A genuine question here. I'm embarrassed to be asking this only now, as this should have been a question asked at the time.
The Derek Chauvin case is starting. The foundation of this story happened the night he used his knee on George Floyd's neck to contain him for more than eight minutes.
The simple - media promoted, politician promoted, activist promoted - narrative is that Chauvin did what he did because he is a racist cop who didn't care whether Floyd lived or died. Simple, straightforward murder.
I've never heard another interpretation. The simple story is a completely closed case that doesn't address Chauvin's stated motive for his behavior.
Does anyone know what Chauvin claims is the reason for the length of time he used the containment technique he used? Assuming the simple story is too simple (which it seems to me, with hindsight), what was Chauvin waiting for? He held Floyd down for that length of time until at some point, something changed, and Chauvin was prepared to end this technique and continue with the arrest procedure using other means. If he wasn't trying to kill Floyd, what was he waiting for to be able to stop holding him down?
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