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Originally Posted by arista
That Fair Enough
it is a moment before his sad death.
Hence a Warning
"Bodycam video shows final moments"
If only the Officer did not use his Knee
on his neck
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I only saw the one video where he's facing the camera and Tyson is hidden behind his knees and you can't really see if he's on his neck or not. Normally they place it on their upper back, but that's still restricting his ability to breath if he's having trouble breathing.
I've seen/heard of a number of interactions where people in agitated states who are clearly on drugs state over and over they can't breath before they even are being restrained or in an actual altercation. The funny thing about policing post-Floyd, yes, some people will say that to try to avoid arrest, so it might be easier to dismiss... but actually if they're on drugs and they're having some kind of interaction, it's very likely they are having trouble breathing so I think when someone says that, they need to take that more seriously instead of just assuming "oh it's just someone trying to avoid arrest"... well yes, some will do that, but if they look panicked and incredibly paranoid, that's usually a clue they might be having a reaction to the drugs themselves and less that they are reacting to the arrest itself...
Edit: I forgot to mention... he'd only been out of prison for 13 days and he had been in for 24 years... the reason that's relevant here is that means his drug tolerance was probably really really low and he was combining substances. And then add +24 years of age...