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George Floyd.
The police did not murder George Floyd. First thing, look up the legal definition of murder. It does not apply to the Floyd case. Floyd accidentally killed himself by swallowing his drugs when the police approached his car. He overdosed on drugs. Chauvin’s knee on his neck was just enough press to hold his head down. It was within department policy. Chauvin and the other officers were guilty of not immediately rendering emergency aid when he complained of not being able to breath; not murder. Breathing problem is the first symptom of a drug overdose. It was an in-custody death. I am familiar with this type of death.

Many drug users have died in the rear seats of police cars due to overdoses. It’s common for drug users to quickly swallow their drugs when they see the police approaching. When they are arrested, handcuffed, and placed in the rear seat of the police car, many of them have to be hobbled due to kicking out the rear windows. They used to be placed on their stomachs on the back seat. Many were found to be dead upon arrival at the county jail. Doctors found that when they overdose placing them on their stomachs severely increased the inability to breath. Most departments soon required to place suspected heavy drug users on their back in the back seat unless they cooperated and could sit up straight in the backseat.

Now let’s look at the Floyd case again. Floyd swallowed a lethal amount of illegal drugs. Fentanyl being one of them. He complained of breathing difficulties when he was being placed in the backseat of the police car. The officers accommodated him by placing him on his stomach next to the police car. He struggled somewhat mostly because his breathing was becoming more difficult as he was slowly overdosing. That’s when Chauvin held his head down with the knee on the side of his neck. I believe the officers thought he was simply being difficult as a part of him resisting. Also, another officer had his knee on his back. This was a perfect situation that would speed up the lethality of the overdose process. I don’t think the officers even realized it. The officer with his knee on Floyd’s back, I believe, contributed to the OD process than Chauvin’s knee on the side of his neck. Floyd was able to talk while Chauvin’s knee was on his neck which indicated he was breathing to some degree. All the actions the officers took contributed to the overdosing process. I truly feel the officers were not considering his complaint of breathing problems, but thought it was a ruse to get the officers to let him up so he could run off. They were wrong and deserve some type of punishment commiserate to the negligence. They should have called for EMTs as soon as he complained of breathing problems. It was negligence, not murder. The elements of murder require intent, premeditation, and malice. None of these elements were present Boro3012 (talk) 03:01, 18 December 2022 (UTC)