R.I.P. George Floyd · 11:52am May 29th, 2020
I offer my condolence to his family and friends. His last words, "I can't breathe", are strongly reminiscent of Eric Garner's exact words before he died from being put in a chokehold. Firing the police officers is not enough. They need to be charged and face jail time for committing murder.
I'm pretty sure the officer that stood on his neck was arrested, but I could be wrong...
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He was just fired.
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And people wonder why society's going down the tubes...
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There is an FBI investigation. Usually when this happens if there is doubt, the officers are put on leave until the trial/investigation has been concluded, this time they were fired instantly, this is pretty much a sign than all parties feel they are guilty, the FBI itself is looking into, it's pretty much we all know they fucked up majorly.
I do agree that there needs to be severe punishment for this. I am usually the kind of person who needs to see more evidence when these things come up, but unless there was something absolutely profound that happened to somehow in some mind boggling way justify this, the only thing that needs to be decided is if this is negligent homicide or cold blooded murder.
At the same time, the thing that still hasn't changed is the rioters taking advantage of an innocent man's death to raid and loot the shops of innocent civilians for their own selfish gain. I bet they don't even know his name