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
    183·
    7 months ago

    I don’t think it’s negligence.

    This reminds me of how California recently brought back police officers for “school security”.

    Did they remove the officers? No, the officers left in a hissy fit because the govt had the temerity to outlaw the use of this killer position on the kids (I believe enacted in the wake of George Floyd).

    Why leave for something like that? It makes sense. These are kids, right? It’s a position that kills, right? That’s what this article is showing us, again.

    You might assume the police relented because they like the govt money, right? I did too, but it was the govt who backed of, removing the law restricting the killer positions use.

    To me, the police depts collective action in California show that it is not negligence. In this case, it just doesn’t make… sense. The position is dangerous. The job is ostensibly protecting children, in a state sponsored school! It makes no sense that cops would care about one position so much…

    Seriously, I’ve been turning it over and over in my mind, it must be they care more about the precedent being set (and thus the possible loss of this power) than the safety of kids. And that’s the best motive i can think of.

    I don’t want people like that anywhere near kids or with the power to influence govt so much. This latest murder shows they care nothing for the people they “protect and serve” only for the power they’re allowed to wield.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      215·
      7 months ago

      Did you even read the article? This was a case of very clear negligent.

      they care nothing for the people they “protect and serve” only for the power they’re allowed to wield

      Yes, there’s literally a Supreme Court case stating that police have no obligation to protect and serve. Why are you ranting at me about something very off topic?

      I understand people are just overall frustrated, but this entire comment you made has nothing to do with the article, or this particular police interaction.