Experts say restraint asphyxia killed George Floyd. Why are some police told it doesn t exist? 7:00 am, Mar. 6, 2021 ×
Troy Becker, Forum News Service
ROCHESTER, Minn. “Should we roll him on his side?” rookie cop Thomas Lane asked. “I just worry about the excited delirium or whatever.”
A veteran officer said no. His name was Derek Chauvin, and as the world now knows, he was kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. Lane was holding down a leg, Officer J. Alexander Kueng had a knee on Floyd’s lower back, and Officer Tou Thao was standing guard nearby.
After three final calls of “please,” according to transcripts filed with the court, George Floyd had stopped talking.
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