If Floyd was already handcuffed and in the car, why did they drag him out?

[panader0]

Was he being violent? I haven't seen a reason for dragging him out.
Anyone know?

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I got a 'training day' vibe from the way it was done

Was it all for showing the rookie how to murder someone?

[panader0]

5. Me too.

[Jim__]

2. He did not want to be in the back seat.

He was saying that he was claustrophobic and having something like a panic attack. It looked to me like they tried to buckle the seat belt and couldn't do it. I think they wanted to hobble him. The 4th officer Thou(sp?) was looking in the back of the car for something, I think the strap they use to hobble people.

[everyonematters]

4. That's the only rational explanation to me.

[WarGamer]

12. it's the CORRECT explanation.

[Hoyt]

3. There was some kind of struggle when they first put him in police car. If Chauvin had simply

restrained him at that point -- assuming that was even needed -- for a few seconds, we'd be discussing something else. Unfortunately, Chauvin spent at least 8 minutes and 36 seconds too long on "restraint" and ended up crushing Floyd's neck.

[panader0]

7. Many years ago I was handcuffed and put in the back of a cruiser while

the cops looked for my grass. I was pretty agile then, and worked my arms under my legs
and got my hands in front. When the cops came back, they looked at me and shook their heads.
Then I got booked.

[Hoyt]

10. Too bad you don't have a video. If I were handcuffed behind my back, I'd freak out too. In front, OK

[Lars39]

6. I think the other cops called Chauvin and told him they had Floyd.

[Goonch]

8. To exert maximum control

[a kennedy]

9. I thought he was pretty large to actually fit in that back seat......

[Bev54]

11. He said he was claustrophobic and could not breath in the back seat

He is a big man. But it was Chauvin that dragged him out by the neck.

[Mike Nelson]

13. I think...

... he would not stay in the car. He said he was claustrophobic and kept struggling to get out... by the time he de-escalated, they would not let him up. They should have let him up, and just let him go, if he wouldn't get in the car... he wasn't harming anyone and they knew his identity.

[Mr.Bill]

14. So Derek Chauvin could kill him.

I'm not kidding.

[skylucy]

15. +1000 You nailed it.

[Walleye]

16. Cops like to punish people who pissed them off.