Minneapolis Police Choke an Unarmed Handcuffed Man to Death

[GOYABEAN]

Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving.

apnews.com

 

[repete]

I don't care if the guy's an asshole criminal that sure looked like cold blooded murder to me and the second cop is an accomplice.

 

[Saltwater60]

I thought the entire practice of kneeling on a person neck was banned because of this very things. Sad to see and I think this officer caused this mans death and should be held responsible for it!!
I’m sure the guy was fighting but he didn’t deserve this. It appears as if he was cuffed and should have been let up minutes ago. I get sometimes this is needed to subdue a guy but this appears way beyond that point.

 

[Airborneguy]

Regardless of whether he deserved it or not (because I am still someone who policed when were were allowed to use force), nowadays I can’t really sympathize with anyone who uses anything besides the absolute minimum force when no weapons are involved. They’re nuts. Whether they are right or wrong, they are wrong and they have had ample time to realize that by now.

You reap what you sow.

 

[Celt]

Its a shame they are making it about race, but thats what the leftists do. It just so happens the cop is white, and the perp is black. This does look bad for the cop.

 

[GOPerfect]

This video is really, really bad. They killed that poor bastard.

Like AB said, why use more force than absolutely needed? The man was under their control and they killed him on video.

The arrogance, they knew they were being filmed and flaunted their perceived power.

On camera, especially on camera, do your job as well as possible.

Do not give those filming the satisfaction of getting you burned.

 

[Blimey]

As always I have no idea what he did beforehand.

But...the video looks very damning. It appears to me the guy was substantially outnumbered by police, fully, entirely restrained, and simply suffocated until he was killed, despite telling the cop many times he was unable to breathe, and many others also urging the cop to get off because he's choking him. Pretty nasty video, even worse than the garner one IMO because this one happened over such a longer period of time and there are a few minutes of this guy not even attempting to get away--simply being suffocated to death on film.

That cop needs a lawyer asap, he's in big shit and I hope the others who were with him are as well. Actually wish the crowd had just rushed the cop to get him away.

 

[Bob]

4 Minneapolis officers fired in death of black man after video shows officer pinning knee against his neck

Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after an incident where a black man died after one of the white police officers pinned his knee against the suspect's neck who appeared to be struggling to breathe and begging for help before going limp on the ground.

www.foxnews.com

 

[E the massive]

Call 911 give the situation and unit number? Get someone with rank on the radio a State or Sherriff unit to roll.

 

[Shadow rider]

someone should have tackled that cop off the perp. He didn't deserve that kind of treatment no matter what, once he was subdued!

 

[holdover]

The kid in the video was correct, He was kneeling on his carotid Artery . The result was predictable.

 

[Chevusa]

Here we go..

Breaking: Massive protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in response to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by Minneapolis police yesterday. Now turning violent...

 

[Curmudgeon]

This is a shitty situation. Guy didn't need to die based on what I've seen and am willing to let evidence show otherwise.

Earlier, I thought to myself that all cops should be black so police brutality and racism don't get conflated.

Based on what I've seen, and I'm willing to let evidence show otherwise this wasn't about race.

 

[Blimey]

This is a shitty situation. Guy didn't need to die based on what I've seen and am willing to let evidence show otherwise.

Earlier, I thought to myself that all cops should be black so police brutality and racism don't get conflated.

Based on what I've seen, and I'm willing to let evidence show otherwise this wasn't about race.

Hmm, Black people are perfectly
Capable of racism so that wouldn’t bode well for white suspects sometimes.

I also see no indication this is about race but of course “white cop kills black man”, so that is the narrative.

 

[Marine Cpl]

No words.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Hmm, Black people are perfectly
Capable of racism so that wouldn’t bode well for white suspects sometimes.

I also see no indication this is about race but of course “white cop kills black man”, so that is the narrative.

Just a reflection of what I saw on the news tonight.

 

[Toecutter]

4 Minneapolis officers fired in death of black man after video shows officer pinning knee against his neck

Four Minneapolis police officers have been fired after an incident where a black man died after one of the white police officers pinned his knee against the suspect's neck who appeared to be struggling to breathe and begging for help before going limp on the ground.

www.foxnews.com

Fired ? They should be arrested.

 

[Toecutter]

Minneapolis police station surrounded, officers under attack as riots explode downtown

The mayor encouraged people to attend the protests. The rioting broke out just hours after four officers were fired after the in-custody death of a man.

www.lawenforcementtoday.com

 

[Jem45472]

I've wondered many times how an arrest with me could go bad. Now usually if you comply, things will go smoothly. But if for whatever reason I was to be restrained, I can see how things can turn badly. Example- in my case I have a bad shoulder. If you turn or put much pressure on it, I'm going to resist. Not because I want to, it's just a natural reaction, that results in more force used, then to more resistance and so on. My view has always been do what the officer asks, and there shouldn't be a problem.

 

[DrBleachCocktail]

someone should have tackled that cop off the perp. He didn't deserve that kind of treatment no matter what, once he was subdued!

Hey, I like and share your compassion but let’s make this clear NO ONE WILL TACKLE A FUCKING COP, let’s just make sure we all understand that. No one is willing to take that assault on a law enforcement officer charge or resisting arrest or interfering with a investigation/arrest/obstruction. Yes what these law enforcement officers did is criminal and hope the FBI and the court throw the book at these guys but situations like this happens in places where Law Enforcement Officers aren’t really held responsible. Things like this always happens with the NYPD and rarely ever face accountability. If they aren’t held responsible I’ll blame their DA or state attorney or whoever. Can you even claim self defense against a cop? Let’s say the roles were switched where it was a civilians knee on the officers neck what would’ve happened? Probably would’ve gotten killed, so why when we have situations like this why can’t we do the same for the civilians safety? But the officers just get “fired”? Only law enforcement have the right to “I feared for my life” but when civilians fear for the life while a cop is conducting some unconstitutional shit it’s not good enough.

 

[maverick52]

Cold blooded murder. He’ll have a hard time proving otherwise.

 

[Jem45472]

I usually don't watch or comment on these types of videos because I don't know full story or what led up to these events, but I just watched this one. These cops, and the department need to be severely punished. There was absolutely no excuse to be kneeling on his neck for 8 minutes while he was clearly subdued. What the fuck were they waiting for?

 

[Acer-m14]

unreal .. who were the 2 brown shirts .. where were the medics on that rig .. WTF

 

[GOPerfect]

Here we go..

Breaking: Massive protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in response to the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by Minneapolis police yesterday. Now turning violent...

Of course certain groups are going to riot.

Where we're all these people when the homeless guy was living like shit on the streets? Why did none of the community members care enough to help this poor bastard when he was alive?

Yeah, they won't help, but they will riot and destroy what is not theirs. Typical.

 

[GOPerfect]

Fired ? They should be arrested.

They will be. Guarantee arrest coming sooner than later!

 

[Jem45472]

They will be. Guarantee arrest coming sooner than later!

It had better be sooner. That last story posted the kneeling cops name. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up dead soon.

I'm not opposed to a little "roughing up" here and there when deserved, but this was completely ridiculous, and over a damn bad check.

 

[Acer-m14]

It had better be sooner. That last story posted the kneeling cops name. Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up dead soon.

I'm not opposed to a little "roughing up" here and there when deserved, but this was completely ridiculous, and over a damn bad check.

"
The department hasn’t even publicly released the names of the officers yet.

However, sources allegedly confirmed to the Star Tribune the cop pinning Floyd to the pavement is named Derek Chauvin.

"

they better be right

 

[Robin]

The lynch mob has been formed.
Robin

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

I don't often side with the "perp" but there was no reason to restrain like that for that long. If you wanted to kill him they should've just shot him. Wouldve been quicker. How poor can someones training be to allow something like this to actually happen. The MSM of course keeps fueling the race fire.

 

[Bozo]

Chicken arms was using an approved Minneapolis PD restraint. He'll walk.