Kind of disturbing to see the rush to judgement on this one. A careful look at the video shows the Officer's weight was not fully on the person's neck, it was on his left shoulderblade. Guy was a weightlifer, a bouncer, he was resisting, high on fentanyl and opoids, a danger to the police and the citizens in his vicinity. He had also stolen goods from the store across the street. Crowd forms and prevents the cops from doing their job which is to protect the community from someone like this. What if the person had gone into a drug induced rage, grabbed a cops gun and started blasting away? What would the media reports be then? "police don't control dangerous felon and innocent bystanders injured"
On the other hand the cops seemingly refused EMT assistance and were somewhat slow to get him medical aid
On balance, seems like a perfectly legal police action with perhaps a touch of negligence tossed in
Cell phone cameras are a menace, they don't tell the whole story and careful editing can twist the narrative any way you choose
Plus televising a trial like this is very biased towards the defense. If your a witness and aren't throwing tears around how are your friends and neighbors going to treat you when the trial is over, if the defendant gets off?
On the other hand the cops seemingly refused EMT assistance and were somewhat slow to get him medical aid
On balance, seems like a perfectly legal police action with perhaps a touch of negligence tossed in
Cell phone cameras are a menace, they don't tell the whole story and careful editing can twist the narrative any way you choose
Plus televising a trial like this is very biased towards the defense. If your a witness and aren't throwing tears around how are your friends and neighbors going to treat you when the trial is over, if the defendant gets off?
