Posted on 05/28/2020 1:32:15 PM PDT by Zenyatta
Twitter did little to prevent the circulation of a misleading picture allegedly showing Derek Chauvin — the police officer who put his knee on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd while he begged to breathe and died shortly after — wearing a red baseball hat with the wording “Make Whites Great Again.”
The incident Several Minneapolis police officers stirred controversy and prompted rioting after the incident Monday in Minneapolis.
Video of the arrest shows one officer, believed to be Derek Chauvin, pressing Floyd with his knee against the road as Floyd gasps for air.
Floyd was later pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center.
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I saw that the cop attended a trump rally. I guess he won’t be voting for him in November.
There were four cops there, but only one was actually white. Did the others back off and just let the white guy deal with the situation or what?
As far as I have seen, two were white. The first 2 on scene were Officer Chauvin (white) and his partner, Officer Kueng is black or mixed race. Next on scene were Officer Thao (asian) and his partner officer Lane, who is white.
This was a horrible crime, regardless of the race of the victim, or the cops. They will face justice.
I cannot read the minds of cops and say this was racial. Every race can have racial hatred and some cops should never be cops. I do know the whole arrest was atrocious but Minneapolis and Minnesota have turned into a liberal run sh*thole as most of America.
Truth is ignored.
The narrative is all that matters.
No one can, and we shouldn't try. He will have his chance to explain his actions in court. Officer Chauvin's partner is black, or at least mixed race, and he helped, then stood by and watched. The only thing that may save him is if he is in a training status. The big problem is the "us vs them" mindset police forces in general. Many take it a step beyond that, and view citizens as "civilians", at a lower societal level and underneath them. The worst of them see the people they arrest as subhuman, not worthy of respect, dignity or compassion. At first glance, Chauvin appears to fall into this last group.
It was awful. When someone says he cannot breathe...MOVE. There were enough cops to deal with the guy without the knee-neck maneuver.
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