Yes. We do. There's footage and transcripts.
(for the record I don't think the other officers deserve to be charged)
What evidence do you have the officers were willfully attempting to hurt/kill Floyd? You know the other officers were George Floyd pressing down on his thoracic cavity right? Presumably making it hard to breathe, why shouldn't they be charged? Don't you see holes in the logic here?
The reason the cop is charged with murder is because he kept his knee on Flloyds neck for 8 minutes while Flloyd said he couldn't breath and then stopped breathing after:
He explained he wasn't trying to resist arrest, just getting into the back of the car.
He offered to get on his knees.
He offered to lay on the ground.
He didn't try to run away.
He didn't try to hurt anyone.
He didn't have any weapons.
I'm talking about a conviction. Any brain dead AG can slap on charges in response to violent riots. A corrupt DA can also slap on charges that are baseless -- see the Rayshard Brooks shooting for an example of that.
Point me to the evidence in the autopsy report that suggests Floyd died of strangulation or asphyxiation. It doesn't matter what Floyd said. Criminals say a lot of things while being arrested, that doesn't mean cops pack up their things and go home when a criminal says "get off me". Floyd was saying he couldn't breathe before being placed on the ground and did not die from asphyxiation/strangulation. He was yelling at the top of his lungs for 6 minutes straight and lifting his head up numerous times. He could breathe. If he did die of strangulation of asphyxiation, feel free to quote the evidence from the ME's autopsy report.
And just to point out, Floyd was
resisting the entire time which you seem to have a tough time acknowledging. His "offerings" don't mean anything.
"He explained he wasn't trying to resist arrest, just getting into the back of the car." -- Ahh yes just like all the other criminals that don't say things contrary to what is actually going on. Just like they say "I'm not reaching for a gun" as they pull a glock out of their waistband and fire it at police. Do you not understand the concept that criminals will say and do anything to avoid being placed under arrest? The guy was tweaking on meth/fentanyl, so whatever he says isn't going to carry much weight any ways.
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That's the press report that's made in conjugation with the DA's office (if I understand correctly) aka not the autopsy report. Maybe the 3rd time I've asked at this point -- show me the evidence of strangulation/asphyxiation from the ME's autopsy report. Perhaps looking at the body examination section under "neck" and reading very plainly what it states there would be helpful.
He was resisting the entire time and flapping around like a fish when they tried to put him in the patrol car and I'm not sure how I can put this into words when the video tape is out there. He was claiming he couldn't breathe before being restrained on the ground as well. Criminals tend to say and do anything to avoid arrest so if you have a legitimate medical emergency and can't breathe, fighting with police isn't your answer.
So was there a legitimate medical emergency or not? And what exactly should have he done if that was the case?
If we use Floyd's behaviour to judge his medical condition I'd say the ambulance should have been called when he was sitting on the sidewalk near his car. Except that at no point during the whole altercation did the police officers show any real concern about his condition. "Takes a lot of oxygen to talk" or something like that was one of the remarks. Seems quite callous now to try to get off murder charges by blaming Floyd's health when the dude was complaining and they ignored him.
I don't think it was all that apparent Floyd needed EMS when he was sitting on the side walk. The first indication the officers get that Floyd's under the influence of drugs is when one of the officers points out that he's foaming at the mouth. When he was being taken to the car, that's when things went to shit.
They called EMS, not necessarily ignoring Floyd. If you're dealing with an ExDS case, the standard operating procedures is generally to fully restrain them until EMS arrives on scene to pump the person with sedatives.
In hindsight, Floyd should have been put in the recovery position after he stopped responding but EMS arrive shortly on scene after Floyd stopped responding regardless. I also don't think any of the officer's knew Floyd had died. Tou Thou claimed he didn't during his interview with investigators.