re: According to arrest records, Floyd began saying "I can't breathe" before being pinned

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This seems rather significant. "I Can't Breathe" has become the refrain for the entire movement that we see taking place throughout the country. The current contextual interpretation is one that symbolizes police brutality and systemic racism against black individuals, as everyone accepts that Floyd's utterance of these words was secondary to Chauvin's knee being applied to his neck.

But if Floyd was saying "I can't breathe" before he was ever pinned to the ground, does that not significantly change the current understanding of what was causing him difficulty to breathe, and subsequently succumbing to cardiac arrest?

The arrest record spells it out - "While standing outside the car, Mr. Floyd began saying and repeating that he could not breathe".

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Agreed it makes it a much more egregious violation by chauvin. The guy was already struggling to breath, makes the mechanical asphyxiation much more insidious of an action.

Not surprising considering he was drugged out on fentanyl.

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Not surprising considering he was drugged out on fentanyl

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People struggling to breath on fentanyl are passed out nearly comatose... maybe he was on fentanyl but quite clearly not enough for respiratory arrest. Certainly not conscious enough to give 4 police any legitimate struggle in an arrest.

This talking point is as idiotic as he had a heart attack on autopsy, which would have been impossible to identify on an autopsy given the timeframe. Either way cops are first responders and know how to handle a fentanyl OD and how to do CPR for a heart attack. Notably those situations do not involve mechanical asphyxiation. If those are the talking points you accept then why did Chauvin neglect his duty as an officer to administer aid to a civilian in his custody?

"According to the guys that murdered him, the victim was fine with their brutality."

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ME: homicide
That’s probably a clue.

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Homicide, the killing of one human being by another. Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder. Some homicides are considered justifiable, such as the killing of a person to prevent the commission of a serious felony or to aid a representative of the law. Other homicides are said to be excusable, as when a person kills in self-defense. A criminal homicide is one that is not regarded by the applicable criminal code as justifiable or excusable. All legal systems make important distinctions between different types of homicide, and punishments vary greatly according to the intent of the killer, the dangerousness of the killer’s conduct, and the circumstances of the act.
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Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder.

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Uh huh.
So what did they charge him with?

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You have a broader message that you just decided not to say directly.

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Nope. But feel free to make shite up. I thought you people were above that and into the truth though.

Your exaggeration is at least better than the lie that the cop had his hands in his pockets. A completely unnecessary lie.

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ME report says cardiac arrest, not asphyxiation.

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If it is cardiac arrest I am sure the knee on the carotid artery did loads to help. That isn't going to help Chauvin's case at all.

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The crux will be if the cops broke policy at any point.

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I cannot imagine kneeling on a dudes head with your hands in your pockets is part of policy.