In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse.

In video of the April 18 encounter, Frank Tyson can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse.

The Canton Police Department in Ohio has released body camera video from the night a 53-year-old man died after he repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe” as he was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and he was pinned to the ground.

In video of the encounter on April 18, the man, Frank Tyson, can be seen lying motionless on the floor of a bar for more than 5 minutes before police check him for a pulse and about 8 minutes before CPR is started.

In the nearly 36-minute video, police respond to the scene of a single-car crash to find a downed power pole and an unoccupied vehicle with the driver’s side door open and an airbag deployed.

    • LadyAutumnEnglish
      71·
      7 months ago

      Yeah. The details are in the article. Officer had his knee on the victims upper back for at least 30 seconds while the victim begged the officer to move as he couldn’t breathe. At some point he stopped responding entirely while the officers were holding him. He needed immediate medial attention from the instant he stopped breathing. Instead of helping him officers told him “shut the fuck up you’re fine”. And only after he had stopped moving for 5 minutes did they check and realize he was dead.

      The knee on the upper back position is illegal. The correct thing to do is to have 1 officer hold his shoulders steady and the other hand cuff him. If there’s only 1 officer present (which there never should be), there are many other holds that are not life threatening. I think it’s entirely fair and legitimate to say that they killed him. It’s not libelous, or exaggeration, they killed him and did not seek medical attention when he very clearly stated he wasn’t able to breathe. That’s manslaughter and negligent homicide at least.

    • Kbobabob@lemmy.world
      16·
      7 months ago

      Maybe they just don’t like lawsuits? There is a reason the word allegedly is used so often.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      7 months ago

      Its too much to ask for what should be an anti-police story related to them murdering a civilian to not use passive voice to describe the murder.

      • Custodian1623@lemmy.world
        4·
        7 months ago

        Yes because it’s not an anti-police story, it’s a reporting of events with which you can use your brain to reach a conclusion. What you’re describing is better suited for commentary like this thread.

          • Custodian1623@lemmy.world
            2·
            7 months ago

            If you look at the URL the original published headline said ‘alleged murder’, it’s always more passive until something sticks, like a murder charge.

            Edit: NBC is not doing their jobs correctly if they make assumptions about the cause of death. We’ve seen excessive force in similar situations being the direct cause of death but it’s not the job of these news outlets to make assumptions on your behalf. An assumption about something that was likely to have happened is still an assumption.

            If NBC calls it a murder and a report comes out that definitively shows that the death happened concurrently but was not caused by the use of force then NBC is in the shit because they appealed to your emotions instead of reporting the facts.

    • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      7 months ago

      Yeah it’s there some unwritten rule against the press saying they killed him? Only good reason i can think of is they’re still waiting for the autopsy to confirm cause of death.

          • uranibaba@lemmy.world
            11·
            7 months ago

            Perhaps because a court hasn’t ruled on it, they won’t word it that explicitly?

            My best guess is that the new paper could be charged with defamation if the court ruled that the police didn’t kill him and they claimed he did.

            But I’m not a lawyer and have no idea about the law regarding journalism nor its ethics.

      • Tiefling IRL
        4·
        7 months ago

        Watch the autopsy “find” that he was high on weed or some other shit

      • 100_kg_90_de_belin @feddit.it
        4·
        7 months ago

        Because even though there’s a video showing that a cop killed a man, everybody (even cops) is innocent until proven guilty. Otherwise, you could get into a trial for slander and for having caused distress.

  • fiend_unpleasant ☑️ @lemmy.world
    31·
    7 months ago

    This shit again!?! gumbles while digging out body armor mutters under breath, these fucking idiots need to lose their god damned jobs… they won’t even get jail time OK I’m ready… ACAB and all that puts on gas mask lets do this shit again

  • Adalast@lemmy.world
    15·
    7 months ago

    I live near Canton. I cannot express the rage, disappointment, and sorrow I feel at this. I fucking hate having the conversations. It is so soul crushing to hsct to explain to loved ones who get brainwashed that “killing bad”.

  • ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world
    4·
    7 months ago

    I’m not defending the police here, but could this man have had a heart attack due to the presence of drugs or alcohol in his system, combined with the fact that his heart rate was elevated by resisting arrest? He does not appear to be in good physical condition. I see that his stomach looks a little distended and he sort of waddles as he took steps around the bar area. I’m not condoning the knee on the back, or the amount of elapsed time before checking for a pulse, but I think they should conduct a toxicology test and publish the report soon. Also, the article claims he crashed his car before running into the bar. He might have sustained injuries from the crash, and then exerted himself by running from the scene. There is a lot that occurred in this incident before the police arrived at the bar.

    • Kedly@lemm.ee
      44·
      7 months ago

      “I’m not defending police here” procedes to defend police

    • teejay@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      7 months ago

      I’m not defending the police here, but

      Oh boy, here we go.

      could this man have had a heart attack due to the presence of drugs or alcohol in his system, combined with the fact that his heart rate was elevated by resisting arrest

      Totally. He could have also died from a brain aneurysm, aliens, a very advanced case of SIDS, or a witch’s curse. Or, you know, maybe he died from the whole not being able to breathe thing that was actually happening.

      He does not appear to be in good physical condition. I see that his stomach looks a little distended and he sort of waddles as he took steps around the bar area.

      He didn’t look like he was in great shape? Only fitness buffs and marathon runners with no booze in their systems get to live though being cuffed? Tf is wrong with you.

    • pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de
      20·
      7 months ago

      Even if the knee on the back is not the cause what the fuck is wrong with the officers to just brush off his plea for help? Say he has an asthma attack and couldn’t breath, after he’s handcuffed on the floor there’s not much he can do himself. If you immobilised someone you need to take care of them. If they die in your care while calling for help at the least it’s negligence.