This link has got the FULL video somewhere down the page.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/minneapolis-police-man-dies-in-police-custody/89-cfb7925a-4aa4-4f88-bf64-76d346b0e55f?fbclid=IwAR15CGiZ34G-QEMQr5cH2-g4_WtMrzyg0sAF1JNimdX7aYGEBuZXV5vuqcY

First, NO, the officer was not cutting off his breathing. Otherwise how was he talking and saying he couldn’t breath?

Second, I believe the officer was compressing his carotid artery and/or jugular, compromising blood flow to his brain and causing him to eventually lose consciousness.

The first couple of minutes it does appear he’s struggling and maybe they thought he was “resisting”, but he might have simply been in such discomfort he could not help moving. After he stopped struggling the officer remained on his neck for several more minutes which is unconscionable. Had I been there, I believe I would have tried to push the officer off the man. And ended up arrested.

No one can say what killed him until we get the postmortem. For all we know he had just OD’d and what the officer did had nothing to do with his death. Unlikely but possible. From footage elsewhere that showed what happened prior to him being on the ground as he gets out of his car, is cuffed and walked around, he does look drugged. Or he could have had a heart attack. It’s a bit premature for the news to report that that officer “killed” him.

There is NO excuse for burning AutoZone over this.

White people are also killed by police, by black police sometimes. This is not a racial issue. This is a “police state” issue. Making it about race does not address the real problem.

The officers deserved to be fired. No matter what the cause of death eventually is determined to be, their behavior was atrocious. It appeared (just my opinion) that the officer with the knee on his neck was power tripping, and became angry that the crowd was “trying to tell him what to do” and that made him stay on the man several minutes longer than necessary. The Asian looking officer appeared to have compartmentalized his duty to just keep the crowd back, and I sensed was submissive to the other and wouldn’t have spoken up if he thought the other was going too far. I saw a bit of doubt flash across his face. Like the captain/co-pilot situation at Tenerife. “Um... we aren’t cleared for take off...sir.”

It won't let me post this without words in here..

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/south-dakota-gov-noem-issues-new-warning-to-tribes-regarding-coronavirus-checkpoints

But the tribs have so far resisted compliance with the governor’s bid to limit the checkpoints.

“We will not apologize for being an island of safety in a sea of uncertainty and death,” Frazier said in a statement last Friday.

South Dakota has had 39 covid19 deaths.

Let’s see, SD averages, per year, 200 “flu” deaths. Why are they not blocking roads and screaming about seas of death for that?

Are these people for real?

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2020/05/naked-bike-ride-cancels-portland-gathering-for-2020.html

What’s the takeaway here?  Don’t stop your car and try to rescue a pack of dogs? Don’t stop your car to pee by the side of the road? Are dogs taking over because there’s no traffic and no humans outside anymore?

https://www.wtoc.com/2020/05/07/lyons-police-investigating-death-local-doctor/

She looked like a nice lady.   

Not something that came over wholesale in a shipping container, but an honest to God direct mailing from "China Post" which I assume is their counterpart to our USPS.  The return address is Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

I had ordered something from Amazon and when it hadn't arrived after four weeks, I emailed them asking where is my order and someone with extremely poor English emailed me back that it was on its way from China, and they were having delays because of the reduced numbers of flights and customs delays and if I didn't get it in a few more days they would refund me, but lo and behold, it arrived!

So am I supposed to fear germs? Should I spray Lysol on it? Subject it to UV light?