Black man dies after video shows officer kneeling on neck

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  1. Doofenshmirtz

    Doofenshmirtz Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Nice emotional rant. I have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe start with the topic.
     
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  2. Andrew Jackson

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    Yup.

    Chauvin is in custody.
     
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    At one point Amy Klobuchar had a case against Chauvin before her, but declined to prosecute. She may have had good reasons to do so, idk.
     
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    I don't even think it's 33% anymore, there's a "young Republicans" group for cannabis legalization, to show you how much the time's changed. Maybe 10-15% at worst. Now I understand how the taxing system like alcohol and cigarettes might be more exploitive for marijuana since you can literally grow it in a plant. So maybe a flat out legalization without turning it into a business would help limit the black market, even if the black market goes to dangerous drugs that's all the better to serve the majority population and limit the reach of the black market.
     
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    Forget even that, the police chief has some explaining to do on how this 'officer' with this wrap, was kept on his employee as long as he was. That's incompetence to the umpteenth degree, something like this was going to happen with a violent deranged person with 'power'.
     
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    So Twitter has officially gone into censorship(criticizing violence=glorifying violence.). This is what we're going to get if we're stupid enough to elect Joe Biden. Welcome in the era of American Stalinism.
     
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    Agreed - I was trying to be as generous as possible to the other side - which still is nowhere close to passing the legitimacy test.

    There are so many reasons to end the war. Prohibition funds Crime - we know this - how many Al Capone's do we have running around - and major criminal organizations funded by - "Booze" - these days.
     
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    Union? idk. Previous cases against him weak and nearly impossible to result in convictions? idk. Great difficulty in firing any public employee in MN? idk

    The Somali policeman who shot and killed the Minneapolis woman in the dark got 12.5 years. imo this case is much worse.
     
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    Because of the union. Same reason most unions suck
     
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    True--He did have a criminal record:

    • George Floyd moved to Minneapolis in 2014 for a fresh start after being released from prison in Houston, Texas following an arrest for aggravated robbery
    • Floyd had turned his life around but died on Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck while arresting him for allegedly paying with a fake $20 bill
    • None of the officers could have been aware of Floyd's more than a decade-old criminal history at the time of the arrest
    • The 46-year-old had left behind his past in Houston after being released from prison stemming from a 2007 robbery
    • He plead guilty to entering a woman’s home, pointing a gun at her stomach and searching the home for drugs and money, according to court records
    • Floyd was sentenced to 10 months in jail for having less than one gram of cocaine in a December 2005 arrest
    • He had previously been sentenced to eight months for the same offense, stemming from an October 2002 arrest
    • Floyd was arrested in 2002 for criminal trespassing and served 30 days in jail
    • He had another stint for a theft in August 1998
    • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...lis-start-new-life-released-prison-Texas.html

      That said:
    How does leaving prison 6 Years Ago qualify as "just" been released?

    Is that the "New Math"?:bored:

    Why are you pushing a FAKE Narrative (trying to denigrate the Murder Victim)?
     
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    I've seen this before.

    It was called the Long, Hot Summer, the one after Martin Luther King was assassinated.

    Ask yourself why now.

    If you can.
     
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    The question becomes what to do about the erosion of Constitutional rights?
    My recommendation is that people who believe in freedom donate money to this organization.

    https://www.rutherford.org/

    Also, people need to get involved in primary elections.
     
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    How does using counterfeit money count as “turning your life around”?

    Seems like you’re using the same math they are.
     
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    "Next time don't take so long."
     
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    There is an even better one, and I am a member:

    https://www.aclu.org/
     
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    The organization that demands reparations from people that have been dead for over 100 years?

    Nice use of money! lol
     
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    So he got out of prison and was still involved in a criminal enterprise.... How is that turning his life around? He just had not been caught yet and thrown into jail forever, which is where is was headed before he was killed.

    Yes, he did have a criminal record including aggravated assault. Speaking of Fake narrative:

    Floyd had turned his life around but died on Monday after a white officer knelt on his neck while arresting him for allegedly paying with a fake $20 bill

    That is a fake narrative. Turning your life around does NOT include counterfeiting and committing crime.
     
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    A lot of whites have always supported equality for black people. That seems to piss off the racists to no end.
     
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    Derek Chauvin, the cop that knelt on the neck of George Floyd, has been arrested.
     
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    But, that isn't the point.

    The point is:

    The user that I responded to Falsely Claimed that he had "Just" been released from Prison.

    6 Years Ago Does NOT = "Just". Period.

    ___________

    Chauvin charged with:

    3rd Degree Murder and Manslaughter.
     
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    Aren't you ticked off at them for not paying their debt when they were alive and now you are stuck with it. If you don't pay it now your grand kids will curse your memory.
     
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    How does using counterfeit money count as “turning your life around”?

    Why did you push this fake narrative?
     
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    Yeah, with lip service. Most of those white people live in nice, safe, white enclaves.
     
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    In general I support organizations that defend civil liberties, but I could never donate money to an organization (ACLU) that considers the 2nd Amendment to be a collective right rather than an individual right.
     
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    I am asking myself why I replied to your post. You don't make any sense. Did you have a position on this topic? Do you even know my position?
     
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