Wait, does anyone hear a shrill whining noise?
And will these three have moments of silence in their name? Their photos on storefronts? Statues erected in their honor? The nation erupt in riots over their murders?
Nope. That’s reserved for a violent, ex-felon druggie.
I kind of agree with you that the lionizatio of Floyd was a bit much. That said, what happened to him was unacceptable.
It doesn't become okay for the police to murder you because you are less than perfect, because all of us are.
Right now. By next week it will be ancient history.
And again, will statues be erected for them? Will their photos be plastered all over storefronts? Will riots go on for months in protest?
Of course not. If you people cared about the safety of police officers, you'd back common sense gun laws, fund mental health programs and drug rehabilitation, and do something about the grinding poverty that drives people to crime. But you don't do that. You let these things go on, and when the cops have to deal with it, well, better them than you, amiright?
It was news for several months after Floyd died. One department store even held 8 minutes of silence for weeks afterwards. The riots went on all summer. His funeral was fit for a head of state.
And I'm sure that when these cops are buried, the Cops will do what they always do when a cop falls, hold a big old ceremony. Heck, even that guy who killed himself after radioing in he was following an imaginary black man got one of those. And then later on, it was found he was embezzling funds from a charity run by the police and plotting to kill the Village Administrator who discovered hs fraud.
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I‘m pointing out the double standards. More anguish for a criminal, violent black thug than decent, contributing white members of society.
You miss entirely why that was a big deal. Because black folks have been complaining for years about this kind of abuse, and now you had video of it for an agonizing nine minutes.