Posted on 04/03/2021 2:57:53 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
For some it's too much to watch. Others just can't turn away.
The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has provoked strong emotions among many Black men and women — all tinged with an underlying dread that it could yield yet another devastating disappointment.
For many, it has brought back memories of the disturbing video of Floyd's last moments as he gasped for breath with Chauvin's knee on his neck. The video galvanized protests in cities across the U.S. and the world, as the words "Black Lives Matter" took hold.
"I had to mute the TV," said Lisa Harris, 51, of Redford Township, just west of Detroit. "Hearing Mr. Floyd continue to say he can't breathe and call for his mother — it was a lot. It's been a lot to watch."
Steven Thompson remembers closely watching the 2013 trial of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida and feeling blindsided. Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, was acquitted on all counts in the unarmed Black teen's death, including second-degree murder.
"I didn't expect that outcome," Thompson, 35, said. "But I'm a lot less ignorant now."
(Excerpt) Read more at kstp.com ...
AP not reporting what color he is now.
If watching TV is too painful for you, DON'T WATCH TV!
Take a walk, read a book, better yet, read a book to your kids. If you don't have kids, read a book to someone else's kids. Volunteer at a homeless shelter or soup kitchen....Sheesh.
And blacks rioting and looting last year left me emotionally taxed.
Living outside Philly, dealing with blacks leaves me emotionally taxed daily.
Don’t do drugs,
drugs are bad.
And they’ll make
your mother sad.
they have to convict on emotion because they do not have evidence.
“the former white police officer”
LOL. Holy mis-ordered adjectives, Batman!
If by the grace of God Chauvin is found not guilty, the news media will be completely to blame for what ensues. They have purposely avoided discussing material facts of the case, namely that the medical examiner determined that Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose, not asphyxia.
Of course I have zero faith that the jury will do the right thing here anyway.
LIE: “Floyd’s last moments as he gasped for breath with Chauvin’s knee on his neck” LIE
“Ape Pee”
The daily summaries of this trial at Legal Insurrection are worth reading.
Under Andrew Branca’s bio:
https://legalinsurrection.com/author/law-of-self-defense/
I have a sense this may be a lie.
Almost as good is this:
“Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic”
He is not really Hispanic? What? Cuban doesn’t count?
Not too slanted.
Chauvin’s trial leaves many Black viewers emotionally taxed
It only takes one. Hung jury.
Whipping up their mob to go on another rampage.
Here’s an idea.....
Don’t spend all your real money to get high and then try to pass off Monopoly money at the store.
It’s must-view TV. Who knows. They might even get an all-black lynch mob going, if they manipulate enough and there’s an acquittal. Whose f@#$ing idea was it to televise a trial. That’s never done without it ends bad.
French. They’re all purple from the wine drinking.
I guess they want to abolish the rule of law, they want mob rule.
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