George Floyd Protest/Riots

[ETV]

When's the last time we saw the country protest in a manner this widespread?

The video from Dallas was not a protest.

 

[NorthDallas40]

???

You’ll have to pardon hunt. He just isn’t very bright. Kinda sad actually

 

[Rickyvol77]

You're missing the point. It's your complete inability to empathize right now. You are saying with that label that Floyd was nothing more than a crackhead. He was a brother, a son, and a man who is no longer living because we live in a world where this just happens way more often than it should. He is dead because several officers not only failed as public servants,but as basic human beings who didn't exhibit knowledge of right and wrong.

I can empathize that his family probably is grieving and I hate the officer did what he did but at the same time the family seemingly made excuses for his criminal behavior for 20 years. Floyd once robbed a women at gun point, sorry if the truth offends but I don’t empathize with that, he was a criminal and a drug addict until his last moments and that was his choice no one elses

 

[Rickyvol77]

Its dangerous to assume guilt of something without evidence. it's the most basic premise of our justice system.

You would think a “lawyer” would know that

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

He was a crackhead though. Doesn’t mean I think the officer was right. If there is a child molester who is murdered by his neighbor, I can rightly say arrest the neighbor and that the molester is a POS

What are you saying then? What does it matter if he was a drug addict? Is his life worth less because he got caught up in addiction?

 

[Rickyvol77]

I know you probably lose track of your wanton labeling of people who lead lives that are different from yours, but yesterday there was a picture posted of a peaceful protester brandishing a sign that cops were the enemy, with their partner and child behind them. You labeled the parents as drug addicts despite absolutely zero evidence of that being the case.

The mother had was obviously high and her legs looked like it does when you have track marks.

 

[Rickyvol77]

What are you saying then? What does it matter if he was a drug addict? Is his life worth less because he got caught up in addiction?

I’m saying that don’t blame others for choices that you make in life. And me calling him a drug addict is a fact not some kind of “mean statement”

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I can empathize that his family probably is grieving and I hate the officer did what he did but at the same time the family seemingly made excuses for his criminal behavior for 20 years. Floyd once robbed a women at gun point, sorry if the truth offends but I don’t empathize with that, he was a criminal and a drug addict until his last moments and that was his choice no one elses

You're using emotional appeals to dehumanize him for how he led his life.

If you were being logical, as you so love to constantly champion, you would realize that his death was without due process or within the law. You would realize that any unnecessary loss of life is egregious.

If you have to continually dehumanize the man after his wrongful death, then I think it's obvious what sort of picture you want to paint.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

The mother had was obviously high and her legs looked like it does when you have track marks.

Lol. Wow.

No. No she did not.

 

[hog88]

He murdered an unarmed black man who was not resisting arrest by choking him to death for NINE MINUTES. Sounds like pretty good proof to me.

Coroners report said he wasn’t asphyxiated

 

[Rickyvol77]

You're using emotional appeals to dehumanize him for how he led his life.

If you were being logical, as you so love to constantly champion, you would realize that his death was without due process or within the law. You would realize that any unnecessary loss of life is egregious.

If you have to continually dehumanize the man after his wrongful death, then I think it's obvious what sort of picture you want to paint.

They are not both mutually exclusive

-Chauvin was an a-hole who either got pissed and/or was so untrained he couldn’t handle a physical arrest correctly and ended up being a factor in killing a high suspect

-Floyd was a career criminal drug addict with a violent past and yet committed another crime which led to the police arresting him again and it looks like he swallowed a bunch of drugs which ended up being a factor in his death

Both are 100% true statements of the facts. It doesn’t mean I care about either person, I can wish they both made better choices but calling the truth isnt “dehumanizing” someone, it’s being honest

 

[FLVOL_79]

I can empathize that his family probably is grieving and I hate the officer did what he did but at the same time the family seemingly made excuses for his criminal behavior for 20 years. Floyd once robbed a women at gun point, sorry if the truth offends but I don’t empathize with that, he was a criminal and a drug addict until his last moments and that was his choice no one elses

Not enough empathy. You have to have so much empathy that you become a limp d!ck wracked with White guilt. More empathy, get weak son!

 

[RikidyBones]

Apparently they worked together at one time. Who knows what personal animosity they had.

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Were Once Co-Workers, Ex-Club Owner Tells TV Station

Wonder if it was personal. An investigation can reveal higher charges which is why the people need to chill. He has a right to a speedy trial. Hard to arrest someone and THEN investigate

 

[Rickyvol77]

Not enough empathy. You have to have so much empathy that you become a limp d!ck wracked with White guilt. More empathy, get weak son!

People who believe that career criminals would give them empathy are hilarious.

 

[Orangeburst]

Wonder if it was personal. An investigation can reveal higher charges which is why the people need to chill. He has a right to a speedy trial. Hard to arrest someone and THEN investigate

I am sure it would come out in a trial, although the officer is now under suicide watch. We know how that goes.

 

[RikidyBones]

You're using emotional appeals to dehumanize him for how he led his life.

If you were being logical, as you so love to constantly champion, you would realize that his death was without due process or within the law. You would realize that any unnecessary loss of life is egregious.

If you have to continually dehumanize the man after his wrongful death, then I think it's obvious what sort of picture you want to paint.

100% agree with this. That's why the former cop was and should be charged with manslaughter, at worst.

 

[Rickyvol77]

Empathy doesn't entail expecting it to be reciprocated, jackass.

Empathy doesn’t have to be given to everyone either dumbass. That guy that broke into your house did you invite him over for dinner the next day? Of course not

 

[rjd970]

Coroners report said he wasn’t asphyxiated

There is going to be an independent coroner report too. They decided there was enough evidence for third degree murder and manslaughter. It’s hard to believe what is fact at this point.

That said, it’s still pretty clear he was begging for help and the police showed a complete indifference to it. Bottom line is he was breathing at the beginning of the episode, the police kept his knee on Floyd for over 2 minutes after he was non responsive, then he looked unconscious/dead when they finally wheeled him off. The knee may not have caused the death, but it’s clear there is at least some culpability by the police here.

JMO though, I’m not a doctor or lawyer.

 

[Orangeburst]

100% agree with this. That's why the former cop was and should be charged with manslaughter, at worst.

If you want to get this resolved, you address it at the DA and Police Commissioner level who have lost control of their entities. Cant have that though as they are already under liberal leadership. Lets blame society at large.

 

[C-south]

Coroners report said he wasn’t asphyxiated

But no way crack could help induce a heart attack.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

This all boils down to the fact that Floyd was committing a crime and got arrested. If he was a law abiding citizen, none of this would have happened.

Are you ready to arrest Congress, Trump and the Federal reserve and kill them? They have been printing money out of thin air every sense the China Virus hit.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Empathy doesn’t have to be given to everyone either dumbass. That guy that broke into your house did you invite him over for dinner the next day? Of course not

It's our duty as humans to attempt empathy with everyone, even those who have wronged us. Empathy doesn't mean inviting them over for dinner.

Maybe one day, you'll quit being such a bitter, old **** and realize how taxing it truly is to be filled with so much judgment and disdain for people who aren't like you.

 

[rjd970]

 

[ETV]

Coroners report said he wasn’t asphyxiated

Multiple talking heads on MSM have been pouring fuel on the fire with statements that it's probably inaccurate and one even stated it may have been " altered".

As I said before, seems every half ass journalist now has become an expert ME overnight. There's freedom of speech with the 1st amendment but it doesn't give you the right, as a lead member of the MSM to make statements that will incite violence and actually has.

 

[C-south]