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Footage of the incident has gone viral after it was shared by a bystander Monday
A white Minneapolis police officer is seen pinning a black man down to the ground with his knee
The man repeatedly tells cops he is in pain and cannot breathe before eventually losing consciousness
Minneapolis Police Department confirmed the man later died in the hospital after 'suffering medical distress'
Officers had been responding to a 'forgery in progress,' according to police
FBI is now investigating man's death and two arresting officers have been placed on paid administrative leave
The arrest has been compared to cases of police brutality including the likes of Eric Garner, who died in 2014
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8357713/Minneapolis-cop-seen-kneeling-neck-black-man-moments-died.html
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)excuse this Cop? County Attorney Mike,is he going to fold once again or suddenly go on Medical Leave like Saturday?
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Paid leave,for a criminal,wtf. Lock him up in jail general population to face justice. See if he survives a week there .
Mariana
(14,854 posts)There were several cops on the scene, and none of them did anything to help the victim. At least one actively joined in the fun.
Butthole racist, authoritarian murdering pigs.
dalton99a
(81,391 posts)Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)dalton99a
(81,391 posts)Completely And Utterly Messed Up: Video Of Fatal Arrest Shows MPD Officer Kneeling On Mans Neck For At Least 7 Minutes
Attorney For The Family Identifies Man Killed As George Floyd
May 26, 2020 at 10:36 am
Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)pew and that is full weight on the knees.
johnp3907
(3,729 posts)Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)lostnfound
(16,162 posts)Alex4Martinez
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honest.abe
(8,614 posts)That evil asshole needs to be charged with murder.
Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)dalton99a
(81,391 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)Prison guards have been taught that it kills!
Is this cop going to claim that he was just following his training? If that turns out to be true, then WHY?!
Article from 2012:
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2012-01-31/police-guidelines-permit-techniques-that-can-kill
A technique which is sighted as a factor in so called deaths in custody is what is known as prone restraint. It involves forcing a suspect face-down onto the floor, cuffing their hands behind their back and then putting pressure on their torso, shoulders and neck.
For example, an officer may pin the suspects body to the floor with a knee on their back, and another may immobilise the suspects head by kneeling on their neck.
In comparison, there have been only two deaths following restraint in the prison service in the last 15 years. Experts suggest this is because stricter guidelines on the use of prone restraint were introduced during the mid-1990s following a spate of restraint-related deaths in prisons.
Prison service rules now state that a prisoner must never [original emphasis] be kept in the prone position with their hands held behind their back in ratchet handcuffs.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,360 posts)which is the "Uniform Application for Securities Industry Registration or Transfer". That form and the database into which the information is entered follows a Stock Broker throughout his/her career, recording every single complaint against the broker or the firm that is filed by a client and must be updated with each complaint filed and every time a broker is hired by another firm. The database is also, and this is the really important part, accessible and searchable by the public. FOR ANY WRONGDOING OF ANY KIND! As long as that wrongdoing is reported by the offended party. So if a broker blatantly rips off your Aunt Polly, or even suggests or tries to steer her toward investing in something unsuitable for her, and Polly doesn't say a word about it to Dewey, Cheatham and Howe, Securities Brokers, it doesn't go on the U4. Infractions need to be reported for the system to work, and for the most part, they are.
This country needs something along those lines for cops. If each and every oath taking police officer in the country also had something like a U4 that was publicly searchable, that followed him from department to department, that was updated on a weekly, monthly or as needed basis, it might just lead to more accountability. Something like a cop sleeping on the job, captured on film, or reckless driving, or as in this case, physical abuse of a "suspect", particularly resulting in injury or death, or violation of, or utter ignorance of, as in many cases, civil or other rights, or ...you get the point - ALL of it can and should go on that cops "U4" or whatever it would be called. Provided any complaint is indeed legitimate.
We DESPERATELY need this sort of thing in this country. The Securities industry learned long ago that trust in it's institutions and dealings was important, if not critical to their ongoing operation, and while they haven't always been successful in keeping that trust, for the most part the Brokerage Industry is well regulated. Of course, regulations and oversight are only as effective as the enforcing entity, whoever that should be.
There is no way in hell a police department should be allowed to investigate itself for wrongdoing, and this is particularly evident the smaller the department. The biggest threat to the safety of individuals when encountering police in otherwise innocuous situations seems to be simply not giving them the information they want you to give them, even though you are under no legal obligation to do it.
The police in this country are simply out of control, and if you don't acquiesce to every demand for obedience, you are immediately suspect and ultimately subject to intimidation and threat of bodily harm in the very least, and arrest and incarceration or even death at the most. Often for nothing more than "Contempt of Cop".
ALL police should be required immediately and without hesitation to answer the question "What is your Name and Badge Number?" and failure to do so should result in disciplinary action, up to and including loss of job. Once a citizen improperly questioned or harassed by a cop has attained that information, an immediate call to their supervisor with a complaint should instantly result in an entry on the officers U4 or equivalent.
Fuck these assholes, and fuck them again.
WE NEED A POLICE EQUIVALENT OF A U4 SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY!!
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Then the fuckers will have no blue line to hide themselves,they hide behind the blue line like a over excused momma boy bully that got caught doing wrong ,running and hiding behind mommy's skirt
U2 talk to Biden maybe this could be done.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)skypilot
(8,851 posts)The suspect was handcuffed and subdued and there is a police car right there. If they are waiting for EMTs because the guy was having some medical problem before this cop pinned him down and killed him, then the knee on the neck is even more horrible.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)... the killing of blacks before. He was way too comfortable with all those people viding him for nearly 7 minutes
Chainfire
(17,465 posts)he is playing with himself. Some people get off on murder.
dalton99a
(81,391 posts)lostnfound
(16,162 posts)lostnfound
(16,162 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(3,645 posts)But he was definitely wearing dark gloves.
And if wearing gloves for personal protection one shouldn't put a hand in a pocket. That's contamination.