Comments by "Life\x27s Adventures" (@bigphillyed) on "‘I Can’t Breathe’: Video Shows Indigenous Australian’s Prison Death | NYT News" video.

Zaheed Chapman torture? Really? The inmate created the situation, and has a very violent history, what did you want them to do? Hold his hand and sing songs with him?
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After hours of digging for the truth, writers Isabella Kwai and Tacey Rychter are not journalist, they are opt. Ed writers most likely blogging from their couch, and the fact a NYTIMES editor let this article through without editing it is a distance. Not anywhere in this article does the writers convey some of the most relevant information. One, the inmate was being moved for his health, and he had food that was a hazard to his health, his diabetes. Two, in order to prevent the inmate from hurting himself by triggering a diabetic attack they wanted to move him to a cell with a CCTV so they could safely monitor him. Three, the inmate had a record of being violent with prison staff. Four, the inmate was already being housed in a mental health unit with plenty of medical staff in the facility. Five, not anywhere is there any mention of why the inmate was incarcerated, he was convicted of home invasion and sexual assault and sentanced to 8 years. These are all pertinent details to the story, but yet in the current news world we live in this story was driven by personal opinions of the writers and staff of the NYTIMES, not the facts. This is why news outlets cannot be trusted anymore, it doesn't take much effort to state all the facts, and write the article to inform the public, in a non biased fashion. We have to start drawing a line between a journalist and a blog writer with an agenda. Not anywhere in the article is it stated it was an opt. ed. piece. NYTIMES needs to correct this misinformation.
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Valerie Rodger first of all, his biscuits were cookies, and he was a diabetic. He was trying to create a medical emergency by increasing his sugar levels, as he had a restricted diet. The incident was only a partial contributing factor at best. The issue is with all the indigenous people in Aus., claiming it was institutionalized murder. It wasn't even negligent manslaughter. The officer followed the proper protocols for a person of his nature. The only one responsible for this death, is the inmate. He created the situation to begin with.
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Uncle Traveling Matt he was not murdered, murder is the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another. This isn't even negligant man slaughter, it was an accident a tragic accident. Try getting all the facts next time.
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It's sad when anyone dies, any day of any week in any month of any year, naturally, accidentally or intentionally!
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the face I adore how you just troll around calling everyone racist, are they the only words you know.
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Zaheed Chapman English is obviously not your 1st language, it's difficult to understand exactly what you are saying. Yes we are all aware he had mental illness which is why he was in the mental health medical wing of the prison. Your wrong, people who are having difficulty breathing tense up and begin to resist alsmot automatically. But with violent and sexual predator history, you cannot as a prison guard let your guard down or someone on the staff could be injured or even killed. There was no other way to handle this situation, none.
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random rapper three weeks away from a parole hearing maybe, not sure of that, and one would think with his violent history with staff he most likely wouldn't have gotten it.
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LolwutLol2000 thank you, from the video and my experience I think the knee to the back in the second cell is what most likely killed him.
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Diego Flores well aren't you the smart one? There was no intent to remove or withhold air to this inmate. He created the situation, his medical history contributed to his death and his history of violence with staff and the person he sexually assaulted after forcing entry into their home is what made the guards use force.
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random rapper either way, race had nothing to do with it. He was an inmate incarcerated for a very violent crime, who had a history of violence with prison staff. These guards performed their duties as policy and procedures dictate.
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Eyir Bam has nothing to do with race, color or religion. This was a violent man, whose behavior caused the environment that contributed to his death. Do not give us any "bleeding heart" stuff because he created the entire situation.
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Hello Thailand coming from someone named Thailand that's funny. So let's see, prison guards subdue an out of control inmate, he dies and they are nazis.
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