Watching your husband die at the hands of police (Warning: graphic video)

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80. My stand is: anonymous internet posters only pretend to know what happened

The cellphone video doesn't show the entire incident, so one can't determine from it exactly what happened. In particular, the video does not show anything before the man has been restrained on the ground; so it is impossible to determine from the video exactly what happened prior to the man being brought to the ground or how much pepper spray was used and when. Nor does the video show the police officers beating the man, as the wife claims: it is, of course, possible that they did beat him, but that's not an established fact. It is unclear from the video how many, if any, men are actually on top of the man at any point.

Nor is it possible to know the cause of death from the video. It is one story if the officers took the man down while he was conversing reasonably with him, emptied a can of pepper spray into his nose and mouth, repeatedly punched him, and then several knelt on his upper torso for an extended period until he became unconscious; it is another story if something else happened

The Moore PD officers involved were placed on administrative leave immediately after the incident; I have been unable to determine whether the two game wardens were placed on leave. The investigation has been handed over to the SBI. Autopsy results will be available within two months