Well, that's a slightly different issue. I disagree with the physical tactics used in the arrest certainly. However, those same tactics are used in other democracies, Israel for example.

My personal take on his death is that the stress of the arrest contributed to his death, however he was both high on drugs and resisting arrest. He was also saying 'I can't breathe' both before he was on the ground and while the knee was on his neck....the implication being that he obviously could.

However, that form of restraint should never be used....it's wrong in my view. However, unfortunately it was legal....I think the police were wrong but were also thrown under the bus.

This isn't the only death that has happened this way in the States....but of course because it involved your noble oppressed social justice rioters it's the only type the leftist media give a feck about.

Funny how if your skin happens to be white you're automatically a racist if anything bad happens to someone non white.....No one makes bad decisions or fecks up, no they are all racists apparently...The logic of it is crazy but I've grown to understand the motivations behind it.

Anyway with this death, in my view at worse it was involuntary manslaughter and negligent (but the restraint was on the books and legal). I regard the murder verdict and length of sentence as a miscarriage of justice. A verdict, that to me at least, is coloured by the political and racial. Something I regard as happening far too regularly in the polarised US.

If this copper had been OJ...an actual multiple murderer, perhaps he'd be walking free.

Edited by Stirlingsays (30 Jan 2023 10.02pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

If this is correct then how could the cashier have known,and it is an opinion not a fact. Floyd was not a model citizen.

Edited by HKOwen (31 Jan 2023 12.59am)

Edited by HKOwen (31 Jan 2023 12.59am)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Thank you

I do like to research what I write. Getting things correct is a way to engender trust and also to stop those with strong opinions obscuring the real truth

No.
But they should have their Twitter accounts frozen and be unfriended on Facebook.

Fair enough, but should they also be elevated into sainthood and start people kneeling? This unfortunate death was turned into myth and used shamelessly for political advancement....and seemingly fraud if some of the stories about misappropriation of funds with BLM are true.

Edited by Stirlingsays (31 Jan 2023 3.46pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Of course not.

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.