More importantly, you are wrong here: the cop did not torture the guy 'to death'. He died of other causes, assuming the coroner is not corrupt and issued his findings in a neutral manner (which I will assume since coroners aren't generally partisan).
Peter Brown: I literally started drinking after I read this. I have the Leopold Summer Gin dead soldier to prove it. Thanks Fan.
To quote the epic cusser Ruth Langmore (from Ozark), you don't know shirt about fork. So let me deliver a masterclass to you on facts, law, reading comprehension, and basic human decency (which you seem to lack based on the garbage you post here).
Can you be sure this cop will go down? No.
The preliminary autopsy was just released right now, and the results suggest that the deceased died of causes unrelated to the cop's knee.
The criminal complaint says this you dummy:
The autopsy revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation. Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease. The combined effects of Mr. Floyd being restrained by the police, his underlying health conditions and any potential intoxicants in his system likely contributed to his death.
The restraint contributed to his death!!! It literally says it right there. He didn't have a spontaneous heart attack you sleezy gaslighter!!! The cop killed him!!!
Apparently, you are also oblivious to the last 500 years of Anglo/American law. Which says "you take your victim as you find him." A.K.A. the eggshell rule or thin skull rule or talem qualem rule. This cruel and stone cold killing cop gets no defense from the fact that the victim may have been drunk, overweight, hypertensive, etc. etc. etc. The cop KILLED him. Full stop.
Floyd did not die of strangulation. That is obvious from the video -- no medical degree required. Strangulation cuts off oxygen by compressing the windpipe -- usually requiring force to be applied to the front of the throat. As the video shows, the force was applied to the side of the neck. The victim couldn't have talked and lasted 8 minutes if his windpipe was closed.
Also clear from the video that he didn't die from traumatic asphyxia. Traumatic asphyixia, you dummy, results from weight or pressure being applied to the thorax. The cop didn't jump on the victim's back while he was face down on the ground. And even if he did, that probably wouldn't kill him. To die via traumatic asphyxia, you need to be in a car crash or have a piano or car dropped on you. The rib cage and breastbone are very strong -- basically body armor for your heart and lungs.
The final autopsy report will say positional asphyxia and hypoxia/asphyxia due to compression of the neck. Both of which are well known death causers in police brutality cases. FYI Doctor Brown, oxygen gets to the brain via blood, not air. Compressing the neck cuts off blood flow/oxygen to the brain. Can cause unconsciousness in as little as 15 seconds and death in 2 minutes or less. That (not strangulation) is what kills people when they suicide by hanging.
It is extremely risky/dangerous and one of the easiest ways to render someone unconscious and/or dead with no weaponry needed. The Minny PD does allow neck restraints to be used in extremely rare circumstances (none present here fyi). But only by cops who have received specific medical training on the technique. Because done incorrectly, it is as deadly as a gun.
How did he die? Here's what the complaint says:
at 8:19:38 p.m. and Mr. Floyd went to the ground face down and still handcuffed. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back and Lane held his legs. The defendant placed his left knee in the area of Mr. Floyd’s head and neck. Mr. Floyd said, “I can’t breathe” multiple times and repeatedly said, “Mama” and “please,” as well. The defendant and the other two officers stayed in their positions.
BWC video shows Mr. Floyd continue to move and breathe. At 8:24:24, Mr. Floyd stopped moving. At 8:25:31 the video appears to show Mr. Floyd ceasing to breathe or speak. Lane said, “want to roll him on his side.” Kueng checked Mr. Floyd’s right wrist for a pulse and said, “I couldn’t find one.” None of the officers moved from their positions.
At 8:27:24, the defendant removed his knee from Mr. Floyd’s neck.
You read that right. The killer kept his knee on the neck for three minutes after the victim stopped moving. And two minutes after the victim stopped breathing. And after the killer checked for a pulse and found none.
If I'm the prosecutor, I'm going Murder 1 right then and there. While you might not be able to prove pre-meditation at the outset of this event, keeping the neck restraint going at that point shows me premeditation to kill the guy.
Peter -- Dude -- please look in the mirror. I'm stunned and nauseated by what you post. Have you no decency, sir?