I think I see parts of these videos quite differently to many of you. I am seeing a highly distressed man (for an unknown reason at this point in the trial) acting erratically and ultimately resisting arrest. I'm not sure what I would have done to de-escalate tbh - maybe just let him sit on the sidewalk instead of trying to force him in the car I guess...
I think Chauvin's actions are different though for sure. Not all of the officers on scene are fully culpable IMO. There are reasons why the arrest was difficult that weren't the officers fault.
I understand defence bringing up to many of the witnesses that they were only on scene for short time of the whole incident.
The bodycam footage from Officer Lane shows for the majority of the time he was not kneeling GF. He states "I'm just concerned about airway". About what drugs he was on. He wanted to roll GF over. I think it may be Chauvin that resisted those calls?
Possibly wasn’t more footage to show since his body cam is apparently the one that came lose and landed on the ground?Why didn’t they show Chauvin’s video???
IMO from what we have seen via body cam footage Chauvin and Thao escalated this situation dramatically upon their arrival. Don't believe any of this would have happened had it been Lane and the other officer dealing with GF.
Lane seems concerned about vitals and even suggests moving him to his side, to which Chauvin blatantly ignores.
How Thao 'controls' the crowd in my opinion is 101 of what not to do.
IMO from what we have seen via body cam footage Chauvin and Thao escalated this situation dramatically upon their arrival. Don't believe any of this would have happened had it been Lane and the other officer dealing with GF.
Lane seems concerned about vitals and even suggests moving him to his side, to which Chauvin blatantly ignores.
How Thao 'controls' the crowd in my opinion is 101 of what not to do.
I’m pretty sure if I was in that situation and was reeling with anxiety and being scared I would resist too. I don’t think he’s actually resisting to cause harm, he’s resisting because he’s scared to death. JMO. In my eyes, I wonder if he was so scared because he felt the situation was bad and he felt something was going to happen. I’m pretty good at feelings, and I was almost robbed at work a few months ago and luckily I was able to have someone stay with me while the guys got freaked out and left since I was no longer alone. This is why they say trust your instincts. Maybe GF felt all along this was gonna be the outcome, and he was panicked!
The more I watch it the more I feel like he was scared and not resisting in the strict sense of that word. I feel like there was drug addict bias on the part of the officers that made them contemptuous towards him and maybe devalue him as a person. He’s frothing at the mouth. They found the pipe. He’s erratic and emotional. JMO.
Tao asking “what do you want?” irks my soul so much.
Chauvin's body camera fell off during the encounter.Why didn’t they show Chauvin’s video???