Was George Floyd the right choice by the left to be the poster boy for destroying America?

Floyd was not under arrest for any crime. He was being detained for handing over what [i]might[/i] have been a counterfeit bill which he [i]might or might not have[/i] had anything to do with.

Yes, he had fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death, although the drugs are not listed as the cause of death. "Drugs in his system" means only that he tested positive, not that we was actively under the influence. And what of it? They in no way caused him to act out or commit illegal acts against the officers.

Yes, he had a criminal record. He struggled with drugs, and that often comes with petit theft charges, which is mostly what he had. He did commit aggravated robbery (the same time as the "home invasion" you mention) and he subsequently did his time for that.

On the day he was murdered - because the appropriate response to questioning a citizen is [i]not[/i] to slowly deprive him of air until he suffocated to death under your knee - he did nothing to merit the treatment he received.

Still having trouble? Imagine a suited white man in midtown Manhattan stepping out for coffee and a muffin at Starbucks who passes along a bad bill in his $150 shirt. Would you expect the police to show up, bring him outside, cuff him and then wrestle him to the ground before sitting on him until they robbed him of his life in front of the noonday crowd? How 'bout a woman shopping at Jo Ann Fabrics in a Ohio suburb?

No one [i][b]chose[/b][/i] Floyd as a poster child. Law enforcement and a society that's institutionally racist and always has been made him the latest example of brutality by law enforcement. We can make him one of the last.