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I agree with the outcome, he was going to die of his own accord, however the cops were in charge of him and had a duty to attend to him once he passed out. Watch the body cam and the cops own words. They all knew he was having a medical emergency and they didnt react accordingly. It was criminal negligence at the least.Sadly that was the protocol at the time and was indeed included in his training. And that fact will certainly be very difficult for the prosecution to overcomeSorry my brothers but I simply cannot get past the fact that this cop centered his weight on Floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes
AFTER being told he was suffocating the guy. that's far too callous for my taste.
3rd degree murder at a minimum
Sorry. Must disagree. The officer was following Standard Operation Procedure (at the time) for subduing unruly suspects.
Did he look like an uncaring arrogant asshole in the videos? Yes. But you don't charge someone with murder for looking like an uncaring arrogant asshole, especially when he was simply following standard procedure (at the time). The simple irrefutable fact is that George Floyd died of a drug overdose because he was a dumbass and swallowed his stash when the cops came by.
Truth be told, True Justice would be all charges against this fine officer be dismissed with prejudice. He was just doing his job.
But to completely ignore the pleas of a dying man is unacceptable. Derrick may not have been the sole cause of Floyd's death but his actions certainly contributed to it (as a part of doing his job or not). And while I don't buy the bullshit narrative that race was the motivator to pin floyd down in the first place I do believe his race and status in society had a huge weighing on the matter of this officer KEEPING his knee on this man's neck despite all the information around him suggesting he should discontinue.
Someone with a shred of empathy would have placed this man in a seated position and made sure to the best of his ability that this crying man got the oxygen he needed.
Like I said, a fair outcome, all things considered is 3rd degree murder.
Dude, you are looking at the optics and not the Truth of the matter. True Justice requires fidelity to the truth. Chauvin was only doing his job. It's not his fault in the least that George Floyd swallowed a baggie end (and the twist tie) with 6 to 8 fentanyl pills in it.
You cannot say that Chauvin's actions "certainly contributed" to Floyd's death when the fact of reality is that if Floyd was found dead in his crib the next day had the cops let him go that afternoon, the Coroner would have ruled his death an overdose. That could have happened if George hadn't of chimped out during the bust.
As for "KEEPING his knee on this man's neck despite all the information around him suggesting he should discontinue ... " Again, there is a reason that Lady Justice wears a blindfold. She wears a blindfold because she cannot see into the hearts of men but can only weigh her judgements based upon established fact. And based upon the facts as we know, former Officer Chauvin is completely blameless in George Floyd's death.
Personally, I view most cops in the same category as ghetto niggers so I dont necessarily have a dog in this fight. What I do expect of the cops is that they recognize when they're subduing a dead man. When they load that scumbag on the gurney, look at his eyes. "He's dead Jim"
I'm talking about Justice where, Lok.
We all know they will find something to pin on former Officer Chauvin just to assuage the angry negroes, but they are going to riot anyway without regard to the outcome of the Trial.
Should Chauvin be hanged in the public square just to stop a few more Target stores from being looted?