Mr. Thao, your grace under this pressure is a testimony to a deep and abiding faith in the One who died for our sins, and I was moved to tears at this quote:
But thanks to Providence, I was in a hospital prison. So they moved me from the general population into the hospital side of the prison. This allowed me to care for sick inmate patients and preach the Gospel to many of them.
May God abundantly bless you and your family as you continue to share your testimony and rebuild your life.
Never had heard Mr Thao's story - what an inspiration he is, Praise God! A man of faith and courage, thank you, Lord for giving him the strength to endure suffering, unjust persecution and still preach the Truth.
Thank you for sharing the inspiring testimony from this little known American Saint. Tou Thao's loyalty to to his friend Derek Chauvin and to his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has been noted. I believe Mr. Thao has a great crown awaiting him in Heaven.
Ordinarily that might count for something, but for the previous 20 minutes Floyd had been nothing but belligerant and uncooperative. Unfortunately for him, the police had no reason to believe he'd ceased to be a threat just because he'd stopped talking and thrashing about. He really did bring this on himself.
I’m not convinced, based on the concerns and alarms raised by bystanders, many of whom thought he was possibly dead or dying. I know from CPR training that it only takes a few minutes from someone to die once their air supply is cut off.
The bystanders were clearly right, although they wouldn't have been making it any easier for the police to make better decisions.
It seems to be a police culture thing. I often wonder why the police have to shoot to kill, rather than disable, but clearly they're taught to prioritise self-preservation and public safety. I've never been in such a high pressure situation, myself, so I'm in no position to criticise.
There's a 30 minute bodycam video on youtube which changed my view of the incident. Floyd makes catastrophic decisions at every turn. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to accept his arrest and get driven to the police station. He was determined that wasn't going to happen. If anything, the police were too lenient with him at the point of arrest. But if they hadn't been, there would have been a whole other 'police brutality' outrage. They couldn't win either way.
Have you ever fired a pistol? What are the conditions for firing a pistol at someone? If a nonlethal shot is what is called for then why would a lethal weapon be used at all?
I appreciate that you are trying to be logical but this stuff is obvious after even cursory thinking.
I would encourage you to watch a few hours of bodycam footage to get a feel for what goes on in these environments. The people interacting with the police here are not telling the truth. For instance, Floyd himself was saying he couldn’t breathe before he even exited his vehicle. This obviously wasn’t true.
Not a game. Because I have no experience in law enforcement, I am assuming that the author or others might have a better answer than me to this question. If no one answers though, thats when I will have my doubts.
This isn’t one man’s word against another. Dead men do not talk. I did see the video and heard onlookers angrily warn both Floyd and his Hmong partner here that they were applying lethal force to a limp suspect.
First off, the knee restraint is not lethal force. Derek Chavin was not applying his full body weight. The Chief Medical Examiner said so much, even though politically it was not expendient to be so honest. The "lethal" narrative is literally a media, Tampon Tim and BLM narrative. With that out of the way (I may have lost you already) I see no malice in the officers. I see some life ending bad decisions by George Floyd and some poor decisions made by the officers (poor decisions that would call for better training, not prison time). I think Derek Chauvin could have removed his knee sooner, but having said that there was absolutely no injury on George Floyd's neck, never mind an injury that could lead to death. Tou Thao called the ambulance quickly after George Floyd complained of not being able to breath. Unfortunately, police everywhere become cynical, because they deal with false complaints and malingering all the time. The police in this case struck me as not comprehending the life threatening gravity of George Floyd's distress, but that is not a crime, you can't know what you don't know. The crowd was hostile and swearing, when someone swears at you I am certain you shut down, so do police. When I saw the police cam I did not believe the lady was a firefighter, I believed she was a woke, drug user/ activist. The police did the right thing in calling an ambulance, unfortunatley the ambulance took 10 minutes to reach George Floyd, and I doubt the paramedics could have saved him if they got there quicker anyways.
Floyd wasn't immobile; he was a 240 pound, enormous gorilla person bucking a 140 pound officer trying to yeet himself into oncoming traffic. The ambulance was on the way but not fast enough to save him from the lethal dose of drugs he took, given his heart disease, respiratory issues.
Tou Thao is an American patriot and a hero.
Mr. Thao, your grace under this pressure is a testimony to a deep and abiding faith in the One who died for our sins, and I was moved to tears at this quote:
But thanks to Providence, I was in a hospital prison. So they moved me from the general population into the hospital side of the prison. This allowed me to care for sick inmate patients and preach the Gospel to many of them.
May God abundantly bless you and your family as you continue to share your testimony and rebuild your life.
What an incredible testimony. Thank you Tou for sharing. Great interview
What a man of faith and courage. Minnesota sounds like a banana republic run by communists.
Never had heard Mr Thao's story - what an inspiration he is, Praise God! A man of faith and courage, thank you, Lord for giving him the strength to endure suffering, unjust persecution and still preach the Truth.
Why has Trump not pardoned these police officers yet? We all know this was a witch trial.
State charges. Trump can’t pardon those.
Beautiful
Thank you.
thank you Mr Thao, for standing firm in what is true and good.
This is powerful. Thanks for posting.
Thank you for sharing the inspiring testimony from this little known American Saint. Tou Thao's loyalty to to his friend Derek Chauvin and to his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has been noted. I believe Mr. Thao has a great crown awaiting him in Heaven.
Thai is a hero
Hero
Praising God for your faithfulness despite immense injustice.
Can someone answer in good faith? Why would you apply “maximal restraint” to someone already on the ground in handcuffs who is no longer moving?
Because he was moving right up until the point he wasn't moving.
The knee was on his neck for 4 minutes after he was totally unresponsive.
Ordinarily that might count for something, but for the previous 20 minutes Floyd had been nothing but belligerant and uncooperative. Unfortunately for him, the police had no reason to believe he'd ceased to be a threat just because he'd stopped talking and thrashing about. He really did bring this on himself.
I’m not convinced, based on the concerns and alarms raised by bystanders, many of whom thought he was possibly dead or dying. I know from CPR training that it only takes a few minutes from someone to die once their air supply is cut off.
The bystanders were clearly right, although they wouldn't have been making it any easier for the police to make better decisions.
It seems to be a police culture thing. I often wonder why the police have to shoot to kill, rather than disable, but clearly they're taught to prioritise self-preservation and public safety. I've never been in such a high pressure situation, myself, so I'm in no position to criticise.
There's a 30 minute bodycam video on youtube which changed my view of the incident. Floyd makes catastrophic decisions at every turn. It would have been the easiest thing in the world to accept his arrest and get driven to the police station. He was determined that wasn't going to happen. If anything, the police were too lenient with him at the point of arrest. But if they hadn't been, there would have been a whole other 'police brutality' outrage. They couldn't win either way.
Have you ever fired a pistol? What are the conditions for firing a pistol at someone? If a nonlethal shot is what is called for then why would a lethal weapon be used at all?
I appreciate that you are trying to be logical but this stuff is obvious after even cursory thinking.
I would encourage you to watch a few hours of bodycam footage to get a feel for what goes on in these environments. The people interacting with the police here are not telling the truth. For instance, Floyd himself was saying he couldn’t breathe before he even exited his vehicle. This obviously wasn’t true.
Chauvin was guilty of negligence but not murder.
No. Your "just asking questions" game will not be played.
Not a game. Because I have no experience in law enforcement, I am assuming that the author or others might have a better answer than me to this question. If no one answers though, thats when I will have my doubts.
This isn’t one man’s word against another. Dead men do not talk. I did see the video and heard onlookers angrily warn both Floyd and his Hmong partner here that they were applying lethal force to a limp suspect.
First off, the knee restraint is not lethal force. Derek Chavin was not applying his full body weight. The Chief Medical Examiner said so much, even though politically it was not expendient to be so honest. The "lethal" narrative is literally a media, Tampon Tim and BLM narrative. With that out of the way (I may have lost you already) I see no malice in the officers. I see some life ending bad decisions by George Floyd and some poor decisions made by the officers (poor decisions that would call for better training, not prison time). I think Derek Chauvin could have removed his knee sooner, but having said that there was absolutely no injury on George Floyd's neck, never mind an injury that could lead to death. Tou Thao called the ambulance quickly after George Floyd complained of not being able to breath. Unfortunately, police everywhere become cynical, because they deal with false complaints and malingering all the time. The police in this case struck me as not comprehending the life threatening gravity of George Floyd's distress, but that is not a crime, you can't know what you don't know. The crowd was hostile and swearing, when someone swears at you I am certain you shut down, so do police. When I saw the police cam I did not believe the lady was a firefighter, I believed she was a woke, drug user/ activist. The police did the right thing in calling an ambulance, unfortunatley the ambulance took 10 minutes to reach George Floyd, and I doubt the paramedics could have saved him if they got there quicker anyways.
Floyd wasn't immobile; he was a 240 pound, enormous gorilla person bucking a 140 pound officer trying to yeet himself into oncoming traffic. The ambulance was on the way but not fast enough to save him from the lethal dose of drugs he took, given his heart disease, respiratory issues.
1. Yeah, that's pretty much what I said in my first comment.
2. Yes. We've all seen them. That was point 2 of my last comment.
3. Yes, as I pointed out in my first comment, the policy is if you shoot, then shoot to kill.
What point are you trying to make?