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InfernalFive posted...

There is a looooot of things between your points that the prosecution has to prove. I agree the cop should be charged but it's not nearly as straightforward as it should be.

Agreed. You are allowed to use knee on neck holds in Minnesota. Furthermore, Floyd was evidently resisting arrest, so it could be possibly justified to use such a hold to subdue him, although it does seem a bit excessive. Furthermore, he had drugs in his system at the time, which while was not declared the way he died, could have been a contributing factor in his death and made him hard to deal with bolstering the resisting the arrest case.

I think it will be hard to prove murder, but a think you can prove manslaughter, since while perhaps the knee on neck could be justified it did seem to last way too long. They easily could've cuffed him and went. But we will see.

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