Can't Breathe Story

 About three weeks ago.....in the Oer-Erkenschwick area (just north of Essen)....there was a 'riot' in an apartment.  

It's not clear what was meant by the term riot.  What occurred was mostly surrounding a 39-year old guy who got pretty violent and disturbed.  Cops were called.  

Cops arrived and tried to talk sense to the guy....it didn't work.  Eventually, more cops arrived (8 in the end), and some form of pepper spray was used, with significant muscle by the police.  

Then, the guy uttered 'I can't breathe.'

At some point, he was put on the ground, with a police knee on his neck.

He was taken to a regional hospital where he died.

Yeah, you know where this is going.

So, folks are disturbed by this.  Some of this....the knee-business....was filmed.  But the cops came to the individual and invoked one of the new regulations on them....to delete the video.

All of this leading to a prosecution situation and investigation?  Yeah.

Why was the guy so hyped up to start with?  No one says much.  Maybe there were some drugs involved?  No one suggests that, but to require eight policemen to handle one guy?  It begs questions.  

Once you spray the pepper spray, unless you got aid immediately after that.....you will have issues breathing.