You must watch the actual, full, uncut video of his death - you will realize very quickly that you have been lied to.

> Floyd did not die of the results of fentanyl overdose

I don't care what USA Today says - I suggest not placing much credence on claims mid-tier tabloids make. I am a former EMT, and I've seen people go into drug-induced respiratory failure. Even if you haven't, it's pretty obvious in this case. I implore you to actually watch the entire video of his death - it make my claims so obvious.

> They had him in the car but then pulled him onto the ground and started kneeling on him.

Because he escaped the car and was spazzing out, trying to escape, high as hell. Please watch the video.

> They did this despite Floyd saying he couldn't breath.

He was complaining he couldn't breathe before he was even on the ground (including when he was in the car), because he was experiencing drug-induced respiratory failure. Please watch the video.

> They did this despite bystanders pointing out that he couldn't breath.

Yes, this is what bystanders do in every ghetto neighborhood when the cops arrest someone. I've seen it 50 times. "He didn't do nothing, why are you arresting him, you're hurting him" - the eternal refrain of the ghetto bystander, regardless of the situation. Whatever the retarded bystanders were yelling conveys zero information.

> This behavior was so shocking that these officers were convicted of crimes for their behavior.

They were indicted and convicted as a sacrifice to avoid political backlash and rioting, not because they were guilty.

> a VERY rare conviction for misconduct

Doesn't matter how rare it is - it's rationally going to affect everyone's behavior anyway. Cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilling_effect

> But the facts of the George Floyd case do not support your conclusion.

I guarantee you, if you watch the full, uncut video of the entire interaction (which, incidentally, are some of the only facts in play here, unlike claims by mid-tier tabloids), you will change your mind. You have been fed a false narrative, and it's not even difficult to prove this, but people for some reason refuse to spend like 15 minutes to watch the actual source of truth (presumably partially because venerable institutions like USA Today are doing their best not to show it to you).

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