Well, the transcript was right about that. The problem for the cops is that he actually told them about it when they asked him and they still treated him like a regular suspect and got him worked up rather than get him to calm down and tell them about the drugs so the paramedics could assist.
This is what Robert Barnes was saying before the transcript was released. It sounded like he was on drugs, so the procedure changes.
They called in a code 2 to EMS, and quickly escalated it to code 3, shortly after the video stops. You can see this in the transcript. This was shortly after they started asking him what drugs he was on.
They followed recommendations about restraining Floyd to prolong his life, as he displayed the symptoms of someone suffering excited delirium, but as is usually the case, the heart failed.
I agree, but I feel like they needed to communicate it better to him and get him to cooperate. If he had been cuffed and they made the situation clear, we wouldn't have gotten the shitshow we got.
Hard to say. You can't really reason with unreasonable people, and those in a state of drug fueled excited delirium can show superhuman strength before they expire. They took the action that minimized risk to the officers, and also prevent Floyd from doing some dumb shit like getting up and running into traffic. Quite possible we would have gotten a different shitshow had the officers acted differently, but Floyd was a shitshow waiting to happen to someone.
"YES! I was hoopin' earlier..."
Well, the transcript was right about that. The problem for the cops is that he actually told them about it when they asked him and they still treated him like a regular suspect and got him worked up rather than get him to calm down and tell them about the drugs so the paramedics could assist.
This is what Robert Barnes was saying before the transcript was released. It sounded like he was on drugs, so the procedure changes.
They called in a code 2 to EMS, and quickly escalated it to code 3, shortly after the video stops. You can see this in the transcript. This was shortly after they started asking him what drugs he was on.
They followed recommendations about restraining Floyd to prolong his life, as he displayed the symptoms of someone suffering excited delirium, but as is usually the case, the heart failed.
I agree, but I feel like they needed to communicate it better to him and get him to cooperate. If he had been cuffed and they made the situation clear, we wouldn't have gotten the shitshow we got.
Hard to say. You can't really reason with unreasonable people, and those in a state of drug fueled excited delirium can show superhuman strength before they expire. They took the action that minimized risk to the officers, and also prevent Floyd from doing some dumb shit like getting up and running into traffic. Quite possible we would have gotten a different shitshow had the officers acted differently, but Floyd was a shitshow waiting to happen to someone.