They won't get the officer for murder. They'll discover he had a heart attack from stress and it'll be reduced to manslaughter. Almost guaranteed. Even I find it hard to believe he was strangled. Take a few classes of BJJ or Judo and you'll learn what it looks like when someone is about to go out because of a choke.
I hope for everyone's sake the officer is put in the slammer for a long time. I just don't think they'll get him for murder. At best this is complete incompetence, and worse this is manslaughter unfortunately. Have someone pin you by your neck using their leg. A blood choke requires both sides of the carotid artery and/or jugular to be cut off. A wind choke requires the trachea to be force closed or the diaphragm to be crushed. It didn't appear the officer was effectively doing either of these. The only thing that could change this is if an officer was pinning his diaphragm which would strangle him. However that much is off camera. It's possible to induce a stroke by cutting off the blood supply to the head which could also be a case. The smart thing to do is wait for the coroner report before bringing out the pitchforks.
At any rate the president and DoJ vow justice and these "violent protesters" (rioters in CNN-speak) are burning down the town still. Unbelievable. I think the way police treat everyone, but especially black people, is absolutely brutal. There are better ways to handle this than burning down the town. You'd find more people would support the protests this way.
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