George Floyd: 'Gentle giant' who became symbol of fight against racism [exponential barf]

AFP via France 24 ^ | 04/21/2021 00:32

[CaptainK]

You don’t remember the Bible story where Jesus held up a pregnant woman with a knife while 3 of the Apostles ransacked her house?

[qaz123]

Did he become that symbol when he was pointing and threatening a loaded pistol at a pregnant woman?

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Awww aint that cute. Another story of a black criminal on drugs that was a gentle giant. Its like listening to Grizzly man Timothy Treadwell talk about how wonderful grizzlys were....then one ate him and his girlfriend.

[Third Wheel]

Hmmm...nope. Must be from one of the “Lost Gospels” on the History Channel

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

LOL It’s the Gentle Giant meme! Does the article also say he was turning his life around? About to start taking classes?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Gentle Giant” — we keep hearing that phrase over and over about the most violent thugs. Wasn’t that used for the creep in Ferguson, Missouri? Wasn’t something similar used to describe Trayvon Martin?

“Gentle” — what a bald-faced lie. They all have violent pasts and violent records.
“Giant” — they use that as a metaphor to make them seem bigger than life.

Pure propaganda.

[dfwgator]

The only Gentle Giant I know is the late Sherman Helmsley’s favorite band.

[kanawa]

Little or no recognition of those like Joshua Murray...

G. Gregg Murray is with Glenda Eyvette Jackson-Eaddy and 5 others

This is my son Joshua Murray. He is not a thug. He is not a drug dealer. He is not a gang-banger. He does not sag his pants. He has no police record.

He graduated at the high top of his high school class...scored near perfect on his SATs...and is a senior at Yale University on his way to Law School...and he is very active in the church.

The News Media won't tell you about this type of young man (but they do exist). We challenge the media to show this.

***********UPDATE***********

On May 18, 2020 Joshua graduated from Yale.
Thank you for your prayers and support.

[Williams]

Chauvin wasn’t charged with a hate crime and I don’t believe there was any evidence of racism.

[goodnesswins]

Is that your son? Just clarifying.

[kanawa]

No.

While adding that I do have a wonderful Son!

[Olog-hai]

Not just grizzlies, but the largest subspecies on Kodiak Island. Some of them get as large as polar bears.

[kanawa]

I like posting positive stories on occasion.
Need some balance to counter the negative ones.

[Political Junkie Too]

Wait I thought the guy in Ferguson was the gentle giant.

You need to get the new updated playbook.

They are either gentile giants or frozen in time as 13-year-olds.

-PJ

[Altura Ct.]

Floyd was a drug addicted criminal.

[wac3rd]

Now that’s good

[Noumenon]

Has Bergoglio made him a Saint yet?

Wait for it...

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Re Floyd being the “Gentle Giant”. He was just a cute “Baby Huey” selling drugs, carrying and using guns, using drugs, passing counterfeit money, and trying to earn a Ford Foundation Scholarship to Oxford, plus screwing whoever he could.

Sounds like the perfect “archetype” Democrat to me.

[Jaysin]

Hi I’m Shelly Dubinski, Fawns roomate.

[reg45]

Left overs from the Vichy era.