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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
On the New York Times website, they broke down the entire episode from all the different security and cell phone cameras.
I'm unclear about a few things after I saw it. This whole episode is so saddening, maddening and just doesn't make any sense.
1. It may be just the portions that I saw, but is anyone holding the EMTs accountable? Chauvin still had his knee on his neck for about a minute after the ambulance arrived. It looked like Chauvin took his knee off his neck, the EMTs put him on the stretcher and drove away. I didn't see any attempt at CPR as soon as they got there. No urgency at all to try and save him.
2. Does anyone know the timeline of how long the cops were on the scene? After the ambulance left a fire truck pulled up. The cops just waived it off and away it went. After that, it seemed like the police just drove away after a few minutes. Were they actually around for longer than it appeared?
3. Has there been an interview with the store staff that called the police on him? I haven't found anything. I'm curious to hear their thoughts about what has happened since then.
4. This is just an observation, and a moot one at that. The staff called the police on him for a counterfeit bill. He was still sitting in his car across the street and the cops showed up. I didn't see the timeline, but if he knowingly used the bill, don't you think he would have drove away instead of just staying parked there?
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This doesn't directly answer any of your questions, but they reminded me of something I heard on NPR yesterday. They were interveiwing 2 former Minneapolis police officers. They were giving analysis of the events as former law enforcement and they noted that in the video they heard the call for an ambulance as 'code 2' which is apparently the non emergency variety where they don't run lights and sirens are just expected to get there in a leisurely amount of time. I think they said code 3 was for emergency mode. (forgive me if I messed up the specifics)
So that to me gives a lot of context on the timeline and possible lack of urgency from paramedics. It doesn't make anything right or excuse any actions. Just hadn't seen it discussed in the hundreds of posts so thought it might add to the discussion.