The coroner would back up Kelly’s plea for air, since mechanical chest compressions lead to lack of oxygen, and he became brain dead. I would say it was with his last few breaths that he should have been saying, “I can barely breath.”
I'm referring to the early part of the videotape and the first couple of minutes of the attempted arrest. If a person can't breathe, they can't talk. I've gotten four responses but no answer, so I'd say my assumption that he was lying and resisting arrest is correct. If I were on the jury I'd have to consider that.
As far as Thomas being coherent, and not having a psychotic episode, nobody attempted to address that.