The transcripts show Floyd babbling like a fool, refusing to get in the squad car, being uncooperative while trying to get the officers to basically let him go. Chauvin is in jail and charged with murder. The whole thing is a tragic, needless death and does not represent a systemic racial problem with law enforcement.
what he was doing is pleading that he was having trouble breathing,,,which turned out to be true,,,
in this case it was true,,,and from the looks of him in the video before it escalated he looked pretty bad,,,
Floyd said a lot of things like "Mr. Officer, please don't shoot me" The female in the car even said "Stop resisting Floyd." When Officer Lane told him to put his hands behind his back, Floyd keep moving and resisting. Officer Kureg told Floyd to stop resisting. So far, 3 people, including the female "in Floyd's car, told him to stop resisting. This is all before the incident. Officer Lane says : "Okay, well so here's the thing, someone passed a fake bill in there. We come over here, he starts grabbing for the keys and all that stuff, starts getting weird, no showing us his hands." Floyd was also making himself fall down, Officer Kuerg: "Stand up, stop falling down! Stand up! Stay on your feet and face the car door!" Floyd claims he can't get in the car: "I'm claustrophobic man, please man, please." Floyd kept saying he couldn't breathe while in the car which he initially refused to get in because he claimed he had claustrophobia. Apparently he had not trouble driving a car there though.
this isnt about racism and the riots and burnings have nothing to do with floyd,,,
The point is that cops have no right to arrest criminals for criminal activity when they're black.
thats just stupid,,,
If by now you still don’t understand what people are protesting about then you’re never going to get it. People like you aren’t worth the time... like talking to a brick wallwhat's it about then??!! there is no problem of police brutality or murders
..or racism
all facts and figures here:
where's all this racism???!!
...picking up from what rightwinger said in another post...he said my black friends said they are pulled over by police for petty things =OPPRESSION-RACISM...........................!!!!! ..that's just it !!!!!!!!!! 1. it's hearsay--NOT proof of racism...no where close!! 2. I've been pulled over...www.usmessageboard.com
there is no police brutality problem
..there are 10 MILLION arrests per year--this is not counting traffic stops ..there are 30 million calls for police assistance ..and how many without--a--question--police caused murder/manslaughter deaths ??? let's go high and say 30 [ and 30 is a lot more than there really is ] ..that's 1...
So they all deserved to die? Is that really your point?! What an idiot you are.
And protests... yes, the murder was an ignition to the movement. Why do you call him “dead criminal”? Sounds like you are trying to belittle the fact that he was murdered by cops.
How does “nope” address what I asked?
Shit happens.....don't break the law....
Agreed... including cops. Don’t murder people. Don’t abuse your power
I agree with some of this but I disagree that Floyd's past was irrelevant to his death. He was clearly on a bad road as a teenager and given his criminal record, he stayed on that road right until the end. He was briefly a Father but according to his now adult children, he abandoned them at a very young age and was no part of their lives. When he died he was high on Fentanyl which was a factor in his death. No one is justifying what the officer did but Floyd's life was a mess and it was probably not going to end well regardless.Nobody said the cop had "the right to snuff out his life" except you.
The cop will spend the rest of his life in prison. But Excusers such as you are why so many young blacks are so angry and violent. You excuse and enable them. You CREATED the problem you complain about relentlessly. It will never go away at this rate. It is self-propagating.
How many innocent lives do blacks snuff out, every day, black and white?
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Yet it was you who started this post. Talking about Floyd and then make assumptions as if you know him.
The issues is not his past, but it is that he has no future. The officer is alive but his future is blurred. IF he goes to jail, then he will likely become a criminal.
Young people took to the streets during the Vietnam war. They were angry. The thing is both black and white people are in the streets now along with the trouble makers who will take advantage of the situation. It is a fine distinction that should be made.
I do not have the answer but until every American can feel equal under the current system then there can be a new start over.
Police do have a tough job and they do put their own lives on the line. Yet the line is something that they cannot cross. If they feel that they are not up to it then they need to find another job.
