Posted on 06/02/2022 10:10:52 AM PDT by lightman
A sign outside an east Alabama gun store mocking the death of George Floyd was shared widely on social media this weekend.
“Congratulations to George Floyd on 2 years of sobriety,” the sign outside Leesburg Guns stated.
Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis in May 2020 after Officer Derek Chauvin pinned his knee on Floyd’s neck for 9-1/2 minutes as Floyd was handcuffed and pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin is serving 22-1/2 years in prison after being convicted of state charges of murder and manslaughter last year.
Three other former Minneapolis police officers were convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights.
The Alabama store with the sign is owned by Dr. Roger Nichols, a Cherokee County commissioner and veterinarian. A message left for him by AL.com was not immediately returned.
NBC13 went to the shop this week and the sign had been replaced with one that read, “Ya know what protects the 1st Amendment? The 2nd!” A reporter for the station said they were turned away by employees at his veterinary clinic.
Floyd had an addiction to painkillers, and prosecutors addressed it in Chauvin’s trial by calling his girlfriend Courteney Ross to the stand. Ross described addiction as a “lifelong struggle” for her, one that Floyd shared throughout their relationship.
An autopsy found methamphetamine and fentanyl in Floyd’s system at the time of his death.
Prosecutor Steve Schleicher reminded jurors at Chauvin’s trial that prosecution witnesses with expertise on the lungs, heart and emergency medicine all agreed that Floyd did not die of an overdose or because of his drug use.
The sign is not wrong!
That’s practically Bee material!
Just asking for trouble.
LOL, I don’t see anyone trying to riot and loot that store.
Nice
Send it to Obama.
Now that’s just plain funny
Good.
This may be the funniest damn thing I have seen—EVER! LOL!
Georgie Boy Floyd. The Patron Saint of Looted and Burnt Down Walmarts.
fACT CHECK, HIS KNEE WAS ON HIS SHOULDER
An innocent man is in jail.
I agree with you.
Well it’s true! He’s been a model citizen since his death.
It’s a long way from my home in South Alabama, but I should go up there and buy something at this store!
I also congratulate Ted Kennedy on 12 years of sobriety.
From who?
BLM is not doing so great at the moment.
Folks,
Maybe this is a little off color, but it is time to attack on all fronts.
I find it less offensive than a Biden/Harris bumper sticker. But then again, only the Left defaces things they don't agree with.
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