re: Minneapolis police kneels on man neck until he dies- Cops fired

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Cops fired

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now prosecute the bastards.

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The onlookers and recorders of the video seemed to be more interested in getting the scoop (adding fuel to a hatred fire) then acting on the officers, why didn’t they intervene if they were concerned

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What exactly do you expect them to do? Go fight 4 or more cops that have already shown they're willing to use excessive force?

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The onlookers were definitely adding fuel to the fire. Telling a cop what to do is a surefire way to have him not do what you are saying. Also, a dumb white woman shrieking is definitely not gonna help anything.

The cops fricked up. Once the man was subdued, they should have put him in the car and left. Regardless, everyone knows what can happen, yet people want to push a cops buttons until you get him to do something stupid. In this instance, it cost the man his life.

Stupid and reckless behavior from everyone involved.

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"Don't tell a cop to stop murdering someone, or he'll murder someone"

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"Don't tell a cop to stop murdering someone, or he'll murder someone"

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in your next interaction with the police, please try to tell them how to do their job and see how that works out for you mr funny guy.

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in your next interaction with the police, please try to tell them how to do their job and see how that works out for you mr funny guy.

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I've never been through police academy. Is it a fundamental rule to, for whatever reason, arrogantly defy any direction or request a citizen gives a police officer?

Maybe if George Floyd would have asked the cop to kill him instead of asking for the ability to breathe, he'd still be alive.

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The cops fricked up. Once the man was subdued, they should have put him in the car and left. Regardless, everyone knows what can happen, yet people want to push a cops buttons until you get him to do something stupid. In this instance, it cost the man his life.

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Your logic is confounding.

So if no bystanders would have existed Floyd would be alive today?

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Stupid and reckless behavior from everyone involved.

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Which of the people involved were paid and trained to not act stupid and reckless?

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Telling a cop what to do is a surefire way to have him not do what you are saying.

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So the cop is a stubborn retard. Very cool.

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So it doesn’t matter if they had the guy ‘restrained’ and he fought through it and still posed a threat?

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I'm in law enforcement and have been in the situation you speak of many many times; first of all, it doesn't matter if the perp "fought through it" for hours, there were 4 officers there and together they could've easily handled him all the way into the back of the patrol unit. I'm 6'0" and 170 lbs. soaking wet, and I could've handled this guy by myself let alone with 3 other officers backing me up - ESPECIALLY after he was cuffed, which takes place before the bystander video even begins.

Second, it is NEVER EVER protocol to restrain a resisting perp by resting a knee on their neck; this alone undoes any "what ifs" involved. We are trained to put a knee between the shoulder blades or small of the back to restrain an unruly perp (which this guy was already restrained anyway). We're specifically taught to stay away from the neck area for this reason, and to apply as little pressure as necessary in order to avoid any unnecessary injuries to the perp such as breaking ribs.

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From the video I saw, I don’t think that the cops used excessive force to keep this guy restrained that still posed a threat. Again, I don’t know if that was the case until more evidence comes out

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As a federal officer I understand the struggles and split-second decisions an officer has to make every day, so I'm usually a huge proponent of 'lets wait for all the evidence' in these situations. That is not the case here, I've seen more than enough to know these officers fricked up BAD.

I could've told you the primary officer fricked up with just a simple screenshot of him on the perp's neck, and we have video showing that he kneeled there for MINUTES after the perp was subdued and even unconscious. Just about everything this officer did was incorrect and overboard.

His superiors realized this as well, as he and the other officers on-scene were immediately fired. This was absolutely the right call to make on their part, regardless of public outrage.

This officer was clearly, without a doubt, 110% guilty of excessive force, negligence, and improper technique; and he clearly wasn't cut out to be a police officer.

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in your next interaction with the police, please try to tell them how to do their job and see how that works out for you mr funny guy.

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When my tax dollars (and speeding tickets) stop paying their salary they can stop listening to what I have to say. As soon as people realize that everyone from the local dog catcher to POTUS works for the tax paying citizens, and those citizens hold those bureaucrats and elected officials responsible, nothing will change.