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Tennessee: Video shows restrained dying White man struggle to breathe as Cops taunt him
BBC ^ | May 21, 2021 | BBC

Posted on 05/22/2021 2:45:45 PM PDT by White Lives Matter

A US jail inmate died gasping for breath minutes after police officers held him face down, with one taunting: "You shouldn't be able to breathe."

New footage from the Tennessee facility shows how William Jennette, 48, was pinned down and tied a year ago.

"Help me," he pleaded with other staff at Marshall County Jail in Lewisburg, "they're going to kill me."

Asphyxia was listed as "a contributory cause of death" due to officers' use of the prone restraint.

Mr Jennette's official post-mortem examination was ruled a homicide, with "acute combined drug intoxication" also listed by the medical examiner as a cause of death.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badcops; tennessee; whitelivesmatter
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To: Openurmind

Boot lickers 🙄
Pathetic jerk
The guy was breathing just fine while fighting 3 of the people you hate. Injuring the female which I’m sure you’re gleeful about. I truly wish that the day before they had allowed him to bash his own brains out. Clear him a space & let him do it! He was a stupid drug addict which society had to deal with....just like your Hero & Saint, Floyd.. be ever so tender & if the maniac grabs the gun of one of the people you hate? YAY!!!!!!
One less til all are defunded or dead. Right? 🤬


21 posted on 05/22/2021 3:47:14 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: White Lives Matter

Loot, pillage, burn and bock highways. Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?


22 posted on 05/22/2021 3:48:37 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Block not bock.


23 posted on 05/22/2021 3:49:08 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Openurmind

Be patient. They will be here. They can’t resist the urge to kick jackboots or polish holsters. The more despicable and degenerate the act, the more they congregate to defend it. They are probably still masturbating over the cops beating the hell out of the lady with dementia. But have no fear, they will be here.


24 posted on 05/22/2021 3:49:22 PM PDT by sport
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To: White Lives Matter

Was he on fentanyl?


25 posted on 05/22/2021 3:55:09 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Jrabbit

And there it is... Of course not. But there is a line that should not be crossed against humanity or at least U.S. Citizens with limited rights of life.

Have you ever had this situation happen to you personally with no real cause or reason? I have... And I was innocent and in the right.

So no... They are not always right or just.


26 posted on 05/22/2021 3:56:10 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: White Lives Matter

*crickets*


27 posted on 05/22/2021 4:04:45 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: sport

Are we the only ones so see a pattern here? At what point does compassion for human life come into play? Every suspect is presumed guilty before innocence? Being arrested immediately dictates guilt? Being arrested should be an acceptable death sentence before even convicted?

It is starting to make me sick. Those who want Constitutional rights but who do the same thing the Liberals do with wanting it only selectively. And many around here feel that race should make a difference of immediate guilt.

They are feeding the accusations of racism, it makes them right and it makes us all look stupid and ignorant as hell.

It is HYPOCRITICAL to the max...


28 posted on 05/22/2021 4:05:08 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: White Lives Matter

Pro cop bootlickers posting in 3….2……1


29 posted on 05/22/2021 4:11:33 PM PDT by nonliberal (Caput gerat lupinum)
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To: Openurmind

Nope.

The police are never wrong.

Unless it’s a black Somali cop killing a white woman.

Resistance and/or have a psychotic episode is a capital offense with the officer being the judge, jury, and executioner; after all, the only thing that matters is that the officer goes home that night, right?


30 posted on 05/22/2021 4:13:38 PM PDT by RedStateRocker ("Never miss a good chance to Shut Up" - Will Rogers)
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To: RedStateRocker

Unfortunately... That is the exact situation. It really is time for a cop only prison so that they do not have to fear death in general population from their own peers. They keep getting off because of this dangerous situation as LE. So... Segregate them then and this safety factor is gone.

As a tax payer I approve whole heartedly.


31 posted on 05/22/2021 4:28:14 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: nonliberal

You are late... :)


32 posted on 05/22/2021 4:29:50 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: White Lives Matter

‘with “acute combined drug intoxication” also listed’

A white fentynal floyd?


33 posted on 05/22/2021 4:41:41 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: White Lives Matter
Reverend Al: “Cracker musta had it comin’”
34 posted on 05/22/2021 4:54:29 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: White Lives Matter

If he was in custody then where did he get the drugs? Or had he just been brought in?


35 posted on 05/22/2021 5:09:13 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Revel

I’m not sure.


36 posted on 05/22/2021 5:29:51 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: crusty old prospector

I don’t know.


37 posted on 05/22/2021 5:34:21 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: dynachrome

“‘with “acute combined drug intoxication” also listed’

A white fentynal floyd?”

Thank you. The paranoid anti-government yahoos who can’t discern anything that doesn’t fit their narrative are alive and well here.


38 posted on 05/22/2021 5:41:35 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: White Lives Matter
There is an important role for the police, but this isn't it.


39 posted on 05/22/2021 5:43:59 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: null and void

Did you see this one Nully?


40 posted on 05/22/2021 6:15:21 PM PDT by sport
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