Black Cop Who Watched George Floyd Die Thought He'd Be Fired If He Intervened

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23. at that point, yes

if a person doesn't have a pulse you stop kneeling on his neck. (Chauvin) But of course you don't take a pulse if your objective is death, or a depraved indifference. (other officers) That demonstrates at least a level of concern. That level of concern did not (apparently) rise to the point of intervention (pulling other officers off) - and that's where we're going to trial with this. Which I agree with. Things are not going to change unless we start holding people accountable. I still think it is fairly questionable is a jury comes back with a 'guilty' against one or more of the junior officers here. But that does not mean it was a mistake to bring it to trial.