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Originally Posted by 3catcircus
The level of methamphetamine is irrelevant - it's a red herring. The levels of cannabinoids, fentanyl, and free morphine are what is important because all the of them are a cardiovascular depressant. Combine all of them in someone with an already compromised cardiovascular system, and you risk coma or death *regardless* of being proned out, sleeping, or whatever. Additionally, Floyd made *multiple* false claims of distress before being taken out of the vehicle that likely led the officers to treat any true claims of distress the same.
Could/should the police have administered NARCAN? Sure, but that's predicated on administering it to a no combative person.
Go look at the additional bodycam footage. You'll see the truth is significantly different than the media is portraying.
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What you fail to understand is that in law, there is a simple tenant that you take people where you find them. Look it up. Does it take 4 officers to to hold down someone who is already restrained and handcuffed ? I think not. By most accounts, George Floyd was probably dead for 3 minutes before Chauvin took his knee off his Floyd's neck.
Even the pulmonary Physician who testified stated that a healthy person could not withstand the amount of pressure that Chauvin used in this arrest. This tells me your drug argument is without merit.
Even Chauvin's own officers crossed " the thin blue line " to condemn Chauvin's actions. I think this was a bit of damage control on behalf of the police dept there. However, fantasies and smoke screens won't change the fact that Floyd was murdered. Pure and simple.