I can't breathe . . . Minneapolis police kill a man in broad daylight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an African American, this video doesn’t even disturb me. It’s to the point that it’s so natural. White people hate black people. Always will.

Same.

Just look at this thread. We have this video of a man being slowly murdered by a cop, clear as day, and yet there are still posters willing to make excuses.

We have video of the jogger being ambushed and murdered by a group of vigilantes, and posters wanted to talk about his outfit and "wait for the facts."

We have a video of a white woman breaking the law and threatening the black man who had the audacity to confront her with a cop-altercation. We hear her pretend to be breathless and hysterical as she cries for law enforcement to rescue her from the scary black man who offered her dog a treat. And yet posters want to know what happened before, question his motives, and stomp their feet about being called Karen.

My life doesn't matter to you. I get it. I'm so damn tired of this.

Co-signing all of this. It’s exhausting.

Both of you are exhausting. Maybe you will have a different (and healthier) perspective if you stop living your life via social media.

There are almost a million cops in the US and you are basing your opinion of them on a half dozen videos that you saw on social media. Life and law enforcement incidents are rarely black and white. The people posting here have an agenda and zero actual LE experience. And if you disagree with them, they just call you names and continue their rant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The video is so disturbing. I’m in tears. Just wow.

I really wasn't prepared to see what I saw. And, I watched only the first minute. The murderer is a sick sick sick man and I hope there is justice. It's hard to believe this is the first time he power tripped, lost all sight of right and wrong, and did harm.

[Anonymous]

Is America Great Again yet?

The murderers will be placed on administrative leave and will go back to work as they were once public outcry slows down. It’s what always happens. It’s disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an African American, this video doesn’t even disturb me. It’s to the point that it’s so natural. White people hate black people. Always will.

Same.

Just look at this thread. We have this video of a man being slowly murdered by a cop, clear as day, and yet there are still posters willing to make excuses.

We have video of the jogger being ambushed and murdered by a group of vigilantes, and posters wanted to talk about his outfit and "wait for the facts."

We have a video of a white woman breaking the law and threatening the black man who had the audacity to confront her with a cop-altercation. We hear her pretend to be breathless and hysterical as she cries for law enforcement to rescue her from the scary black man who offered her dog a treat. And yet posters want to know what happened before, question his motives, and stomp their feet about being called Karen.

My life doesn't matter to you. I get it. I'm so damn tired of this.

Co-signing all of this. It’s exhausting.

Both of you are exhausting. Maybe you will have a different (and healthier) perspective if you stop living your life via social media.

There are almost a million cops in the US and you are basing your opinion of them on a half dozen videos that you saw on social media. Life and law enforcement incidents are rarely black and white. The people posting here have an agenda and zero actual LE experience. And if you disagree with them, they just call you names and continue their rant.

Go to Youtube and search racist police stops. Even if you choose not to watch, the sheer number of recorded racist LEO stops and interactions, shows the fallacy of your beliefs. You of course, will not do the search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is America Great Again yet?

The murderers will be placed on administrative leave and will go back to work as they were once public outcry slows down. It’s what always happens. It’s disgusting.

They were actually fired. All four of them. It’s certainly not the end but it’s a good start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an African American, this video doesn’t even disturb me. It’s to the point that it’s so natural. White people hate black people. Always will.

Same.

Just look at this thread. We have this video of a man being slowly murdered by a cop, clear as day, and yet there are still posters willing to make excuses.

We have video of the jogger being ambushed and murdered by a group of vigilantes, and posters wanted to talk about his outfit and "wait for the facts."

We have a video of a white woman breaking the law and threatening the black man who had the audacity to confront her with a cop-altercation. We hear her pretend to be breathless and hysterical as she cries for law enforcement to rescue her from the scary black man who offered her dog a treat. And yet posters want to know what happened before, question his motives, and stomp their feet about being called Karen.

My life doesn't matter to you. I get it. I'm so damn tired of this.

Co-signing all of this. It’s exhausting.

Both of you are exhausting. Maybe you will have a different (and healthier) perspective if you stop living your life via social media.

There are almost a million cops in the US and you are basing your opinion of them on a half dozen videos that you saw on social media. Life and law enforcement incidents are rarely black and white. The people posting here have an agenda and zero actual LE experience. And if you disagree with them, they just call you names and continue their rant.

I’m not either of the PPs you quoted, but it sure sounds like they have actual experience with this outside of watching videos on social media.

[Anonymous]

He died during the time the video was being shot. You can see that he is limp and no longer alive, when in prior shots he is resisting the knee on his throat/neck. It isn't even an active resist, it just what the body does when tensed against pressure. A few minutes in and that rigidness is gone, so is he. If you can watch that and think anything other than the cop is murderer, then it really is hopeless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is America Great Again yet?

The murderers will be placed on administrative leave and will go back to work as they were once public outcry slows down. It’s what always happens. It’s disgusting.

They were actually fired. All four of them. It’s certainly not the end but it’s a good start.

Were they handcuffed, put in the back of a police cruiser, taken to jail and charged with murder?

[Anonymous]

If you are outraged, call DA Mike Freeman (612-348-5550) and tell him to arrest and charge the officers for the murder of George Floyd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was so sad and wrong; I'm imagining the victim's family having to watch that. The PP who called it a slow tortuous execution was right.

I had been feeling like climate was my main activism realm, but after today, not anymore. It's not right that black people live in fear of this happening to them every day.

Thank you! We need allies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t handle watching things like this.
Can someone provide a synopsis? What happened?

Cop has knee on neck of man. Man struggles to breathe, tells them he can't breathe, crowd pleads with cop to stop, man passes out, dies at hospital.

Cop clearly doesn't care that he is killing someone for no reason.

That’s what PD is saying. He clearly dies in the video.

Agreed

He absolutely died right there on the damn street. His eyes...you can see actual terror in his eyes before he loses consciousness. Even then, the cop stays on his neck for another 4 minutes.

He died right there on the damn street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t handle watching things like this.
Can someone provide a synopsis? What happened?

Cop has knee on neck of man. Man struggles to breathe, tells them he can't breathe, crowd pleads with cop to stop, man passes out, dies at hospital.

Cop clearly doesn't care that he is killing someone for no reason.

That’s what PD is saying. He clearly dies in the video.

Agreed

He absolutely died right there on the damn street. His eyes...you can see actual terror in his eyes before he loses consciousness. Even then, the cop stays on his neck for another 4 minutes.

He died right there on the damn street.

Horrific. I'm glad that they caught that all on videotape. That man did not deserve to die like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an African American, this video doesn’t even disturb me. It’s to the point that it’s so natural. White people hate black people. Always will.

Same.

Just look at this thread. We have this video of a man being slowly murdered by a cop, clear as day, and yet there are still posters willing to make excuses.

We have video of the jogger being ambushed and murdered by a group of vigilantes, and posters wanted to talk about his outfit and "wait for the facts."

We have a video of a white woman breaking the law and threatening the black man who had the audacity to confront her with a cop-altercation. We hear her pretend to be breathless and hysterical as she cries for law enforcement to rescue her from the scary black man who offered her dog a treat. And yet posters want to know what happened before, question his motives, and stomp their feet about being called Karen.

My life doesn't matter to you. I get it. I'm so damn tired of this.

Co-signing all of this. It’s exhausting.

Both of you are exhausting. Maybe you will have a different (and healthier) perspective if you stop living your life via social media.

There are almost a million cops in the US and you are basing your opinion of them on a half dozen videos that you saw on social media. Life and law enforcement incidents are rarely black and white. The people posting here have an agenda and zero actual LE experience. And if you disagree with them, they just call you names and continue their rant.

Go to Youtube and search racist police stops. Even if you choose not to watch, the sheer number of recorded racist LEO stops and interactions, shows the fallacy of your beliefs. You of course, will not do the search.

I do traffic stops pretty much every day. You, on the other hand, get your information by searching "police brutality" on YouTube. That's a big difference.

[Anonymous]

Go to Youtube and search racist police stops. Even if you choose not to watch, the sheer number of recorded racist LEO stops and interactions, shows the fallacy of your beliefs. You of course, will not do the search.

I do traffic stops pretty much every day. You, on the other hand, get your information by searching "police brutality" on YouTube. That's a big difference.

Is this incident wrong or no? It is a pretty simple question. You know the training right? Was this a proper hold? Did they need 3 people on him once he was arrested and cuffed? If he was so out of control and crazy on drugs, is there a process in place to call for an ambulance to get stabilizers or tranquilizers? Is it acceptable to knee on a throat of any individual? If yes, for how long? When containing someone, are wellness checks supposed to be made by the arresting officer or backup officers to ensure that no medical problems are occurring (example- heart attack, asthma attack, etc), that restraints aren't cutting off circulation, that breathing isn't being obstructed, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Why even bother posting, arguing or explaining
Most of these people on DCUM backhandedly supporting the police officer's decision to murder that man and the other stories, are nothing more than Klansmen in modern day suits and clothing. They are not sophisticated and understand, like some Europeans do, that melanin rich people are nothing more that big, black, bad, poor monsters worthy of being hunted down or held down or shot down like a dog. Theor own sons implicitly know that they will never have to worry about such a travesty. They know that they have the upper hand on everything. A back person knows implicitly that their life is worth nothing. Black boys know implicitly that they will probably end up dead or locked up just like black girls know that if they go missing, no one will even care to find them. Prove me wrong. And tell the truth. Why bother lying to yourself and others. You know deep in your heart that is what you believe and have been taught since birth. Prove me wrong or keep making excuses for why black and brown people shall continue to be murdered.