Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

herding cats

(19,559 posts)
Fri May 29, 2020, 01:49 PM May 2020

There were 3 officers on top of George Floyd, not just the one!

https://m.


A new video capturing the moment George Floyd was detained by members of the Minneapolis Police Department appears to show multiple officers on the ground with him. The angle of the video, which is circulating on social media, has not been seen previously.

The footage was filmed from the opposite side of the street from where a white officer pressed his knee onto Floyd's neck in the Memorial Day incident. The new video appears to have been recorded just prior to the initial video.


Floyd died Monday night after an officer pinned him to the ground and put his knee on Floyd's neck for about eight minutes. Previously released footage shows Floyd, a black man, pleading with the officers.
"Please, please, please, I can't breathe," he said. "My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Please, please. I can't breathe."

Using previously reported footage of the moment Floyd was arrested, Google Street View imagery and statements from police, NBC News’ Social Newsgathering team verified the new video, which appears to show Floyd in the custody of three police officers.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-video-appears-show-george-floyd-ground-three-officers-n1217476

He was handcuffed on his stomach, on the ground with 3 men on top of him!
11 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
There were 3 officers on top of George Floyd, not just the one! (Original Post) herding cats May 2020 OP
Cold blooded murderers. Doremus May 2020 #1
Did he accidentally discover a $20 bill counterfeiting ring? LiberalArkie May 2020 #2
Lock them all up! sheshe2 May 2020 #3
But all 4 of them should be charged with murder. If you're a party to a crime... BComplex May 2020 #4
Exactly. Jamastiene May 2020 #6
Yes. What's sauce for the goose . . . . Arkansas Granny May 2020 #8
Fkn A right, cats Leghorn21 May 2020 #5
I saw it malaise May 2020 #7
Murdered for $20? HipChick May 2020 #9
Exactly: How can the enforcers be so quick to execute a man without having evidence . . . MagickMuffin May 2020 #10
Some people are never satisfied Cirque du So-What May 2020 #11

BComplex

(8,035 posts)
4. But all 4 of them should be charged with murder. If you're a party to a crime...
Fri May 29, 2020, 02:01 PM
May 2020

what's good for the goose ......

If citizens have to play by those rules, so do the people who make the rules have to play by them.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
5. Fkn A right, cats
Fri May 29, 2020, 02:05 PM
May 2020

Rachel showed this newly available footage last night and there was nothing to say except holy fuck you motherfuckers

They won’t escape justice, that just can’t happen

NOPE NOPE NOPE

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
10. Exactly: How can the enforcers be so quick to execute a man without having evidence . . .
Fri May 29, 2020, 02:51 PM
May 2020

of where the bill came from?

For all we know Mr. Floyd could have gotten the bill from a ATM. And I don't know all the facts but this I do know, George Floyd was executed for being black.

Cirque du So-What

(25,927 posts)
11. Some people are never satisfied
Fri May 29, 2020, 03:32 PM
May 2020

We offer up one cop for everyone to focus their rage until he's acquitted, but NOOOOO! That's not good enough for yoy. Now you want two more who appear culpable! We'd rather see whole neighborhoods burned to the ground than do what's right from the beginning.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»There were 3 officers on ...