Police Violence in the United States: Video of Death Row Arrest

George Floyd († 46) suffocated painfully after policeman Derek Chauvin (44) pressed his knee on his neck for minutes. Now comes to light: Floyd was not an isolated case.

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Another American died in a brutal arrest in Oklahoma City in May last year, according to a video released by local police only this week. The two cases are similar.

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Man tries to escape

The Oklahoma police received this emergency call at the end of May 2019. “A man has unpacked his gun and is pointing it towards another person in a parking lot,” said the witness on the phone.

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The police immediately set off for the crime scene – the mission was filmed by the police officers’ body cam. There they meet a man who is later identified as Derrick Elliot Scott (42). Police officer Jarred Tipton calls out to him: “Slowly run towards me and turn around.” But Scott decides differently and runs away.

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“I can’t breathe”

The police run after the suspect, gun in hand. They keep calling out: “Stop. On the ground.” Scott doesn’t listen to the police. The chase doesn’t take long. Tipton catches the 42-year-old with a jump.

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Scott is lying on the ground while the officers try to arrest him. They actually pull a gun out of the man’s pocket. Then the 42-year-old says, like Floyd when he was arrested: “I can’t breathe” – I can’t breathe. Tipton only replies: “I don’t care.” A few seconds later, another police officer says: “You can breathe well.”

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Then the cops succeed in handcuffing Scott. Shortly afterwards, the 42-year-old suddenly passed out. The officials alert the ambulance. This takes him to the hospital. Any help comes too late: Scott dies the same day

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The dead man’s family accuses: “Humanity is lacking”

“NBC News” has now received the autopsy report. The report relieved the police. The autopsy showed that the police reaction did not lead to death, other factors had played a role. The patient had asthma, heart disease, and was consuming methamphetamine. His way of death was listed as “indefinite”.

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Last Monday, Oklahoma police chief Larry Withrow went to the media and made a statement regarding the arrest. Winthrow confirms that there was an investigation by the Oklahoma District Attorney General against the three officers on duty at the time. But his police officers had behaved correctly so far: “They did everything they could do.” Commenting on the comments by policeman Tipton, Withrow said: “A policeman is certainly not allowed to say that, but it can happen in the heat of the moment.”

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Incomprehensible to the deceased’s family. Uncle Ronald Scott says to NBC News: “I am concerned about how they treated his life. Sometimes the police lack humanity and courtesy. » (sib)

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