re: Thoughts on Derek Chauvin’s sentence?

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look on his face when Floyd is put in the ambulance and he realizes that he’s dead. It’s the biggest “oh shite” expression I’ve ever seen. And it conveys that his actions absolutely led to his death but absolutely not intentionally.

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Jesus, everything about this is wrong. It's amazing you can get it so wrong.

His oh shite expression was because someone died.

His actions didn't lead to his death unless you mean he showed up and tried to arrest him.

Question. Would be have died had he not overdosed on drugs?

Second question. Since he did overdose on drugs, was he likely to die unless treated with narcan quickly?

Third question. Did the cops know he overdosed at the time?

Fourth question. Could the entire situation be explained by a drug overdose?

The answer to question one is he would have died even if he hadn't overdosed, eventually. Because we all will die. But he most likely would not have died then.

Answer to number two is the amount of drugs in his system was enough to kill him unless he got narcan in a quick manner.

Answer to number 3 is I don't believe they knew he overdosed until later

The most important answer is 4. Yes, everything could be explained by a simple drug overdose. That right there is reasonable doubt. And that is all that is important.

Chauvin got sacrificed to the democratic gods. He should have never been found guilty.

The medical meaner concluded he died from asphyxia

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Do you know what someone overdosing on opiates looks like? They just nod off and pass out, they aren’t in any way frantic like Floyd was.

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False.

Floyd was not overdosing in the video. He was panicking.

Have you ever dealt with a combative patient?
How about one that large?

I have, numerous times. You’re wrong in every way.

What does someone overdosing on opiates look like?

I've maintained for a long time now that if there were any justice George George Floyd would be safe, sound, and alive right now in prison.

Five years he got for armed robbery/home invasion. Five.

That's the privilege of living and being a criminal in a crime-ridden shithole of a city with an overworked and short staffed DA's office. Five years for roughing up and putting a gun to the head of a pregnant woman in her own damn home!

In comparison, my friend who committed a very similar crime (with no significant priors, mind you) got 75 years. 75. He had made the poor decision to commit his crime in an area with a relatively low crime rate with a DA who actually did their damn job!

Go ahead, talk to me about justice in the Floyd case. Go ahead. Because that woman that Floyd kicked the door in on sure as hell didn't see any justice.

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He was passively resisting, he wasn’t “fighting the cops”

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The better question for this thread is "do you think he will ever get a retrial or a sentence reduction once the publicity dies down?"

Even better thread: "If you were Chauvin, would you have made a run for it knowing the politics were likely to get you a life sentence?"

Medical examiner said positional asphyxia as the cause of death

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I think you meant to say Fentanyl.

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so you think he dies if he isn't suffocated?

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Medical examiner said positional asphyxia as the cause of death

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Protecting Infants and Toddlers from Positional Asphyxia: Car Seats and Sling Carriers

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Babies who experience positional asphyxia cannot breathe because the position of their body blocks their airway.

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So, again, not strangulation.

Now will you admit that you don’t know the difference between asphyxiation and strangulation?