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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @buttered_poasties @Weedle @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @coolboymew I think it might be worth considering other reasons why Chauvin might have been holding him down, and wanted to keep him down. Putting yourself in other people's shoes is very important when analyzing cases like these.

@realcaseyrollins@counter.fedi.live

I never said hold him down was wrong.. I said once he was informed by someone trained in taking a pulse and giving CPR that the man's heart stopped then there was no justification of any kind fo rhim sitting on the man and refusing a fllow cop from delivering CPR.

What do you feel justifies sitting on a mans chest that doesnt have a heart beat and blocking others from giving CPR?

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@freemo @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @Weedle @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins I think there could have been fear that he would revive while not being held down, struggle, harm Chauvin and the medical professional, and potentially flee

@realcaseyrollins@counter.fedi.live

If that were true then why didnt he take the 5 seconds it takes to put leg and hand cuffs on him then get off? That would alleviate all his feas of a dead guy coming ack to life and running away, and being unconscious would have been trivial to do.

So considering he coud have easily addressed all those concerns your argument basically boils dow to "He was scared he might come back to life"... in other words, wanted him dead and to stay dead.

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@realcaseyrollins@counter.fedi.live

Yes, and not sure how you can be scared of someone whose heart isnt beating. That excuse only holds any water up until his heart stopped, after that it ceases to be a valid excuse.

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@sickburnbro

Seen quit a few. I have not objected to anything they did while he was alive and resisting arrest (even though he never took a swing or attacked the officers I still gave them the benefit of the doubt). But again once your told a man's heart has stopped there is no excuse for his actions.

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@freemo @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Ok so what if he got off when he was informed, would he suddenly be not guilty in your eyes?
@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Well then that makes no sense, if he was the cause of death, it wouldn't matter if he got off him or not.

@Weedle

Because when we talk about things like murder, especially 2nd degree murder, intent matters.

The case was not about if he caused the death, it is about if he intended to cause death or if death was due to negligence on his part. If he caused the death and that deathw as neither due to negligence or intent then he wasnt guilty of the charges at hand.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Yes, I understand that, but the way you just described it he had no hand in the death, he was just on top of him when he died. Thus not guilty of 2nd degree murder or any murder.

@Weedle

When did I say he had no hand in his death, you just pulled that out of thin air.. You asked me if he got off him when his heart stopped if he should still be guilty, I said no.. I said nothing about if he had a hand in his death or not.

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@Weedle

"It certainly wasnt the way he was holding him down"... both autopsy reports and several doctors all disagree with you there.

Quote from one autopsy examiner:

"died as a result of mechanical asphyxiation"

Quote from the other autopsy examiner:

"cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression."

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Ok, so youre contradicting yourself, cause should still be guilty even if he got off of him after he lost a pulse, since youre running with these examiner claims.

@Weedle

No you just arent paying attention. As I already covered simply killing someone is not enough to be charged with 2nd degree murder, for that you must show intent among other things.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Youve said that, but youve also just stated that the knee on the neck was the cause of death, so regardless of how long he was there he would be guilty, no?

@Weedle

No because the knee on the kneck could be excused away as neccesary when the man was alive in order to protect his own life (this is questionable but at least plausable).. So can be seen as self-defense. Once it (perhaps accidentally) caused the man to die the self-defense excuse evaporates, there is no need to maintain the position for self defense at that point and only serves the purpose of making sure the man dies and is not revived, so at that point it demonstrates the death wasnt accidental but purposeful.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Why would he need to maintain the position if he was informed that the man was dead though? Furthermore you are assuming that there is a chance he could be revived. Once the body was loaded (since no CPR was attempted on scene by responders) we can assume that something was attempted. Since this did not revive Floyd I dont see how this would have made a difference how long the cop was on top of him.

@Weedle

> Why would he need to maintain the position if he was informed that the man was dead though?

He wouldnt, thats the point, unless his intent was for the man to die there is no reason to not only sit on the mans chest after being informed his heart stopped but to refuse to let his fellow officer help him when his fellow officer asked him to get off so he could tend to him.

> Furthermore you are assuming that there is a chance he could be revived. Once the body was loaded (since no CPR was attempted on scene by responders) we can assume that something was attempted. Since this did not revive Floyd I dont see how this would have made a difference how long the cop was on top of him.

It makes a **huge** difference, performing CPR shortly after the heart stopped (as the fellow officer was trying to do) may very well have saved his life. When a heart stops seconds/minutes count.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins

Two points:

So why did he want to kill him? Was his reasoning for desiring to kill Floyd ever established, or are we just assuming that he is evil for evil's sake?

If seconds count, why was CPR not preformed at the scene?

@Weedle

> So why did he want to kill him?

The most reasonable answer is because cops commonly go on a power trip and when this power is challenged (such as the cases of resisting arrest) they tend to get vengeful, a pattern I've personally witnessed several times. But this is just speculation, while it is very clear he intended the man to die we can only guess as to the multitude of murders.

> why was CPR not preformed at the scene?

We already covered this, because chauvin refused to let people perform CPR. As I already stated a fellow police officer on the scene when he detected no pulse immediately asked chauvin to get off so he could tend to Floyd, and this would have likely entailed CPR. Chauvin however refused his fellow officers request to try to care for Floyd and instead continued to sit on top of him preventing others from caring for him.

This is the very reason he is guilty as sin, he blocked his fellow officers active attempts to care for Floyd.

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@freemo @Weedle @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins So you basically just think Chauvin is a bad guy and thus is guilty because of that.

Everyone, welcome to justice in 2021. I hope you don't make anyone dislike you.

@sickburnbro

Nope, you a little retarded or something.. I said the exact opposite... He clearly demonstrated he wanted the man dead and thus is a bad guy. What makes him bad is speculation and less relevant.

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@freemo @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins I mean, you literally said that you are assuming that he was power tripping and lusting for murder

@Weedle

No I said that is very common and the most likely among many possible motives.. implying that I can not be certain of the motive though it is very clear the murder was intentional.

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@Weedle

No not what i said, its clear the intent was to have him dead.. the motivation behind that intent isnt obvious as he never made that clear.

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@freemo @Weedle @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew

its clear the intent was to have him dead

Based on what evidence? No one has presented clear evidence that he wanted him dead and that was the only possible intent. All I’ve seen are assumptions.

@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

Based on the fact that once his heart stop beating he physically prevented fellow officers from saving him despite them trying to.. physically blocking people from trying to save a man who you know his heart has stopped shows clear intent you want the man dead.

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@Weedle

So you admit they wanted him dead and to remain dead on the off chance he might hurt someone if his life was saved.. bearing in mind at no point during the encounter did he attack a police officer, he resisted arrest but never actively assaulted an officers according to eye witnesses.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins No, just that he was reasonably afraid of the actions of a drug addict acting dangerously erratic and wanted to maintain the submission, as explained by video and testimony by his girlfriend in the car. (Might have been his ex, doesnt really matter.)

@freemo @Weedle @realcaseyrollins @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro @coolboymew

ensuring a person dies

Here you go assuming that’s what he was trying to do again. Stop doing that unless you’re going to actually prove it.

@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

His actions clearly prove it. When you block people from tending to a man with no beating heart then you obviously want him dead.. him being in fear, as you suggested, only implies his fear was the motivation for wanting him dead, nothign more.

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@freemo @buttered_poasties @Weedle @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew

When you block people from tending to a man with no beating heart then you obviously want him dead

That’s not entirely true. There can be multiple reasons for doing that, one of which is to prevent the man from getting up and leaving if he happens to recover while no one is holding him down.

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@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

That makes no sense, chauvin was aware he didnt have a heart beat.. he was also trained in CPR so was aware a persons heart doesnt spontaniously just start beating again on its own and he gets up and runs away.

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@realcaseyrollins @freemo @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins @sickburnbro I just want to point out that in the video you sent, we can also see how this could all have been avoided, exemplified by the other people in the car followed very simple instructions.

@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

No a few second window (5 - 10) doesnt mean its possible beyond the first few seconds... he sat on him for 3 minutes after his heart stopped.. so no for almost the entierty of that time it was not possible. This also assumes his heart stopped the moment his pulse was taken.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @buttered_poasties @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew You need to clarify here, your original point was that the officer was informed that Floyds pulse was not detected. As has been stated, he could have had a pulse, be it faint, likely due to a slowed heart rate from the fentanyl in his system.
@freemo @realcaseyrollins @Weedle @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew fuck maintaining a hyper-vigilant nurturing standard of care for overdosing career criminal niggers actively engaged in the perpetration of multiple felonies and resisting arrest -- and fuck you for asserting endless talmudry to second guess and condemn the people tasked with protecting the public from these savages. if george floyd held his own life in such high regard as youre demanding the public should have, then that piece of shit would still be alive. the only injustice was that which was imposed upon chauvin by the corrupt antiwhite government-media complex.
@sickburnbro @freemo @ChristiJunior @Weedle @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins Yep. What freemo forgets in the midst of the excitement of the case and media frenzy is that it was never proven that at that particular moment, Floyd's heart was not beating.
@freemo @buttered_poasties @Weedle @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew He probably knew that sometimes people's pulses can be weak and more difficult to detect, and you can't always find it right away. He also probably knew that someone can be alive and not have a detectable pulse.

@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

Unfortunately even if you go that route the law was clearly demonstrated to have a burden of care placed on the police officer. If someone in your custody falls ill, particularly fatally so, an officer is very much obligated to tend to him. Not doing so would be manslaughter by legal tests.. So at best your arguing he is still guilty but only to 2 of the three charges.

@buttered_poasties @Weedle @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins@counter.fedi.live @coolboymew

@freemo @realcaseyrollins @buttered_poasties @Weedle @ChristiJunior @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew You claimed you watched the court proceeding, but you seemed to have missed a large portion.

Officers are not required to sacrifice their safety in order to provide care. This is also the reason EMTs are not required to go in when the scene isn't stable.

@realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world

Because they showed adequate care for Tony... When he stopped responding they checked multiple times if he is ok and verified he was still breathing. They loosened their hold on him and spend the rest of the time continually checking if he was breathing, and made sure when the EMT arrived that the EMT was able to care for him as well.

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@freemo @realcaseyrollins @buttered_poasties @ChristiJunior @sickburnbro @realcaseyrollins @coolboymew I do not know the specifics of this case, but correct me if I am wrong, buy floyd was turned over to EMTs without incident when they did arrive, correct?
@Weedle @freemo @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @realcaseyrollins @sickburnbro I'm finding this thread a lil bit stressful and am getting a lil amped up and frustrated, plus this is distracting me from my schoolwork. I typically love these sorts of discussions, but I'll have to withdraw. Please untag me from this thread.
@Weedle @freemo @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @sickburnbro

From what I remember frommy rewatch yesterday and from the transcript, yes. As soon as they arrived with the uhhh, hold patient thibgy, Chauvin stopped the hold
@coolboymew @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @freemo @sickburnbro So then yeah, this would clearly show that he didnt intend to kill floyd, he would have maintained the hold if that were the case.
@Weedle @coolboymew @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @freemo Right. Basically the highest charge that one could realistically prove in this situation would be manslaughter.

But the factors of resisting arrest and using established protocols make it likely this was just unfortunate.
@sickburnbro @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @freemo Yeah, Id bite on that. But really, the true issue is the political ramifications of this situation in that it proves that when a white cop is around a black person when they die, regardless of circumstance, they will be fired an sent to prison.
@Weedle @ChristiJunior @buttered_poasties @coolboymew @freemo We in fact, already have some developing situations which will do this.

Ms. Taser is a perfect example.
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