Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for the first time

Re:Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for t... by jgilias on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:33AM (#24047279)

While this does show that this was indeed a difficult case to handle from the police perspective, I don't see how this would make it OK to kneel on someone's neck for a prolonged period of time.

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Re:Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for t... by aaron695 on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @02:49AM (#24047366)

I haven't watched the video because I'm more interested in an unbiased look at how people are reacting to it.

The 330 million Americans view is what interests me.

If I was a Republican I'd quickly relate the "I can't breath" to drug use for instance. There is a good dog whistle there.

HN isn't the community.

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Re:Police bodycam footage shows arrest of George Floyd for t... by burfog on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @06:44AM (#24048599)

"I can't breath" is not at all believable when followed by vigorous non-compliance. Cops are used to criminals saying stuff like "I can't breath" to cause delay and worse. Make it believable with complete compliance, and cops will render aid.

BTW, the autopsy showed drug levels high enough to kill a non-abuser 11 times over, plus another 5 already processed by the body.

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