'I Can't Breathe', Black Man In Ohio US Meronta Before He Died In Police Hands Like Tragedy George Floyd

ILLUSTRATION OF UNSPLASH/Gregory Brainard

JAKARTA - Ohio Police, United States (US), released a video of a black man who died after repeatedly telling police I couldn't breathe" when officers clamped him to the bar floor and handcuffed him.

This incident evokes the memory of the death of George Floyd in 2020, when his neck was pressed with the knee of the police in Minneapolis.

In a body camera video released by the Canton Police Department, police were seen arresting the man, identified as Frank Tyson, 53, who allegedly escaped from the car crash site on April 18.

The Canton Police Department, reported by Reuters on Saturday, April 27, could not be asked for comment on the video.

The 36-minute video begins with a patrol officer visiting the car that hit an electric pole. The witness said the driver of the car fled to the nearest bar.

Officers were then seen entering the place, where they found Tyson standing in the bar. A fight ensued as they tried to grab his arm, and he repeatedly shouted, "They tried to kill me" and "Call the sheriff."

Officers put Tyson on the floor and handcuffed him. One of them was seen placing his knee on his back near his neck for approximately 30 seconds.

Tyson was heard repeatedly saying, "I can't breathe. I can't... get out of my neck," while a policeman shouted "merely" and "You're okay".

The next video shows Tyson lying motionless, face down on the floor for about six minutes, while officers talk to bar visitors.

Officers then examined Tyson, who didn't seem to react. They sound like he said, "Does he breathe?" and "Does he have a pulse?"

Eight minutes after Tyson's handcuffed officers, they released their fire and started CPR. The clerk then arrived at the scene and took Tyson out of the bar on a stretcher and got into the waiting ambulance.

Tyson died at a local hospital, according to the WKYC, an NBC affiliate in Cleveland. Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. The official cause of death has not been determined.