Coming late to this conversation, everyone who is accusing the cop of outright murder, “snuffing out a human life” is outright lying. FLOYD DID NOT DIE OF ASPHYXIATION. HE WAS NOT CHOKED TO DEATH. The knee on his neck was a STANDARD, APPROVED method of restraining him, and did not block his airway.
And he had to be restrained because he had resisted being put in the police car, and the cops suspected he was in excited delirium, for which the protocol is that he must be restrained until the medics can get there and inject him with sedatives.
The cops discussed what method of restraining him would be best, and one suggested changing position, but Chauvin figured there was no reason to do so, the position he had him in was good enough. Maybe that was a mistake, but there are no grounds for considering it malicious or a crime.
The charging documents show that there is very little chance of convicting him. He has been charged for political reasons only, in a vain attempt to appease the mob. And he has been robbed of HIS right to the presumption of innocence, now that he is the accused.
Finally, the riots we are seeing now are the best proof, absolute proof, of how much we owe to the cops. Without them EVERY DAY would be like this. We would live our whole lives as slaves to the criminals who would be free to do to us whatever they like without any fear of punishment. And so we owe the police a huge debt of gratitude, and that includes giving them a presumption of being right in any dispute they have with known criminals. Whenever they say something and the criminals say the opposite we should presume they are telling the truth unless we have clear proof otherwise. So their word that he resisted them should be enough for us.