Another One: I Can't Breathe

[Introverted1293]

Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

I am scared. This is terrifying.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

I am scared. This is terrifying.

I understand your fear, and I wish there was something I could say to make you feel better. But hopefully there will be changes in the way people are restrained in the future.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

I am scared. This is terrifying.

Just don't be combative with the police and you'll be fine.

 

[Tiberius Lee]

Just don't be combative with the police and you'll be fine.

Too bad George Floyd didn’t know about your advise or he would be alive today. Oh no , he did take your advise and was cooperative yet he died and initial report said Floyd was resisting arrest.

 

[Introverted1293]

Just don't be combative with the police and you'll be fine.

Yeah, I have never been arrested.

 

[LostMarbels]

They rolled him on his side after he called out, “I can’t breathe.”

Mr. Ellis was still breathing when medical personnel arrived, Detective Troyer said. He was removed from handcuffs while personnel worked on him for about 40 minutes, Detective Troyer said. He was then pronounced dead.

Mr. Ellis died from respiratory arrest, hypoxia and physical restraint, according to the medical examiner’s office. The report listed methamphetamine intoxication and heart disease as contributing factors.

This sound more tragic than intentional. God bless the family.

 

[Introverted1293]

They rolled him on his side after he called out, “I can’t breathe.”

Mr. Ellis was still breathing when medical personnel arrived, Detective Troyer said. He was removed from handcuffs while personnel worked on him for about 40 minutes, Detective Troyer said. He was then pronounced dead.

Mr. Ellis died from respiratory arrest, hypoxia and physical restraint, according to the medical examiner’s office. The report listed methamphetamine intoxication and heart disease as contributing factors.

This sound more tragic than intentional. God bless the family.

Thank you

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Just don't be combative with the police and you'll be fine.

That did not work too good for George Floyd.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Too bad George Floyd didn’t know about your advise or he would be alive today. Oh no , he did take your advise and was cooperative yet he died and initial report said Floyd was resisting arrest.

We don't know that for sure. It appears that Floyd was actually placed in the squad car before he wound up on the ground.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

That did not work too good for George Floyd.

Floyd was infected with the coronavirus, which may have compromised his breathing.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Our brother has said that he is afraid. That is what the OP is really about. Can we understand his fear?

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Floyd was infected with the coronavirus, which may have compromised his breathing.

Medical examiners diagnosed it as homicide.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Our brother has said that he is afraid. That is what the OP is really about. Can we understand his fear?

Yes, at the same time ( not that all black families do this by any means, but it seems like some of them always use the race card when a particular event ( not this one) has nothing to do with race. I will say that as a white female I do find black males incarceration rates/ sentences to be unfair, but at least for me again as a white female the movement ( even when it is true in a particular case loses some credibility when one they seem to always pull it ( some of them) and two when people ( no matter their race loot and riot. If a particular officer is shown to be racially profiling he or she should be fired ( before something like this happens.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

If a particular officer is shown to be racially profiling he or she should be fired ( before something like this happens.

Yes, I agree with you here.The officer who killed Floyd had had 18 complaints lodged against him. Had he been fired, this would not have happened.

 

[Hank77]

Yes, I agree with you here.The officer who killed Floyd had had 18 complaints lodged against him. Had he been fired, this would not have happened.

Do you know how many of those complaints were for excessive force?

 

[Hank77]

Floyd was infected with the coronavirus, which may have compromised his breathing.

Source?

 

[Hank77]

The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the death of the man, Manuel Ellis, 33, was a homicide. Investigators with the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department were in the process of preparing a report about the March death, which occurred shortly after an arrest by officers from the Tacoma Police Department, said the sheriff’s spokesman, Ed Troyer.
Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

This homicide took place all the way back in March and it's just now being reported nationally so how many other excessive force cases don't we hear about?
If I were black I'd be afraid of the cops, too.

 

[jacks]

Another Man Who Said ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.

I am scared. This is terrifying.

The Lord is with you brother. Life is full of dangers but even if bad things happen to us, He is always there. Rest in His peace, pray when you feel vulnerable, keep your eyes on what is eternal.

" Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

Do you know how many of those complaints were for excessive force?

No, I don't know . But by 18 complaints against him, it seems to me that he should have been fired.

 

[Hank77]

No, I don't know . But by 18 complaints against him, it seems to me that he should have been fired.

The thing is that complaints can be meaningless for instance 'He was disrespectful and rude.' 'He took too long to check out my information.'

I could have complained about an officer who stopped me because he didn't know the law in this state. As a state patrol officer, he should have known the law.

Should a police officer be fired for any of these reasons? I don't think so.
I'm making this point because we need to be careful not to judge an officer when the media gives us only the number of complaints made against them without any description of the complaints.