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In reply to the discussion: Watching your husband die at the hands of police (Warning: graphic video) [View all]30cal
(99 posts)12. Anyone that has never had the wind knocked doesn't understand
That is what happened to him. I don't know the scientific term for getting the wind knocked out but
it has happened to me and if on top of it .If I had 300 to 400 pounds of pressure being forced
to stop me from catching my breath. It could easily result in death.
And I'm no rocket scientist to figure this out.
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Watching your husband die at the hands of police (Warning: graphic video) [View all]
geardaddy
Feb 2014
OP
You need to head back to cop lovers dot come then...There were 3 cops on that mans back compressing
Drew Richards
Feb 2014
#5
I so agree on the cause of death & about the *excessive* force used to cause it.
pacalo
Feb 2014
#60
Let me explain from the point of view of someone who has taken many people down...
1awake
Feb 2014
#54
Only 4 posts. It's getting harder and harder to catch you guys before you out yourselves
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#63
After they finished murdering him by having at least two murderers kneeling on his chest,
Warren Stupidity
Feb 2014
#3
Yep, talking a mile a minute, side stepping side stepping side stepping to block the camera.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2014
#6
They must be giving these guys lessons on how to abuse people WHILE being filmed.
Hassin Bin Sober
Feb 2014
#29
I have good reason to suspect that cops operate on a predatory instinct in most of these incidents
MrScorpio
Feb 2014
#78
It's a sad story. The police may not have understood the situation fully when
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#42
My stand is: anonymous internet posters only pretend to know what happened
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#80
I wonder why they tried to conceal the fact that he was dead? They knew he was, after all.
Bonobo
Feb 2014
#83
I don't know exactly what happened. According to accounts, police used pepper-spray; but the video
struggle4progress
Feb 2014
#95
Yay cops. Always looking to protect us from the scourge of movie viewers with children.
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2014
#62