I just feel like Floyd had mental issues, and if we invested more into the police force to better equip the system and procedures for something like this, it would have ended better.
But also the cops seem vindicated. How could you know whether this was a guy with just mental issues, or a guy freaking out for being arrested, flying high on a substance, and using his freak out to resist arrest? Especially when he's screaming about not breathing and saying to put him on the ground instead? Seems like their ability to discern whether he was able to breathe or not was impaired by him saying it in a neutral context as well as their putting him on the ground was something he said was preferable when freaking out in the first place.
I guess the city is gonna be burned down when the case is decided.