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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why again did they even pull George out of his car, escalating the situation in the first place? A claim that he gave a counterfeit bill? Is that even procedurally allowed to handcuff someone without cause, or was it a presumption based on his appearance.[/quote]

I’m not sure why they went to the parked car as quickly they did, except that Lane and Keung, the two officers who were responding to Cup, were on their second and third shift. Once they got to the car, things escalated because Floyd is clearly under the influence, appears scared, and has difficulty responding. From there they likely have probable cause to make an arrest, but the initial “stop” or interaction is questionable based on the extremely limited interaction they have with Cup Foods in terms of investigating their story.

Lane’s bodycam shows that they entered Cup Foods and very briefly spoke to the manager who says they’re over there in that car, the driver. The car is across the street but not directly across, it’s up the street a little bit. So the officers are approaching the car by walking up along the back door on the drivers side. Lane raps on the window with his flashlight and this obviously startles the occupants. He then immediately starts asking to see Floyd’s hands and draws his gun apparently because Floyd is not showing his right hand. Total evidence shows that Floyd likely put some drugs in his mouth around this time.

I’m not sure why they chose to approach the car from that direction, or at all, except that they were really new officers. Although an officer would approach from that direction in a regular traffic stop, they would do so after the driver had been notified in a sense that an officer is approaching. Not sure if MPD trains officers to approach the same way to a parked car. The approach itself, with such limited information, is also questionable. [/quote]

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