After his release on April 6, Frank Eugene Tyson was on parole until his death on April 18 with the Ohio police’s bodycam footage video now viral
Social media users are outraged by a video showing a Black guy screaming, “I can’t breathe,” while a police officer in the US state of Ohio kneels on his neck, handscuffs him and wrestles him to the ground in a pub. According to media reports, the man was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
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Frank Tyson, 53, died at a hospital after he was pinned down by police officers at a bar and remained motionless for minutes. Tyson was released from prison on April 6 after serving 24 years on a kidnapping and theft case but he was almost immediately arrested again.
The footage of Frank Eugene Tyson brings to mind the similar manner in which George Floyd, another African American, was assassinated in 2020. The Canton Police Department has released a 36-minute body camera video in which police can be seen apprehending Frank Eugene Tyson aged 53.
NEW: 53-year-old man dies after getting taken to the ground by police and telling them that he couldn’t breathe.
As Ohio man Frank Tyson was motionless on the ground, one officer could be heard bragging about the “bar fight.”
Tyson had just gotten out of prison according to… pic.twitter.com/vGUTHfLHI6
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 26, 2024
Tyson reportedly raced to a local pub after it was suspected that he had fled the scene of a single-car accident. Tyson yelled, “Cal the sheriff, they’re trying to kill me,” as the police officers are seen approaching him at the pub in the video. The cops then handcuffed Tyson and pin him to the ground with one of them kneeling on his neck for approximately thirty seconds.
Tyson was seen lying still, face down, on the ground for roughly six minutes after the cops stand up. He appeared unresponsive when they check on him. The officers’ questions, “Is he breathing?” and “Does he have a pulse?” can be heard in the video.
They can then be seen taking Tyson’s handcuffs off and doing CPR on him. Subsequently, Tyson is seen being taken into an ambulance by paramedics on a stretcher.
According to media reports, Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch, the two police officers are suspected of killing Tyson. Both of them are placed on administrative leave while the local crime investigation bureau is looking into the event.
Why was Frank Eugene Tyson arrested?
Frank Eugene Tyson was released from Belmont Correctional Institute in St. Clairsville, Ohio, thirteen days before he passed away on April 18 while being held by the police.
In relation to an incident on July 20, 2000, he was serving a 24-year term for crimes that included kidnapping, burglary, grand theft of a car, receiving stolen property, and disobeying a police officer.
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Mais uma violência racista inacreditável! Um videotape, no estado de Ohio, nos Estados Unidos. Frank Tyson, 53 anos, estava imobilizado, joelho no pescoço, e gritava: – eu não posso respirar! E foi assassinado. Mais uma vez!
Vejam como esse problema está… pic.twitter.com/GqB8N5vcI3
— Carlos Minc (@minc_rj) April 28, 2024
Other black deaths in custody
Following Floyd’s death in 2020 as a result of White police officer Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on his neck, Minneapolis police came under fire. The event sparked protests against racial prejudice and police brutality both domestically and internationally. Manslaughter and other offences were later found to have been committed by Chauvin and three other police officers.