This is very long, but I never heard about it. Yes, the recent "protests" I read about, and that poor Metro policeman who is paralyzed from the neck down for no DAMN REASON. Hey, let's burn our neighborhood down!
Sorry, gents, but I am NOT burning down a Wendy's, or any other eatery. I want to burn down my stove.
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http://www.yahoo.com/news/byron-williams-died-saying-cant-083331934.html
Byron Williams said 'I can't breathe' 17 times as police restrained him. Why did few protest his death?
Anita Hassan
NBC NewsJune 18, 2020, 1:33 AM PDT
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LAS VEGAS — Jeffery Thompkins stood at a community rally with thousands of protesters this month, listening as they chanted, "I can't breathe."
They were shouting the last words of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25 with an officer's knee on his neck. Floyd's final moments were captured on video by a bystander.
Thompkins, 32, said he closed his eyes, holding back tears. He had heard the words before, nearly nine months earlier. But the voice he heard back then belonged to Byron Lee Williams, his mother's fiancé.
On Sept. 5, two Las Vegas police officers arrested Williams, 50, who was Black, for riding a bicycle without a safety light. Body camera video released by police showed the officers chasing Williams, holding him on the ground, handcuffed, and kneeling on his back before lifting him upright and dragging him away. Williams repeatedly told officers, "I can't breathe."
He said it at least 17 times before he died, according to the police video.
But unlike Floyd's death — which triggered a wave of protests across the country, including in Las Vegas, and led to charges for the four Minneapolis officers involved — Williams' death drew little attention. Police released just part of the video from one of the body cameras; no bystander videos emerged. A single rally for Williams last fall drew about two dozen people. No charges have been filed against officers connected to the case.
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