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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You are being obtuse, richard. We already accept that white lives matter. However, there are too many people who don't think that black lives do.
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The point is that by the time Floyd was out of the car he was NOT resisting arrest. All they needed to do was to handcuff him.
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Handcuffed doesn't mean you are immobile.
You can still thrash around and/or spit on people. One of the 2 non-White officers was kneeling on his chest.
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It is known that death from positional asphyxia can emerge in several ways, such as the external breathing suppression when the victim‘s torso is compressed or deformed.
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A certain restricted posture of the neck (e.g., hyperflexion or hyperextension) can cause partial or complete airway obstruction. Lastly, the compression or flexion of the torso reduces total lung volume, functional residual capacity and pulmonary expansion, eventually making breathing ineffective
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Being handcuffed with your arms behind your back probably also doesn't help. Try it with your own arms behind your back(no need to get out the handcuffs)
It was up to the one or both of the other officers to determine when it was ok to try and get him back in the car. They were the ones with the initial arrest, and they were the ones getting him out of the car. He had to be forcibly removed from the vehicle he was in. That clearly was an indication he wasn't coming quietly and peacefully.
The pressure on his neck can't have been that great, as he can be seen easily moving his jaw and head to a reasonable degree.
Of course a non-white officer actually being responsible doesn't fit the agenda.
The defence lawyers should also be able to figure these things out, which should make the results of any trial interesting.