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Doth 23 points ago +23 / -0

For those unaware, the Minneapolis DA refused for a long time to release the George Floyd body cam video to the public, which really isn't her right. That footage is of extreme public interest and it belongs to the public. Now it's available, but can only be viewed by appointment.

However, some 'Pede out there made a FOIA request to the records department for the written transcript and received the transcript. I heard an unconfirmed report that the employee who fulfilled the request was fired--could not find any information on that.

In the transcript it is overwhelmingly obvious that George is on heavy drugs, and even his friends aren't certain what's up with him. He tells the arresting officers that he was "hooping" - this is when you smuggle drugs up your ass. Due to the enormous amount of Fentanyl found in George's system, it seems that the baggy he was using to hoop may have broken open and allowed the Fentanyl to be absorbed into his large intenstine.

I don't believe anything on Earth could have saved his life.

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DrVSGGEOTUSPhD 6 points ago +7 / -1

Did they ever release the bodycam videos?

If not, why aren't we screaming about that?

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Doth 3 points ago +3 / -0

My current understanding is you can view them only in person and by appointment and I'm in no position to attempt to do that. They absolutely cannot afford those videos going on the internet and being scrutinized by the public, the contents of the transcript make that clear. Combined with the autopsy report, those videos either exonerate the cops, or make clear that George was killed due to bad or failed personal (criminal) business between them.

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DrVSGGEOTUSPhD 3 points ago +3 / -0

you can view them only in person and by appointment

Wtfffff

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Deplorable_in_PA 3 points ago +3 / -0

I thought it was Minnesota DA Keith Ellison himself that was sitting on the tapes. Eliison is scum. He knows damn well Chauvin will walk on murder 2 charges. Everything will come out at a trial, including the tapes they are sitting on. Chauvin walks or at worst gets aggravated assault and the riots start all over again. But Keith Ellison is an admitted Antifa sympathizer so none of this shit surprises me.

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Doth 2 points ago +2 / -0

I keep mixing up Ellison (MN) with Gardner (MO)