real full footage of george floyd. police cam. the real scenario was different as media shows.
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Graylight · 51-55, F
Imagine a white soldier, having just gotten back from overseas combat, had an interaction with the police in which they drew weapons. All other things being the same, we'd site PTSD and talk about trauma and preventing another tragedy.
Floyd was terrified of the police because he had obviously had a violent run in with them in the past. No one who's knowingly passing counterfeit money hangs out in their vehicle right in front of the store.
It took less than 3 seconds for the officer to draw his weapon after tapping on the window. He did so with aggression and vulgarity.
Floyd was resistant out of fear but ultimately compliant. He told the officers he was having breathing trouble and they knowingly ignored him.
If anything, this only enhances the stance of those calling for police reform.
Floyd was terrified of the police because he had obviously had a violent run in with them in the past. No one who's knowingly passing counterfeit money hangs out in their vehicle right in front of the store.
It took less than 3 seconds for the officer to draw his weapon after tapping on the window. He did so with aggression and vulgarity.
Floyd was resistant out of fear but ultimately compliant. He told the officers he was having breathing trouble and they knowingly ignored him.
If anything, this only enhances the stance of those calling for police reform.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Graylight Floyd spent 5 years for armed robbery, so yeah he had violent run ins with the police lol. Though, I do agree that Floyd didn't know he had a counterfeit bill, that much is very obvious by his surprise. I did get that much by the video.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@SatanBurger A person's past has no bearing on an incident in progress. I know men who've spent decades in prison and they are no different from you or me. Tossing him off as a drug user or criminal is lazy, biased thinking. I agree about the bill, however.
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Graylight I would agree with you if you hadn't brought up his past as a way of making his character seem good when you don't know as much as me. All I'm saying is that armed robbery would require violent clashes with the police. That's common sense I think.
[quote]Tossing him off as a drug user or criminal is lazy, biased thinking[/quote]
If I did, I would have said he probably did do the counterfeit bill but I'm not.
[quote]Tossing him off as a drug user or criminal is lazy, biased thinking[/quote]
If I did, I would have said he probably did do the counterfeit bill but I'm not.
Graylight · 51-55, F
@SatanBurger I acknowledge he had a criminal past. Irrelevant.
I acknowledge he had used drugs in the past. Irrelevant.
I acknowledge he may have had drugs in his system. Irrelevant.
There is no justification for taking a man's life for anything the appeared on that full tape. It wasn't a surprise to the officers. Almost a minute with repeated pleas for air from a man who'd shown zero aggression, only resistance due to fear, which he was trying to explain for almost a minute to men shouting at him and refusing to listen. Simple 5th grade logic could have predicted his death.
The police were wrong. Completely wrong. But if his case is still murky, we can look at hundreds other unjustified deaths of minorities at the hands of the police.
I acknowledge he had used drugs in the past. Irrelevant.
I acknowledge he may have had drugs in his system. Irrelevant.
There is no justification for taking a man's life for anything the appeared on that full tape. It wasn't a surprise to the officers. Almost a minute with repeated pleas for air from a man who'd shown zero aggression, only resistance due to fear, which he was trying to explain for almost a minute to men shouting at him and refusing to listen. Simple 5th grade logic could have predicted his death.
The police were wrong. Completely wrong. But if his case is still murky, we can look at hundreds other unjustified deaths of minorities at the hands of the police.