Mississippi Mayor Disputes "I Can't Breathe"

Well, if the mayor of Bumfuck Backwater, MS, population 10,000, says it, then it must be taken as gospel.

Holy. Shit.

I'm surprised Hal Marx is able to breathe

Upon reading this, I immediately started looking to find out how he could be removed from office. Unfortunately, Mississippi offers little recourse other than waiting out his term and voting him out.

Yes, democracy is such an unfortunate thing, isn't it R4?

The lack of recourse once it becomes apparent that an elected official is an unqualified piece of shit does not typify the otherwise abundant advantages of 'democracy', R5.

Good lord, the stupidity of it all. Of course you're breathing when you say "I can't breathe". It's prelude to when you actually stop breathing, just like how some patients suffering from severe allergic reactions would say "I can't breathe" just before they pass out. But it's Mississippi so I can't really say I'm surprised. On the plus side the mayor looks to be the type who is likely to drop dead from a MI before his term is over.

Everybody knows..

Too stupid to live, too mean to die.

What a vile scumbag

Be a shame if everyone found out where that fat motherfucker lives and someone gave him an up close & personal re-enactment of George Floyd’s particular situation.

Mississippi.

Thanks, OP!

I was saying to friends just this afternoon, "But what does the mayor of Petal, Mississippi think about what's going on in Minneapolis?," and now (thank God) I know!

The mayor ( Hal Marx) is pushing back, saying

"The tolerant progressives can’t tolerate a simple statement of fact"

“I will never surrender to the mob mentality,” he said.

Local coverage:

It's fucking Mississippi r4. He just secured his reelection with this comment.

Anyway, let him lord over his hellhole. Why does anyone care what the mayor of some Mississippi backwater has to say.

That fat fuck can’t breathe at rest.

The preliminary autopsy reveals there is no evidence of strangulation or asphyxiation

The mayor ( Hal Marx) says he feels VINDICATED.

There were three officers bringing their weight to bear on Floyd; Derek Chauvin, using both knees, was on his neck and upper thorax, another pressing down on his abdomen, and the third officer was crushing his legs. Add to that the fact that his hands were cuffed behind his back, with his arms pulled back in an awkward position, and George Floyd would have been incapable of inhaling properly - despite the lack of the usual signs of asphyxia - broken hyoid, ligature marks, petechiae on the face/conjunctiva in the eyes. These latter are characteristic of reduced venous return from the head, as in manual strangulation, i.e. a garotte, etc. That isn't what happened here. His neck was compressed at an odd angle, and his thorax was compressed, preventing him from inhaling sufficiently to keep him alive. His body was crushed with the combined weight of three adult men, compressing his body in a manner which not only restricted his breathing, but also arterial circulation from the legs. It's likely his heart failed from these combined stresses.

Chauvin is not the only one responsible for his death.

Even if they just stood by and watched, r19, they are also guilty.

Agreed, R20.