Originally Posted by
Mission146
Honestly, proper training on duty to intervene and not having cops do anything solo would probably cover most problems. You’ve got Chauvin, but if any of the other officers had pulled him off of Floyd, the last few weeks doesn’t happen.
The first time I saw that video I kept waiting for one of the other cops to give Chauvin the tap on his shoulder, as if to say okay that's good we got him, you can get off him now. They never did. Then the longer it went on I was expecting one of them to go behind Chauvin and grab him by his shoulders to pull him off. That didn't happen either. I think there was grave concern on the part of at least one cop who was in front, but for whatever reason they didn't intervene. Perhaps it was because Chauvin was the supervising officer and they were brand new and didn't want to show him up. Either way it's a tragedy that they didn't have the courage to stuff Chauvin's rank & experience and get him off of Floyd's neck.