george floyd was having a mental health breakdown. just 1 social worker in the crew to turn things back from a militant posture would have saved his life. Instead it was all very ugly ego and force games, just because they couldn't fkn stand for 5 seconds by the open door of the car and explain. I've had a medically induced freakout like that, where physical escalation would have reflected into me regardless of my own safety, and the idea that some cop would pin me to the pavement with a knee on my neck is so gross.
The plastic "spit hood" from iraq that suffocated that guy who puked is another case of punitive measures where practical would be better. Like, make the spit hood permeable or put a small frame inside it so there's space. A single review by a person who wasn't a head stomper would have detected this process anomaly.
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