Justice for Floyd

Yeah well maybe the cop purposely ignored him and purposely acted on camera as if he wasn’t trying to kill him. We don’t know.

Indeed, hence my comment about not assuming he tried to murder him...

But still though it sounds stupid you are even allowed to keep someone in that position and not listen to what they’re saying. Like that’s really not reasonable they should be aware that this kind of accident can happen and therefore listen. Guess they’ve learnt their lesson now after someone’s death. But it’s sad no one should learn a listen this way.

Indeed so, with that being said, its not a particularly good set of choices they have - listen to potential criminal and possibly let them escape or continue choking them (one is speaking broadly not about this case in itself). Not ideal by a long shot.

Aye, there was a video going around of a chicago plod doing the same thing before his colleague came over and forcibly removed his knee... baby steps i guess.

The autopsy.

3rd Degree murder charge for a white USA cop who deliberately kneeled on the neck of a black civilian and ignored requests to stop. Why is this not a first degree deliberate murder charge? Are the subtle supremacists at work again here?

It is rather difficutl to hold down a huge and agressive junkie. It's hard to tell if the guy passed out or just preteds to pass out. I think that the cop just over did it and the other two didn't really do their bit.
Slowly choking someone in front of 20 people with phojnes recording him that would be some next level serial killer shait. But still, it is a manslaughter/murder3.

or maybe more?

The autopsy.

I mean, what would be the optimal course of action?

It should be first degree murder. Or the USA still uses the death sentence right?

Different states have different laws, Minnesota does not have capital punishment.

3rd Degree murder charge for a white USA cop who deliberately kneeled on the neck of a black civilian and ignored requests to stop. Why is this not a first degree deliberate murder charge?

Well if he wasn't a cop and if he wasn't white the charges would probably be more serious...

It should be.

There are too many (i.e. not zero) cases of Police brutality. You have to wonder how many more don't have video evidence, so get ignored.

One of the deeply troubling aspects of this case is that the Police Officer was fired before being arrested. If anyone else had done this, their feet wouldn't have touched the ground.

I said it didnt mean he intended to kill the man. Nothing more, as i said quite clearly several times.

Right. So you don’t actually know what his intentions really were, and yet you are still adamant that he should be charged with manslaughter as opposed to murder?

Right. So you don’t actually know what his intentions really were, and yet you are still adamant that he should be charged with manslaughter as opposed to murder?