Defense is RIGHT, the situation is dynamic and always changing

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

A reasonable officer takes in the new information and acts reasonably.

So, when Floyd became completely limp, and it was reported that no pulse was found, the situation had changed dramatically.

A reasonable officer would have given life support. Perhaps a reasonable officer would not have taken their knee off of his neck, because it wouldn't have been there in the first place!


No pulse, and limp body; get your damn knee off of his neck and help him get CPR.


It seems reasonable to call it "depraved indifference" at the least.
Defined on the, "definitions.uslegal.com" as
".... so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime...."

[Midnightwalk]

1. I hope the prosecutor hits on the requirement to deescalate

Haven’t been able to watch today.

The defense lawyer has done this changing scenario bit several times during the trial with some outrageous reaches.

The death spasm could have been resistance.

Struggling to raise his chest to breathe could have been resistance.

Being passive requires “laying comfortably with your hands in the small of your back. While a cop kneels on your neck choking the life out of you

Both are ridiculous assertions that ignore any standard of reasonableness and completely ignore the requirement to deescalate.

Under the defenses standard a cop choking you could never be unreasonable because only escalation is valid. You didn’t control your death rattle so how should the cop know to stop?!?

I hope the prosecutor clarifies that is not the right standard.

I’ll tee it up and try to watch later.

[live love laugh]

2. He wouldn't move even when help arrived. That's damning negligence. nt