The Minneapolis police office that knelt on George Floyd’s throat until he died, apparently while already handcuffed, should be immediately arrested and charged with murder.

The Minneapolis police tried saying that Floyd resisted arrest, but that doesn’t really appear to be the case. What does appear to be the case is that the police tried punishing Floyd by putting the handcuffs on in a way that way that adds a lot of extra pressure and pain into Floyd’s wrists – which is why he appears to protest around 4:42 of this newly released video.

The dirty cuff setup is used all the time by dirty police to inflict pain on someone with an attitude, and can easily be seen in frame at 4:56 of the new video above. If those cuffs were put on correctly, his arms would have been able to hang more naturally and evenly behind his back, and Floyd would not have protested as he was initially stood up.

Police can incite push-back (aka “resisting arrest”) from pretty much ANY person they are arresting by putting the cuffs on wrong or too tight, and I would bet almost anything that the intentional tightness and position of the handcuffs is what actually led to the police officer taking Floyd back down to the ground and kneeling on his neck.

The original video shows the piece of shit criminal Minneapolis police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck with his fucking hands in his pocket, like he was waiting for the fucking bus. It also actually looked to me like the dirty officer was balancing the sharp part of his knee and shin bone into Floyd’s neck – trying to inflict pain and punishment – all while Floyd continued saying that he couldn’t breathe.

Floyd’s pleas for air were loud enough that anyone around could hear, and any other Minneapolis police officer in the area should be held accountable as well. Anyone who watched this go on and didn’t stop it is dirty as well.

I’ve heard people sticking up for the actions of these police, saying stupid shit like “We don’t know why the police officer did what he did.” or “Floyd may have overdosed on something, and it was just a coincidence that the officer knelt on his neck.” but that’s just plain dumb as shit. An officer may need to kneel on a suspect’s back while trying to subdue them, but Floyd was already in handcuffs, so he wasn’t a danger to anyone. There was no need for kneeling on his neck – and especially that long, and while cuffed.

We just hope that the black community doesn’t start / continue using this as an excuse to loot more stores, which doesn’t help anything. If they want to march in the streets and protest, fine – but damaging your own community is not the answer.

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