Was Chauvin found guilty because he was guilty

Or because they didn't want the Country set on fire.
It didn't matter in Cincinnati where police pumped 137 bullets into a car with 2 unarmed people inside. The last shots were from a cop who jumped on the hood of the car and unloaded his sevice revolver into the 2 people inside. Showing off for the dozens of Cops there at the time. No jail time for any of those Cops.
Tim Russell and Mallissa William's were chased by a parade of police cars when their car backfired outside a police station. They were executed. NO CONVICTIONS. Free to go.

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Oneofthestormboys · 100+, M

I’m from outside the US, but have spent quite a bit of time looking at what goes on there.
Quite honesty, it’s pretty appalling to see how some police officers behave in a country that proudly proclaims to be ‘The land of the free’.
It strikes me that the police there has become a profession of choice for school jocks and bullies who are intent on continuing their dominant behaviour over others, and are given a weapon and the authority to enact this warped personality on the tax paying public.
It seems to me that this was endemic throughout the profession from the bottom up, hence the reluctance to be held accountable.
The gun culture clearly works against it as well.
Such a pity for the lives lost or ruined.

Pitchblue

@Oneofthestormboys The police get away with murder because they are paid to protect the rich. If the rich were being gunned down by paranoid x highschool jocks the story would be very different. Why don't Police Unions or the Police Retirement Funds pay the multi million dollar settlements paid to families whose family member gets executed by Police?

Oneofthestormboys · 100+, M

@Pitchblue Probably because they’re self serving in reality.