[rktman]

“No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot(s).” Mark Twain.

[shelterguy]

Saint Floyd died of a drug overdose.

[cuban leaf]

I watched the full bodycam footage. They did nothing wrong.

And I just learned today that he died in the hospital of an overdose.

Those guys are gonna walk and should be offered their jobs back. Of course, they should also refuse. Politics destroyed their careers.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If there is any truth to this their trial is going to be the Fustercluck of the Century. They’ll get off in a jury verdict or on appeal, and then the riots will start again.

“But it was in the training manual” is a pretty hard defense to overcome.

[matt04]

This is one of the reasons I suspect they will be found not guilty on the most serious or possibly all charges. They were following dept policy and dealing with Floyd who had lethal doses of drugs in his system.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

From the article...

"This is an illustration from the Minneapolis Police Department’s official training materials on how to safely and properly subdue a suspect suffering from “excited delirium,” a potentially lethal medical condition which, due to the rising use and abuse of illicit drugs, has grown to epidemic proportions on the streets of America.

Look closely. The depicted suspect is flat on the ground with his head turned to the side in what the illustration calls “the recovery position to alleviate positional asphyxia.” The officer on the left is kneeling on the side of the suspect’s neck."

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Officially sanctioned, in the training manual, and taught to recruits. Safe and effective when perps are hopped up on dope. Which the numerous videos of Floyd show he was.

[Gay State Conservative]

The more I see and hear about this...including the video of him ditching a very small white envelope (the type that drugs are sold in) the more I think that he was *entirely* responsible,not just partially responsible,for his own death.

Just like Saint Trayvon and Saint Gentle Giant.

[throwthebumsout]

The more that I read and hear about this case the more it angers me. These officers did absolutely nothing wrong. Politicians on BOTH sides of the aisle were quick to pre-judge and condemn them.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Who is going to be brave enough to start wearing “Free Derek Chauvin” t-shirts in public?

[Yardstick]

*bump*

This is the first time I’ve seen the MPD training slide made public. I’ve heard rumblings about the knee-on-neck hold being an approved MPD restraint but this is the first confirmation I’ve seen. Seems like a real game changer. I’m surprised it didn’t come out sooner (or maybe I just missed it).

[kaehurowing]

Floyd had almost 4 times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system, plus a number of other drugs.