actions where egregious, they'll have a hell of of a time convicting him of murder. They be forced to introduce lesser charges down the road which is allowed in Minnesota. The nuances of their laws as written are murky at best leaving a lot of room for interpretation. It's even tougher with the conflicting autopsies. Tell a jury of people that aren't always the smartest people that it was murder, no matter how the laws are written they might view it as an intention taking of someones life. Add that he's an officer on duty called to the scene likely dealing with an incoherent/uncooperative person. It's a mess in a courtroom. We don't convict/lynch people because we believe he murdered the man any longer.
It can still be manslaughter even Murder 2 might be considered now there is proof that George was having a heart attack while in Custody and the Cops refused to render aid.
Hell that might doom the guy, the knee on the neck was not killed him. It was the heart attack caused by the stress of the situation. The 'I cant breathe' is indicative of the man having a massive coronary heart attack. The pressure on the neck on the main artery just accelerated his death. The cops did nothing and I mean NOTHING to render aid. Once he said that' I cant breathe' the officer should have stopped putting his knee on his neck, flipped him over and tried to render some form of aid. there's 4 cops... One of them could have had their taser out as defense of the other cop. A EMT should have been dispatched, but there wasnt...until he was dead. Meaning these cops willfully let the man die in their custody.
This isnt the first time a Cop did this, everyone forgets about what happen to Kelly Thomas in Orange County when 4 coups beat up, tazed and murdered a mentally ill patient...all the while screams for "I want my father" was curdling out of the man's breath until his life was extinguished. That cop got off even though it was clear negligence and homicide.
If the cops let someone up every time they said they couldn't breathe no one would ever get arrested. Pretty much everyone that resists arrest gets fucked up in the process. The whole thing is a load of shit. I think the cop was in the wrong but I'm so pissed off about the riots I would like to see him found innocent and made chief of police
While we can all agree the cops actions where egregious, they'll have a hell of of a time convicting him of murder. They be forced to introduce lesser charges down the road which is allowed in Minnesota. The nuances of their laws as written are murky at best leaving a lot of room for interpretation. It's even tougher with the conflicting autopsies. Tell a jury of people that aren't always the smartest people that it was murder, no matter how the laws are written they might view it as an intention taking of someones life. Add that he's an officer on duty called to the scene likely dealing with an incoherent/uncooperative person. It's a mess in a courtroom. We don't convict/lynch people because we believe he murdered the man any longer.
It can still be manslaughter even Murder 2 might be considered now there is proof that George was having a heart attack while in Custody and the Cops refused to render aid.
Hell that might doom the guy, the knee on the neck was not killed him. It was the heart attack caused by the stress of the situation. The 'I cant breathe' is indicative of the man having a massive coronary heart attack. The pressure on the neck on the main artery just accelerated his death. The cops did nothing and I mean NOTHING to render aid. Once he said that' I cant breathe' the officer should have stopped putting his knee on his neck, flipped him over and tried to render some form of aid. there's 4 cops... One of them could have had their taser out as defense of the other cop. A EMT should have been dispatched, but there wasnt...until he was dead. Meaning these cops willfully let the man die in their custody.
This isnt the first time a Cop did this, everyone forgets about what happen to Kelly Thomas in Orange County when 4 coups beat up, tazed and murdered a mentally ill patient...all the while screams for "I want my father" was curdling out of the man's breath until his life was extinguished. That cop got off even though it was clear negligence and homicide.
If the cops let someone up every time they said they couldn't breathe no one would ever get arrested. Pretty much everyone that resists arrest gets fucked up in the process. The whole thing is a load of shit. I think the cop was in the wrong but I'm so pissed off about the riots I would like to see him found innocent and made chief of police
Wow you're stupid.