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[RDU Irish]

Then just execute drug addicts. If it's ok to kill them, just go out and kill them.

You forgot the violent criminal part. Another scholar future astronaut tragedy in your guilt riddled mind.
Don't threaten me with a good time.

 

[TorontoGold]

You forgot the violent criminal part. Another scholar future astronaut tragedy in your guilt riddled mind.
Don't threaten me with a good time.

Ok, then why not just kill all violent criminals? Why pick and choose?

 

[Irish#1]

Why is the officer who did this in prison and not walking freely?

Because Chauvin was found guilty means it was okay for Floyd to get high and run from the police in the first place?

 

[Irish#1]

Ok, then why not just kill all violent criminals? Why pick and choose?

WTF?

 

[BuaConstrictor]

Floyd to get high and run from the police in the first place?

George Floyd didn't "run". He was sitting in a stationary vehicle, was removed, detained, and then murdered. Offer any evidence showing Floyd "ran". ANY.

On top of ALL of this, prior to Chauvin murdering Floyd, Floyd was handcuffed in a squad car. (1)(2)

"At 8:19, Mr. Chauvin pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car. Mr. Floyd hit the ground, face down, handcuffs still on. Mr. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back while Officer Thomas Lane held his legs."

 

[ChunkyParrot]

Normal person would have been dead long before the police got there with that much fentanyl in their system. Gotta love the heroes of the left tho.

Very few people consider Floyd a hero.

Few dispute that had a criminal history and used drugs. That he allegedly committed a crime in attempting to pass a counterfeit bill prior to his arrest.

Floyd was lionized not because of his character but because his murder was highly visible and represented a continuation of concerning police judgment, including the killings of Breonna Taylor, Daniel Shaver, Eric Garner, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, Laquon McDonald, and Philando Castile by police.

None of Floyd's action justify him being killed by having his breathing restricted for nine and a half minutes while handcuffed and face down on the street.

Few people in this world deserve that death. Even fewer in a civilized society with a functioning judicial system.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

Few people in this world deserve that death.

The current POTUS does.

 

[TorontoGold]

Because Chauvin was found guilty means it was okay for Floyd to get high and run from the police in the first place?

What? The point is that a drug addict shouldn't be executed. If it was justifiable, then Chauvin wouldn't be in prison. People get arrested for getting high and resisting arrest all the time.

WTF?

RDU thinks that it's fine that he's dead because he was a drug addict, and then added violent criminal. What's the point of having them alive if it's ok to kill them? Just kill all people who are violent criminals, why pick and choose which ones are ok.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

People get arrested for getting high and resisting arrest all the time.

Here is the kicker..when Floyd was murdered he was already in custody and in handcuffs. Hell, he had already been in a squad car!....until he was pulled out then kneeled on.

 

[RDU Irish]

Mob rule is pretty cool. I'll grant you that.

 

[ulukinatme]

Why is the officer who did this in prison and not walking freely?

What do you think the mob would have done had they not? The media whipped them up in to a frenzy, they were already rioting all over the country. Their hands were tied.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

Their hands were tied.

So were Floyd's when Chauvin killed him.

 

[TorontoGold]

What do you think the mob would have done had they not? The media whipped them up in to a frenzy, they were already rioting all over the country. Their hands were tied.

So you believe that jury had been compromised by “the media”?

What do you make of the acquittal of Rittenhouse a few months later? Did “the media” not have enough juice to coax that jury? You would think the powerful “the media” would have been able to sway that jury too if they could do it for Chauvin.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

So you believe that jury had been compromised by “the media”?

What do you make of the acquittal of Rittenhouse a few months later? Did “the media” not have enough juice to coax that jury? You would think the powerful “the media” would have been able to sway that jury too if they could do it for Chauvin.

Go easy on him...he's...."special"

 

[NDVirginia19]

So you believe that jury had been compromised by “the media”?

What do you make of the acquittal of Rittenhouse a few months later? Did “the media” not have enough juice to coax that jury? You would think the powerful “the media” would have been able to sway that jury too if they could do it for Chauvin.

Chauvin did not get a fair trial. Whether or not you believe the detaining maneuver that he conducted was what was his cause of death, it was standard training by the MNP, and the judge did not allow those training materials to be included as evidence. If it was standard training for the police officers, then the MNP should have been culpable, but not the officer who was following procedure.

What Really Happened to George Floyd?

Coleman Hughes on some inconvenient reporting that suggests Derek Chauvin is not a murderer, but a scapegoat.

www.thefp.com

 

[NDVirginia19]

Super weird. His autopsy report lists a cause of death of "CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST COMPLICATING LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBDUAL, RESTRAINT, AND NECK COMPRESSION" and not "overdose". Someone should let the Hennepin County Medical Examiner know about this grievous error. Thank you social media user "tootie-_-butt"!

https://www.hennepin.us/-/media/hennepinus/residents/public-safety/medical-examiner/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf

“A healthy person subjected to what Mr. Floyd was subjected to would have died,” said prosecution witness Dr. Martin Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola University’s medical school in Illinois.

Expert: Lack of oxygen killed George Floyd, not drugs

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd died of a lack of oxygen from being pinned to the pavement with a knee on his neck, medical experts testified at former Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial Thursday, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd's drug use and underlying health problems killed

apnews.com

"But there was only one complete, documented autopsy of George Floyd—performed by Hennepin County medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker about 12 hours after Floyd died. That autopsy found no evidence of asphyxia. In fact, it found “no life-threatening injuries” whatsoever.

What it did find was that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest”—his heart and lungs stopped working—during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” The autopsy’s toxicology report also stated that Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl in his blood (11 ng/mL), along with small amounts of methamphetamine and morphine. And finally, the autopsy report concluded that Floyd had serious preexisting conditions, including “arteriosclerotic heart disease” described as “multifocal” and “severe,” “hypertensive heart disease,” and “cardiomegaly” (an enlarged heart)."

 

[BuaConstrictor]

What it did find was that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest”—his heart and lungs stopped working—during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.”

Weird.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

Whether or not you believe the detaining maneuver that he conducted was what was his cause of death,

It was.

it was standard training by the MNP

False. (1)

"A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic.

“We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said.

Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified to proper training, thereby explicitly and implicitly highlighting Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020.


While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they are not to be done with the knee and they would not be authorized on a suspect who is handcuffed and under control, he said. Officers are taught to only use force that is proportional to the threat."

 

[RDU Irish]

"But there was only one complete, documented autopsy of George Floyd—performed by Hennepin County medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker about 12 hours after Floyd died. That autopsy found no evidence of asphyxia. In fact, it found “no life-threatening injuries” whatsoever.

What it did find was that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest”—his heart and lungs stopped working—during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” The autopsy’s toxicology report also stated that Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl in his blood (11 ng/mL), along with small amounts of methamphetamine and morphine. And finally, the autopsy report concluded that Floyd had serious preexisting conditions, including “arteriosclerotic heart disease” described as “multifocal” and “severe,” “hypertensive heart disease,” and “cardiomegaly” (an enlarged heart)."

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story. Race baiters gonna race bait. Hands up don't shoot. If I had a son he would look like Treyvon. Same playbook as Russia Collusion, pee tapes, dossiers and horse dewormer. The shills here do not debate in good faith and only look to drown out logical debate. Commies sow chaos. They use your own morals against you as they have no morals themselves. Violence and intimidation to shut up the majority that just want to be left alone.

 

[ulukinatme]

So you believe that jury had been compromised by “the media”?

What do you make of the acquittal of Rittenhouse a few months later? Did “the media” not have enough juice to coax that jury? You would think the powerful “the media” would have been able to sway that jury too if they could do it for Chauvin.

You don't think that jury wasn't under pressure to deliver a guilty verdict? The judge had their names sealed, and the names were eventually released, but there were attempts to leak them even prior. After seeing the response pre-trial, that jury had their arms twisted regardless.

 

[NDVirginia19]

It was.

False. (1)

"A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic.

“We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said.

Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified to proper training, thereby explicitly and implicitly highlighting Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020.


While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they are not to be done with the knee and they would not be authorized on a suspect who is handcuffed and under control, he said. Officers are taught to only use force that is proportional to the threat."

So the MPD training slide and other officer testimony saying that they were trained in that technique were all making it up? The officer on video suggesting that procedure in the video just made it up on the spot?

 

[BuaConstrictor]

So the MPD training slide and other officer testimony saying that they were trained in that technique were all making it up? The officer on video suggesting that procedure in the video just made it up on the spot?

You're wrong.

False. (1)

"A Minneapolis Police use-of-force training instructor testified Tuesday that Derek Chauvin’s kneeling on George Floyd’s neck is not a trained neck restraint tactic.

“We don’t train leg-neck restraints with officers in service, and as far as I know, we never have,” Lt. Johnny Mercil said.

Mercil’s testimony came as a series of police experts testified to proper training, thereby explicitly and implicitly highlighting Chauvin’s actions on May 25, 2020.


While neck restraints may be allowed on suspects actively resisting, they are not to be done with the knee and they would not be authorized on a suspect who is handcuffed and under control, he said. Officers are taught to only use force that is proportional to the threat."

 

[BuaConstrictor]

You don't think that jury wasn't under pressure to deliver a guilty verdict? The judge had their names sealed, and the names were eventually released, but there were attempts to leak them even prior. After seeing the response pre-trial, that jury had their arms twisted regardless.

Autism is genetic.

 

[TorontoGold]

You don't think that jury wasn't under pressure to deliver a guilty verdict? The judge had their names sealed, and the names were eventually released, but there were attempts to leak them even prior. After seeing the response pre-trial, that jury had their arms twisted regardless.

I don't know what the jury was thinking, can you share how you know what they were thinking? I've tried looking for any sort of interviews that they may have given.

So, if I take the position that he wasn't given a fair trial, what am I supposed to believe if a three panel appeals court affirmed it? Then the Minnesota Supreme Court denied his appeal? Then the Supreme Court which had a conservative majority rejected the review? At what point would your opinion change that he was given a fair trial?

 

[TorontoGold]

Chauvin did not get a fair trial. Whether or not you believe the detaining maneuver that he conducted was what was his cause of death, it was standard training by the MNP, and the judge did not allow those training materials to be included as evidence. If it was standard training for the police officers, then the MNP should have been culpable, but not the officer who was following procedure.

What Really Happened to George Floyd?

Coleman Hughes on some inconvenient reporting that suggests Derek Chauvin is not a murderer, but a scapegoat.

www.thefp.com

What happened when he appealed?

 

[ChunkyParrot]

Why let the facts get in the way of a good story. Race baiters gonna race bait. Hands up don't shoot. If I had a son he would look like Treyvon. Same playbook as Russia Collusion, pee tapes, dossiers and horse dewormer. The shills here do not debate in good faith and only look to drown out logical debate. Commies sow chaos. They use your own morals against you as they have no morals themselves. Violence and intimidation to shut up the majority that just want to be left alone.

George Floyd lost his pulse (as checked by officer Keung) on camera with Derek's Chauvin's knee and bodyweight across his upper back and neck. Chauvin did not change his course of action and kept his weight on Floyd's back and neck for 2+ minutes after Keung indicated he couldn't find a pulse. A jury convicted Chauvin of murder. At an absolute minimum, Chauvin showed callous disregard for Floyd's life as he lost consciousness and eventually ceased breathing.

I'm done. I knew better than to post in the Political Threads and I did it anyway. I hope everyone here is able to have a more fact-based and compassionate discussion moving forward. Hopefully we can examine our biases and re-orient to what Jesus would want us to do rather than continue infighting and tearing down our country and our communities.

 

[Irish#1]

"But there was only one complete, documented autopsy of George Floyd—performed by Hennepin County medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker about 12 hours after Floyd died. That autopsy found no evidence of asphyxia. In fact, it found “no life-threatening injuries” whatsoever.

What it did find was that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest”—his heart and lungs stopped working—during “law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” The autopsy’s toxicology report also stated that Floyd had a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl in his blood (11 ng/mL), along with small amounts of methamphetamine and morphine. And finally, the autopsy report concluded that Floyd had serious preexisting conditions, including “arteriosclerotic heart disease” described as “multifocal” and “severe,” “hypertensive heart disease,” and “cardiomegaly” (an enlarged heart)."

This could have been a voided if Chauvin and the other officers stopped and called a doctor to give Floyd a complete physical and blood work before attempting to arrest him. Would have been better than Floyd not committing a crime and running from the police.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

running from the police.

Going to continue to point out that you are lying about this.

George Floyd didn't "run". He was sitting in a stationary vehicle, was removed, detained, and then murdered. Offer any evidence showing Floyd "ran". ANY.

On top of ALL of this, prior to Chauvin murdering Floyd, Floyd was handcuffed in a squad car. (1)(2)

"At 8:19, Mr. Chauvin pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car. Mr. Floyd hit the ground, face down, handcuffs still on. Mr. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back while Officer Thomas Lane held his legs."

 

[Bishop2b5]

This could have been a voided if Chauvin and the other officers stopped and called a doctor to give Floyd a complete physical and blood work before attempting to arrest him. Would have been better than Floyd not committing a crime and running from the police.

It is rather interesting that of all the countless suggestions from liberals about what could and should have been done, none of them ever suggest Floyd not committing a crime, not taking a likely fatal dose of drugs, or not resisting arrest.

 

[BuaConstrictor]

or not resisting arrest.

Going to continue to point out that you are lying about this.

George Floyd didn't "run". He was sitting in a stationary vehicle, was removed, detained, and then murdered. Offer any evidence showing Floyd "ran". ANY.

On top of ALL of this, prior to Chauvin murdering Floyd, Floyd was handcuffed in a squad car. (1)(2)

"At 8:19, Mr. Chauvin pulled Mr. Floyd out of the passenger side of the squad car. Mr. Floyd hit the ground, face down, handcuffs still on. Mr. Kueng held Mr. Floyd’s back while Officer Thomas Lane held his legs."