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In reply to the discussion: Chauvin Wanted To Kill George Floyd No Other Explanation [View all]Jim__
(14,075 posts)I doubt Floyd's treatment was all that unusual. The police had put Floyd on the ground and they were going to hobble him. They got the hobble, but then for some reason they didn't hobble him. The ambulance was called about 1 minute after Floyd was put on the ground, it was called to treat a mouth injury. It may be that they had decided not to hobble him until after he was treated by the ambulance.
Then he was held on the ground with Chauvin kneeling on his neck 'til the ambulance arrived. Probably not the first time he had kneeled on someone's neck. Probably not the first time someone in Chauvin's custody was put at serious risk. But it took the ambulance 8 minutes to get there. He'd probably never kneeled on someone's neck for that long.
I think Chauvin was just being his usual asshole self. He didn't even know that he couldn't kneel on someone's neck for 9 and a half minutes.