Nah, I'm just aware of your record here. You're an idiot regardless of the outcome today. To me, you've been an idiot for quite some time....like maybe 2 years at least.
Regarding the verdicts today, I think they were undeserved with exception of the manslaughter. One thing that the three guilty verdicts may have prevented was the rioting, looting, killings, and destruction of property that would have been done by the goons that continually do those sorts of things...BLM, Antifa, professional looters, et. al.
I knew nothing of the makeup of the jury until just the other day...6 white members, 4 black members, 2 other-minority members. I think they all likely feared what would happen if they exonerated Chauvin completely with three not-guilty verdicts. How could they not know that their own lives might be in danger with that outcome. I would not be surprised if one or more of the 4 black jurors hinted to the other 8 that they'd be identified after the trial and targeted by the goons.
What is disappointing to me is knowing that all too soon a similar saga will happen again; a white cop will kill a black man; rioting, looting, fires, destruction of property, killings of innocent people, politicization of happenings will occur; the black/white racial divide will be deliberately widened; a trial will occur; blacks will assume a posture of "we will riot and pillage if the cop is not convicted"...
Several people erred horribly in this case:
- Floyd resisted arrest and struggled with officers
- Floyd was constrained too long in the prone position
- Rioting occurred
- The court refused to move the trial to another venue
- Chauvin's defense was inadequate
- The media was driven by ratings continually throughout the trial and their presentations were designed to further divide the viewers
- Politicians commented with similarly designed intent
The professional racism promoters (Sharton, Waters, Abrams, Jackson, Booker, et. al.) and their collective proteges will view this as a victory for the cause and will welcome the next similar event...over and over and over. None of them will ever embrace an end to racism. They all thrive on it.