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Officer who held back crowd during George Floyd’s murder sentenced to over 4 years in prison
CNN ^ | August 7, 2023 | Brad Parks and Eric Levenson

Posted on 08/07/2023 2:13:53 PM PDT by lowbridge

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To: eyeamok

Is this the cop that gave him the Fentanyl? or did he sell it to him?? did he force him to swallow the fentanyl??

How exactly did this cop contribute to the Death by Overdose while resisting arrest?

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Thank you for saving me the time to type that very same comment.

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41 posted on 08/07/2023 2:49:36 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Alberta's Child
If you’re hiring someone to a police job at the age of 36 and that person isn’t there to meet a “diversity hire” quota, I’d say you are already so close to the bottom of the barrel that you may as well be recruiting at the Special Olympics.

This all started with the 'winnowing the neanderthals out of the department' in the 70s.

Well they got what they wanted.

42 posted on 08/07/2023 2:49:43 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MinorityRepublican


"Derek Chauvin should have been punished for manslaughter."


Please tell us what is wrong with you...
43 posted on 08/07/2023 2:52:57 PM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: JayGalt

We have to have change or the country is gone, gone, gone.....


44 posted on 08/07/2023 2:52:59 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: lowbridge
This is why my grandson let go of his life-long dream of being a police officer.

He always wanted to serve his community but it's not worth the risk.

45 posted on 08/07/2023 3:04:01 PM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: lowbridge
We're out of control.

No election can fix insanity, and especially the insane actions/demands of the enemy to God's second chosen people.

We ARE at war.

46 posted on 08/07/2023 3:07:41 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: PGR88

No it makes everything much worse.
Pandering and ignoring the law to propitiate a crowd or interest group just jump starts the next riot or the next suit for a criminal getting hurt while engaged in criminal behavior. Refusing to charge, releasing w/o bail, putting violent felons back on the street is the catalyst for more & aggravated criminal behavior.


47 posted on 08/07/2023 3:11:15 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: MinorityRepublican

You may not like the look but it is a textbook move. That is what police were trained to do. That did not kill, the drugs killed.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/george-floyd/minneapolis-police-training-materials-show-knee-to-neck-restraint-similar-to-used-on-george-floyd/89-9f002e3f-972a-4410-86cb-50a1237fc496


48 posted on 08/07/2023 3:14:24 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: lowbridge

What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats are doing to us.


49 posted on 08/07/2023 3:17:18 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: PGR88

“If you really can’t breath - you can’t speak either.”

Well, one can’t speak clearly if one can’t breathe, and will likely not be understood because of gasping. If one’s comments are clear, and understandable, the chances are very good that he or she CAN breathe. If they are garbled, and nonsensical to the listener, then the distressed person most likely CAN’T breather.

St. George Floyd clearly COULD breathe, as his comments per the recordings were quite clear and understandable.


50 posted on 08/07/2023 3:17:27 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: MinorityRepublican
Derek Chauvin should have been punished for manslaughter.

He didn't kill anybody.

51 posted on 08/07/2023 3:17:43 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Reno89519
This new cop is victim of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, deployed with a bad cop.

Who was the bad cop?

It looks to me like there were no bad cops, just bad judges and bad juries.

52 posted on 08/07/2023 3:19:25 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

But that didn’t kill Floyd. Overdose killed Floyd.


53 posted on 08/07/2023 3:20:47 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Alberta's Child
One of the cops in this case was a 36 year-old rookie … and a WHITE MALE, too. If you’re hiring someone to a police job at the age of 36 and that person isn’t there to meet a “diversity hire” quota, I’d say you are already so close to the bottom of the barrel that you may as well be recruiting at the Special Olympics.

I dunno. I've known some cops that first did a stent in the Army, and then decided to become a cop.

54 posted on 08/07/2023 3:22:31 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

Manslaughter may be inappropriate. Failing to aid an overdose victim who was violently resisting is actually what happened. George Floyd was a pathetic drug abuser and overdosed.


55 posted on 08/07/2023 3:24:22 PM PDT by Machavelli (True God)
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To: GizzyGirl

You and me both. This is just ridiculous.


56 posted on 08/07/2023 3:26:16 PM PDT by Nea Wood (Screw diversity. Celebrate excellence. )
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To: dfwgator

> This all started with the ‘winnowing the neanderthals out of the department’ in the 70s. <

A good friend of mine (a white male) applied to be a big-city cop. It was around 1975 or so. He failed the psych exam and so was rejected.

Ten years later he found out why. The psychologist who administered the police exam failed any and all Vietnam veterans. And my friend was a Vietnam vet.

But he did pass all the city’s fire fighter exams, including their psych exam. So that’s where he ended up.


57 posted on 08/07/2023 3:33:24 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: napscoordinator

Judges are appointed by the governor, no election.


58 posted on 08/07/2023 3:33:49 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: doorgunner69

**CNN fake news: Floyd was NOT murdered.**

Correct. I and an ever growing number of people have tried the procedure. While certainly uncomfortable, I could breathe. It wasn’t like I had 5 people piled on top. I noticed a mild bruise on my chest the next day. Iirc, I was 67 at the time, (about 20 years older than the deceased) and not as muscular. My neck has been a weak spot from injuries through the years (mostly from unplanned dismounts from horses and motorcycles).

But I don’t do drugs, so that helps a lot.


59 posted on 08/07/2023 3:37:37 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: lowbridge

Time to play “Cowboys and_____”again, this time with new opponents.


60 posted on 08/07/2023 3:41:37 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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