I agree they are to blame, but they did not present the suspect to the paramedics in code blue, like they did to Floyd.
The Cops at best can be charged with aggravated assult, abuse of authority, but ultimately the manslaughter charge will need to be taken up with the paramedics and fire department.
No, this is 100% the police and this is very much a strategy that they are intentionally deploying, and have been doing it for a long time: They are directly requesting paramedics to dope up the suspects, against any rational medical concern or necessity. ...and they are cops. Basically every one of them is an uneducated bully that is going to strongarm any paramedic to do their bidding in a highly stressed situation. And this is real.
And the idea is this: "We need to kill this suspect, and we need to do it in a way that establishes plausible deniability for all of us."
A lot of it is based on an absurd deployment of an extremely rare condition called "excitement delirium" that requires an actual professional to diagnose on the spot (e.g.: never anyone as monumentally dumb as a fucking policeman), and used to justify intentional murder. Yes, this is really happening.
Yes, this has been happening for a long time, and it's a very, very, very real thing. This is tragic, but it's best to read and educate ourselves about what these fucking terrorists are doing to our citizens:
Elijah McClain was injected with the drug, even though he was already handcuffed and helpless.
www.thecut.com
Joshua Budhu et al write that 'excited delirium' is an imprecise, subjectively defined medical term that often winds up being a convenient scapegoat cause of death after a violent confrontation with law enforcement, and becomes a justification for police aggression that is unwarranted.
www.brookings.edu
The Star Tribune reported that emergency medical workers were asked by officers 62 times last year to sedate people with the powerful anesthetic.
www.nytimes.com
The AP reports that the drug is increasingly being used by police in arrests despite conflicting medical standards and reports of resulting hospitalizations and even deaths. Other science and health news explores the study of dangerous mosquitos, stuttering and paralympic athletes.
khn.org
Excited delirium was mentioned in the deaths of George Floyd and Elijah McClain, but some in the medical world are skeptical it's actually a condition.
www.cbsnews.com
Here's real science
Over the past decade, the excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) has raised continued controversy regarding the cause and manner of death of some highly agitated persons held in police custody, restrained or incapacitated by electrical devices. At autopsy, ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is the police. It is only ever the police. 100%. Don't ever for a second allow yourself to confuse what these fucking jihadist bastards are doing to innocent people on the streets.
This is defunding the police is about. It's about removing terrorists from the streets and restoring order with real law officers. Not fucking terrorists.
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