He was on drugs, called 911 for help and the cops joked around as they watched him pass out and die.

[DetlefK]

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2019/07/30/gonna-kill-dallas-police-body-cam-footage-reveals-final-minutes-tony-timpas-life

Timpa called 911 on Aug. 10, 2016, from the parking lot of a Dallas porn store, saying he was afraid and needed help. He told a dispatcher he suffered from schizophrenia and depression and was off his prescription medication. The News first reported Timpa’s death in a 2017 investigation that showed Dallas police refused to say how a man who had called 911 for help ended up dead.

The newly obtained video and records, part of a lawsuit filed by Timpa’s family in federal court alleging excessive force, contradict key claims Dallas police have made in defending the officers’ actions.

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The footage also shows the officers mocking Timpa as he struggled to live. Shortly after one officer ridicules Timpa’s repeated cries for help, an officer notes that he appears to be “out cold.”

They joke that he’s merely asleep and try to wake him: “It’s time for school. Wake up!”

One officer mimics a teen saying: “I don’t want to go to school! Five more minutes, Mom!”

They joke about buying him new shoes for the first day of school and making him a special breakfast, laughing loudly.

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However, the medical responders appear to take Timpa’s blood pressure while he is still conscious, about five minutes before administering Versed, a powerful sedative. By the time the paramedic gives Timpa the sedative, officers already are questioning if Timpa is awake.

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As the officers and paramedics struggle to load Timpa’s lifeless body onto the gurney, they begin to panic, seeing his glassy, open eyes and blades of grass stuck to his mouth.

One of the officers asks: “He didn’t just die down there, did he?”

An autopsy ruled Timpa’s cause of death was a homicide, sudden cardiac death due to "the toxic effects of cocaine and the stress associated with physical restraint."

[tblue37]

1. Before he passed out and then died he kept saying he was having trouble and begging for help,

Body camera video obtained by the newspaper following a lengthy legal battle shows Timpa calling out for help as officers laugh and joke, and then wait at least four minutes to begin CPR after the man became unresponsive.

“You’re gonna kill me!” Timpa cries out in the video. “You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/horrifying-video-shows-dallas-cops-violently-detain-man-who-called-911-for-help-and-then-died-as-they-mocked-him/

[KG]

2. and they seem shocked, SHOCKED that large parts of the citizenry doesn't worship cops

[Opel_Justwax]

3. If someone you love is having a menatl health crisis don't call 911

Especially if they are suicidal.

[malaise]

4. Cold blooded murder

while they laugh.
I am in tears

[IcyPeas]

5. like Eric Garner

not ONE of the officers stood up and said "Stop! NO!" - they all act as a mob. what is wrong with these people.

[bdamomma]

6. losing their moral core of decency

this is what leads to society breakdown.

[Sugarcoated]

7. Poor guy...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Christ, that's heartbreaking. FTP.

[jpak]

9. They killed him

And - they will get away with it.

[True Dough]

10. Absolutely indefensible, and yet those cops get to walk away

Here's the video (warning, it's disturbing, as you'd expect):

[tblue37]

11. Why is it considered OK for cops to kneel on people's backs & necks at all, much less for

extended periods of time? That is clearly dangerous.

[True Dough]

13. It ought not to be

I understand the need for it during the arrest if the suspect is strongly resisting, but not for prolonged periods.

[tblue37]

12. And why a sedative when he is clearly at least unconscious and unmoving? nt

[VOX]

14. "To Protect and Serve."

Bullshit. We’ve turned a corner into the new Dark Ages.

[LudwigPastorius]

15. They didn't just watch him pass out and die.

They killed him.

The video shows one of the cops putting most of his weight on Mr. Timpa's back while he is prone on his stomach. That compresses the lungs and diaphragm.

Sure, cocaine doesn't help when you're scared and can't breathe, but this is primarily a case of forced positional asphyxia.

Tampa was already handcuffed and his feet were restrained. There was no reason to sit on top of him for 15 minutes until he suffocated.

These cops should be facing manslaughter charges at the least. Instead, they are still on the job.

Disgusting...

[Demovictory9]

16. Sgt. Kevin Mansell, Officer Danny Vasquez and Officer Dustin Dillard