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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsso you are trained as a First Responder,
And someone in your immediate care becomes unresponsive, and you do NOTHING? Just spitballing here from an old man.
Koz
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so you are trained as a First Responder, (Original Post)
kozar
May 2020
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After saying they cannot breathe for several minutes while you have your knee on their neck.
Jamastiene
May 2020
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Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)1. No you are not. You nailed the issue. . . . nt
Jamastiene
(38,206 posts)2. After saying they cannot breathe for several minutes while you have your knee on their neck.
They think things are bad now? If they try to lowball the charges to something less, it's going to be pandemonium. People are sick and tired of black people being constantly murdered by cops.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)3. Kneeling on a suspect's throat for 15 or 30 seconds to calm down a struggling suspect can be underst
Kneeling on a suspect's throat for 15 or 30 seconds to calm down a struggling suspect can be understandable. 7 or 9 minutes is way beyond reason.
Then it has become deliberate.
And not offering support after doing this, in my opinion, proves intent. That was my point. Just seems to me we aren't hearing about this little fact or reading about it anywhere that I have seen.
Koz
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)5. Except they had him handcuffed.
