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.

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
    31·
    6 months ago

    Yes, I was a baby in 1991. I don’t have data, but I’ve heard anecdotes from former police officers that police training has changed significantly since the 80s.

    It’s definitely become much more militarized.

    • ickplant@lemmy.world
      61·
      6 months ago

      I don’t disagree with that, but it would be false to say that police brutality directed at people of color is a new thing. That’s always been there.

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 months ago

        I never said police violence directed at people of color was a new thing.

        My point, which I think wasn’t very clear bcz I worded it poorly is that police are trained to draw their guns immediately today and shoot to kill. That didn’t used to be the case.

    • anon_8675309@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      The militarization accelerated due to events where the police took an ass whoopin like the North Hollywood bank robbery.