Saint Floyd had a history of eating his stash so as to be diverted to hospital rather than jail for processing and charges.
He knew very well that respiratory distress ("I can't breathe") is a giant fucking red flag that causes cops to call an ambulance.
It worked really, really well. Saint Floyd had avoided arrest at least once with this tactic. It caused the rookie cops arresting him to stop putting him into the squad car and taking him to the station where there is a medical officer and Naloxone and instead follow SOP which was to call for an ambulance.
The ambulance was stopped because there was an angry mob waiting at the scene.
Saint Floyd had a history of eating his stash so as to be diverted to hospital rather than jail for processing and charges.
He knew very well that respiratory distress ("I can't breathe") is a giant fucking red flag that causes cops to call an ambulance.
It worked really, really well. Saint Floyd had avoided arrest at least once with this tactic. It caused the rookie cops arresting him to stop putting him into the squad car and taking him to the station where there is a medical officer and Naloxone and instead follow SOP which was to call for an ambulance.
The ambulance was stopped because there was an angry mob waiting at the scene.