When footage of a white cop kneeling on the neck of black criminal George Floyd hit the Interwebz, cities across the country erupted in a frenzy of violence, arson, and looting. It actually has yet to die down in the 2 months since it happened. All of the officers involved have been charged with murder despite the fact that Floyd was on drugs and died of a heart attack. Some newly released body cam footage shows that the cops were not responsible for Floyd’s death.
Derek Chauvin, the white officer seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and J. Alexander Kueng, the other officers involved in the arrest, were charged with aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. All 4 officers were immediately fired from the Minneapolis police department for the May 25th arrest in which Floyd died.
The autopsy report said that Floyd died of a heart attack, not strangulation or suffocation, and that he was super-high on meth and fentanyl. The officers were already over -charged and unnecessarily charged but new body cam footage completely exonerates them.
As soon as officers knocked on the window of Floyd’s vehicle, it was clear he was whacked out of his mind. He resisted arrest and kept begging police not to shoot him. He was uncooperative and kept telling the officers that he’s “not that kind of guy.”
After handcuffing Floyd, officers walked him over to their police vehicle, which is an SUV, not unlike the one Floyd was in when he was first approached. For some reason Floyd got a sudden bout of claustrophobia and fought officers as they tried to put him in the back.
At that point Floyd went from “I’m not that guy” to “I’m not a badf guy” all the while insisting “I’m claustrophobic.” He didn’t explain how he could be in his own SUV without suffering claustrophobia symptoms, but was struck with them as they tried to load him into the police SUV. Then again, he was really really high.
As the officers tried to get him in the vehicle, he resisted violently and managed to squirm out. Then he uttered his famous words:
“I can’t breath,” said Floyd.
No officer was keeling on Floyd’s neck and he wasn’t even being held down. Clearly his lack of ability to breath was related to his heart disease and drug abuse.
In a weird prophetic moment, someone who wasn’t a cop yelled, “You’re going to have a heart attack.”
Floyd flopped out of the the police vehicle and struggled with officers as he screamed. It was absolutely necessary to restrain him so he didn’t hurt himself or others.
Here’s what the police officer’s lawyers are going to argue, because it is backed up by this body cam footage, the autopsy, and the toxicology report: George Floyd was whacked out of his mind on drugs and had advanced heart disease. The drugs caused a heightened state of distress in him, which triggered a fatal heart attack. The officers were justified in restraining him because he was out of control.
All 4 officers are going to be acquitted and that will trigger a second set of race riots that will make the first round look like a dry run. Prosecutors way overcharged these officers to placate the angry mobs, but what they’ve really done is kick the can down the road where the violence will be much worse.
