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Tou Thao: Ex-officer in George Floyd case gets 57 months for role in killing

www.bbc.co.uk Tou Thao: Ex-officer in George Floyd case gets 57 months for role in killing

Tou Thao was convicted of manslaughter charges for his part in George Floyd's death in May 2020.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1175741

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Not enough. Let’s remember Floyd got a death sentence with no trial or jury but simply because these cops thought of themselves as judge, jury and executioner.
- What did this guy do? Just not stop the other guy? I'm not American.
  
  He prevented citizens from coming to George Floyds aid. He essentially protected the cops killing Floyd from people trying to save him.
  
  And one of the onlookers that was trying to intervene was a first responder. She testified in her fire department uniform.
  
  4 officers on scene. Iirc 2 normal officers, 2 rookies like first week. He was a normal officer and went on crowd control while the other officer knelt on the guy's neck. The 2 rookies looked on.
  
  The fully trained, but still new to the force rookies held Floyd down while Chavin executed him. They were not passive bystanders. One of the rookies said they should move him, but did not. That rookie was given some leniency for trying to do the right thing, but still convicted because he didn't actually do it.
  This asshole stopped a crowd that was begging to help save floyds life, including a paramedic/firefighter that told them Floyd was dying. He then told jokes as floyd choked to death, begging for his mother.
  It's all on video, all 9+ minutes. You can watch the whole murder in real time. Go do it if you doubt any of the above.
  All 4 officers could have made different and better choices that day, but instead all 4 opted to either murder a man or let a man be murdered. They all got what they deserved.
  
  in fairness, i have sympathy for the rookies. two much more experienced senior officers lead the way and i can easily imagined they doubted themselves in their presense. they just looked on. they should get punished sure but i get it. the other two however, long fucking stay in jail please.
- he didnt die from being choked He died from Fentanyl. The cop that did the knee DEFINITELY she be locked up ! The other two kicked off the force maybe. But not jail time
  
  Weird that he died from fentanyl at the exact same time was he was being choked to death
  
  Well no because an overdose of fentanyl induces that
  Guess you never saw the trial or the video of how Saint Fentanyl acted prior to being restrained
  
  Medical examiner testified saying fentanyl was a contributing factor but not the direct cause of death. George Floyd was murdered and people like you are essentially saying he deserved to die because of his behavior. Cops are not the judge, jury, and executioner, and if they were capable of holding him down and killing him then they were capable of handcuffing and arresting him, but chose not to.

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