Actually, he did resist arrest and a struggle ensued, hence he was put to the ground.

Protesters can be a breed of their own. When protests happen in Switzerland, it is often said there are usually some among the protesters who make it a hobby of joining any demonstrations around, just to be part of the energy.

It's a shame when people abuse protesting as a chance to say FU to the world without really caring about the cause itself.

I've read that as well. Maybe the power hungry cops used that as an excuse to knee the man in the throat? I can't imagine it's the first time they've abused their role of authority but I hope it will be the last.

He was not put on the ground. You can see him fall after being restrained and walked to the car. His restrain on the floor was not a result of him resisting

Here we go again. It was obviously all his fault that he was killed by a white cop.

I wonder if would be still alive today if the cops had simply asked if they could ask him a few questions? You know innocent until proven guilty in a court of law?

https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPr...tm_name=iossmf

Now you're just trying to provoke an argument where there is none.

A very normal reaction after having been strangled in a struggle I would say, doesn't matter for how long that was.

That's the question, isn't it. The police don't appear to have any part in it in the video I linked in post #70, and it would be a very unlikely coincidence if he hadn't gone down intentionally. An intentional going down would indeed constitute obstruction of justice.

At the beginning of the 10min video you can hear someone tease Floyd, like, "get in the car". Of course he can't, but the above may have been the reason, or trigger, for that.

Don't believe everything that people who are accused of murder state about what their victim did to make it his own fault.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/28/u...rnd/index.html

The video shows someone saying that the she (the woman in the wheelchair) has a knife, but you can't see a knife in the video. It doesn't show her standing up and walking. Regardless... She was sitting there blocking the door, trying to be a hero, I guess. Using a knife to do it apparently wasn't a wise choice. But neither is trying to break into a store to steal stuff -- particularly when you're (supposedly) also trying to stand up against an injustice.

Exactly. One of the videos also shows him telling the cop repeatedly that he couldn't breathe and yet the cop continued to press his knee into his throat. That right there is all I need to know that the cop was in the wrong.

He was sacked for it wasn't he? Isn't that sufficient to assume he dun a bad thing?

I can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic. Sure hope it's the latter.

It should matter if your protest is based on 'Black Lives Matter'

Just read this... And to quote Edwin, how many "protestors" were Antifa...?

https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...19f57c292c6bdc

You don't understand the difference between blacks killing other blacks and the problem of police unnecessarily killing black people?

Both seem unnecesary to me.

So you're using the fact that some black people kill other black people to try to say that someone therefore doesn't have a right to be upset about police officers unnecessarily killing black people?

That's like saying some white people kill other white people, therefore we shouldn't mind it if a neo-Nazi kills a Jew.*

Blame-shifting and/or ignoring the problem isn't going to make the problem go away.

* Maybe that's not the best analogy (I'm tired), but hopefully you can at least understand my point.

I think that the main problem is that for decades now tension between the two sides, black and white has been swinging higher and higher.
Racial paranoia is a reason why cops tend to use overwhelming force against blacks and why blacks are so violent against law enforcement or whites for that matter.
How was that cop going to verify that the guy was peaceful? At the end of the day he just wanted to go home with his skin intact so he overreacted, fine, a man died and hopefully he will be punished for it.
But.
The next time a cop gets into a situation like that he may remember this case and the pressure will perhaps cause him to hesitate...
Don´t forget, we are talking America here, guns are everywhere, so the cop made a decision and stuck with it and in all honesty would you be willing to take a chance with your life?

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