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Met police DC Sir Steve House said the footage was "extremely disturbing" and had been referred to the police watchdog.
An eye witness told the BBC: "I was worried he was going to get executed. That's just how George Floyd got killed.
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An eye witness said to the BBC: "I was worried he was going to get executed. That is just how George Floyd was killed. If not for the crowds filming the police, they could have suffocated him or broken his neck.
He was on the floor and in handcuffs, what is the reason for kneeling on his neck?
BBC Home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said Sir Steve's comments were highly unusual, particularly because the force had seen body-worn video footage which has not been made publicly available.
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The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to very great restraint, since it makes the bully free to enslave the meek.