Was G. Floyd suffering from Covid? In Wikipedia, I found that he got over Covid, do we have some other information? It might be important in general.
To me, when I view the video, it looks like Floyd is pretty sick, and when he says he is claustrophobic, i think he may not be understanding how sick he is. Lane and Kueng are unenthused about the arrest, and it is only Chauvin who enjoys the situation, the power. I think that neck compression and standing on the chest of a sick person would surely put him to death sooner, and Covid would be enough reason. In no way does Floyd being on drugs (we know he struggled with substances, he made no secret of it, tried to get clean) justify Chauvin's treatment. (If we justify it, then any drunk schoolkid driving from a party deserves the same, so, sharp no). If Floyd had Covid, even worse, as it was considered a deadly disease at that time.
But then, Lane performing CPR at least shows another side of it - he was following the order of a higher in rank, but left alone, he tried to help? To a person who might have given him Covid and was foaming at the mouth? Maybe alone, Lane was not a bad person, just given the example of wrong training? (Lane's f-bombs mean little to me, he spoke this way to his attorney, I know people who use f-word like an introductory one, like I say "well" instead. Doesn’t tell much about him, IMHO).
Chauvin appears deadly angry that day. I always wondered if Thao's reaction indicated he knew more about what was going on in Chauvin's life, and I suspect something indeed was, but Chauvin was a ticking time bomb. He had no right to show up at work in such a frame of mind, he was a danger to the society.
