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Siwsan

(26,315 posts)
2. It's the pasta defense technique - throw stuff against the wall, hoping SOMETHING will stick
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:39 PM
Apr 2021

I've stopped watching because listening to that guy is not good for my blood pressure.

Deminpenn

(15,292 posts)
5. Nelson really got wrapped around the axle here with
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:47 PM
Apr 2021

the CO2 stuff. Regulations, EPA, California rules...way too much time spent on something that had a minor, if any effect on Floyd's death. Let's face it, we've all been stuck in traffic around other idling cars or stood outside an idling car talking to someone. No one died from it. Even suicides by CO2 poisoning in an idling car don't always succeed because the seal isn't good enough.

I agree that it just adds to Chauvin's negligence case.

Jerry2144

(2,126 posts)
6. how stupid
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:52 PM
Apr 2021

Mr. Floyd's murder by that cop occurred out in the open, not a confined space. Carbon Monoxide has the same molecular weight as nitrogen and will not concentrate in the open air, especially if there is the slightest breeze. In order for CO to have caused his death, Mr. Floyd's face would have to be right up on the exhaust pipe of the vehicle. There is no physical way that CO could contribute to his death since CO, even along the busiest of roads, is always well below the values that are immediately dangerous to life and health.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,351 posts)
8. Yeah, it's been a while since I saw the video but I don't remember people pleading ...
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:54 PM
Apr 2021

... with the cop to move the victim away from the exhaust.

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