In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse.

In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse.

The Canton Police Department in Ohio has released body camera video from the night a 53-year-old man died after he repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe” as he was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and he was pinned to the ground.

In video of the encounter on April 18, the man, Frank Tyson, can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse and about 8 minutes before CPR is started.

In the nearly 36-minute video, police respond to the scene of a single-car crash to find a downed power pole and an unoccupied vehicle with the driver’s side door open and an airbag deployed.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
    54·
    6 months ago

    Yeah it’s there some unwritten rule against the press saying they killed him? Only good reason i can think of is they’re still waiting for the autopsy to confirm cause of death.

        • uranibaba@lemmy.world
          10·
          6 months ago

          Perhaps because a court hasn’t ruled on it, they won’t word it that explicitly?

          My best guess is that the new paper could be charged with defamation if the court ruled that the police didn’t kill him and they claimed he did.

          But I’m not a lawyer and have no idea about the law regarding journalism nor its ethics.

    • 100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.it
      4·
      6 months ago

      Because even though there’s a video showing that a cop killed a man, everybody (even cops) is innocent until proven guilty. Otherwise, you could get into a trial for slander and for having caused distress.