Posted on 06/01/2020 9:48:22 AM PDT by Kaslin
George Floyd’s tragic death, without question, sprang from egregious and unjustified police misconduct. Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin did not protect or serve anyone, nor any noble purpose, by jamming his knee onto a non-resistant man’s carotid artery. His all-too-passive fellow officers shared in his crime. Unless you consider your own mortal stock worth less than $20 (the amount of the counterfeit bill that Floyd allegedly tried to spend), then you, too, should feel repulsed by these cops’ totalitarian display.
That said, there seems to be a growing, greatly consequential misconception that self-harm is a sort of cathartic justice. While thousands of impassioned Americans took peacefully to the streets nationwide to express their grievances about Floyd’s abuse, this pacifism was (and still is) far from universal.
Click on the news, and your battle-weary eyes soon will be exposed to 2020’s newest layer of calamity. In cities across our great nation, buildings are ablaze, and cars are the new trampolines. To expose and rectify the fatal misdeeds of a murderous thug in Chauvin, these knee-jerk “avengers” themselves have turned to thuggery.
In the six days that have transpired since Floyd’s untimely demise, this has happened: the Minneapolis Police Department fired all of the officers involved, authorities arrested Chauvin and charged him with murder, and federal officials launched a civil-rights investigation -- an indication that justice is being pursued and will be delivered at the highest level. These major steps in the right direction signify the national consensus of disgust with the disgraced officers’ misbehavior. Razing the nearest Target store shows just how off-target these vandals are in their response. Likewise, smashing the windows of local businesses within their own community smashes their own credibility even worse.
“Waking up this morning to see Minneapolis on fire would be something that would devastate Floyd. Floyd was a gentle giant,” his longtime girlfriend, Courtney Ross, told the Star Tribune. “He was about love and about peace." If Ross can speak with such gravity and poise just days after losing her beloved partner of three years, so, too, should those who did not know him before news broke of his grave misfortune.
If Ross’ words are to be taken seriously, then the best way to respect Floyd’s memory is to rise above the temptation to create further unrest and chaos. Justice will not be found in the embers of a burning storefront, within an empty cash register, or among the shattered remnants of a bashed-in windshield. It will be found in unanimous calls for betterment; in donating to relevant and constructive causes; in treating one’s fellow humans with common decency.
In promoting this outlook, it’s crucial to acknowledge those who are trying actively to improve their community, rather than immolate it. The model citizens are the droves of Minnesotans who gathered to clean up the city post-mayhem. They are the 26,000 Americans who donated nearly $800,000 (a total that still rises steadily above the initial $100,000 goal) to revive Minneapolis firefighter K.B. Balla’s dream of opening a sports bar -- a dream that otherwise would have been lost in the wreckage of violent dissent. They are those who, despite their pent-up frustration and sorrow, countered Chauvin’s barbarism by demonstrating peacefully.
When Derek Chauvin and his colleagues went low, these folks went high, setting a standard that warrants deeper recognition -- recognition which the mainstream media should feel obligated to present to their audiences. If justice and social reflection are truly the goals, throw water, not gasoline.
Bkmk
Where’s the Fake $20
I wanna see it !!!!
I say, this has been staged from the Get-Go
I copied this from someone’s post:
According to the store clerks, George attempted to make a purchase with a fake $20 bill. The clerk refused the money.
George left without incident but decided to hang out in front of the store, just standing around.
In the meantime, just for practice, the clerk notified the police of the incident. The police then rushed right over because, you know, police in big cities are usually free to rush over to check fake $20s from people who have already left the scene. Happens all the time.
Imagine their good fortune to find George still standing there. That’s what most people do after being caught with a counterfeit bill, right? Just walk outside and stand there.
I find it odd that these two men, Derek (the officer) and George, may have known each other well. They used to work together for 17 years, apparently.
I find it odd that the cop had his hands in his pockets while he put his knee on his friend’s throat. Very odd.
I find it odd that they did not just put him in the back seat of the cop car. They were literally standing right next to the door.
I find it odd that a man who couldn’t get air was able to yell out repeatedly for a very long period of time, and did not struggle to live. Why didn’t he call for help with all those people standing around filming him? He just laid there and passively “died.”
I find it odd that they just stood there and let people film this.
I find it odd that most of Derek’s weight is on his right knee, the one on the ground, not the left knee on his friend, George.
I find it odd the paramedics arrived on scene, approached so nonchalantly, then placed Derek’s very much alive (?) friend, George, into the ambulance without any sign of urgency.
I find it odd that Derek’s neighbors never knew he was an officer. They stated they never saw him wearing a uniform coming and going.
I find it VERY odd that a cop started the riots. Thank goodness for an ex who outed him.
I find it odd that nearly everyone who was arrested for rioting and looting were from out of state.
I find it odd that the National Guard was not brought in earlier, and that they were unable to get these riots under control immediately.
I find it odd that these staged events only happen in Democrat run cities.
I find it odd that this “racist” narrative happened shortly after Biden’s racist comment last week. I knew they were trying to distract us from something.
I find it odd that this happened just as COVID loses traction. Social distancing SUDDENLY flew out the window. Let’s hope the masks and fear soon follow.
I find it odd that COVID happened the moment the impeachment failed.
I find it odd the impeachment happened the moment that Russian hoax failed.
Can you see the pattern? Will you continue to chase the well orchestrated carrots? Or is there something in you that will stop for a minute and look for the truth?
This is very interesting.
Still a tragedy.
While watching the third night of mayhem, looting and riots in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, last night President Trump tweeted: “These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts”, and the media went bananas.
Every person of normal and stable constitution knew the meaning was looting and violence leads to shooting and escalated violence; thus it needs to be addressed with urgency by local officials in charge of maintaining the peace. However, the media needed to pretend they were unaware of common sense in order to turn the phrase into an attack against the president. President Trump responds:
The background of George Floyd being killed by police Derek Chauvin is horrific. There is no justification for Chauvin’s action and the seemingly cavalier attitude by those who were at the scene of the events. Outrage and emotional reaction over the video of the events is not surprising; but the riots, arson and looting are another level of troubling.
CTH has not written about the incident, because there is obviously much more to the story than currently being presented by national media. This is one of those incidents where a variety of interests seek to take advantage; and as each layer of interest attaches itself, well, the larger truth behind the originating event is lost. A rabbit hole is created.
Officer Derek Chauvin and victim George Lloyd knew each-other. Chauvin was a security officer for a sketchy dance club named El Nuevo Rodeo, and had worked there for 17 years. Chauvin worked for El Nuevo Rodeo cantina and dance club longer than he was a police officer. Mr. George Lloyd also worked at the restaurant/dance club as a bouncer, for several years. Chauvin and Lloyd knew eachother.
The dynamic of the relationship between Lloyd and Chauvin is divergent from the media narrative. Additionally, the media presentation of the club, and ownership, is also materially flawed.
The club is not what appears visible on the surface; neither is the relationship between the two men who both worked there. CTH has reviewed the background, and made a decision to exit the rabbit hole. Suffice to say it’s better to just sit this one out and watch.
Speculative reasons for disengagement:
El Nuevo Rodeo is owned by foreign interests: Omar Investments Inc. The club appears to be a laundry operation; which is a semi-legitimate business set up as a front to launder illicit income streams which might include counterfeit operations. Chauvin and Lloyd both worked there. The presented “former club owner”, seen on television, appears to be a purposeful ‘front’ (a face useful in deflecting attention from the primary operations).
With that in mind, the scale of false information in/around the visible event, horrible as it was/is, creates layers and layers of purposeful misinformation and a need to control what the public sees in the media.
Combine a sketchy background of participants who are all very familiar with each-other as noted on video; with a network of foreign interests and false fronts; and overlay a network of federal and national security operations that are well known and specific to Minneapolis… and, well, it’s a rabbit hole best left alone.
CTH is not going there.
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Ignore the uniform angle in the video above, that’s a non issue. The casual and familiar nature of the participants, in combination with what the “paramedics” do not do when they arrive on scene, seems to tell a larger story.
Regardless, a man lost his life; that alone is tragic.
Why does every media report about the rioting and looting start out by telling us that Americans of African Descent have a right to be angry?
Is that supposed to make the rest of their report OK?
I think it’s condescending and pretentious.
I'm not too sure I'm buying this rhetoric any longer.
Not necessarily. These things happen all the time, and if an excuse is needed to stir up the mob, all it takes is publicity and a small army of rioters to get things kindled.
Protests have erupted in at least 140 cities across the United States over racism and police brutality. Some of the demonstrations have turned violent, prompting the activation of the National Guard in at least 21 states. https://t.co/IgDntKt02K pic.twitter.com/srpBanf3dS— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 1, 2020
If these victims were Jews, the Jewish community would have a right to be angry. Under the circumstances, the black community ought to keep its collective mouth shut, until it resolves to start behaving like civilized human beings, obeying the law, being socially responsible, and holding one another to much higher standards than are being maintained now.
Dark gloves. He had his hand on his thigh. But your questions are reasonable and need answers.
I find it odd the paramedics arrived on scene, approached so nonchalantly, then placed Derek’s very much alive (?) friend, George, into the ambulance without any sign of urgency."
I did not see the video (low BW). True?
I haven’t watched it.
I just read on the internet that the family’s medical examiners have determined the cause of death - asphyxiation caused by the officer’s knee to the neck.
Whatta shock.
Probably untrue. Knee on neck for 8 minutes. Floyd peed at 5 minutes in. Bladder release often (but not always) means death. My guess is Floyd was having a panic attack or heart attack... He certainly seemed dazed/confused. If tox screen comes back negative ...
Counterfeit bills lead to an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service. The riots make an investigation much more difficult, as now the locals will be much less likely to cooperate. My final guess is that this counterfeiting operation goes places that some folks don’t want uncovered.
>> by jamming his knee onto a non-resistant man’s carotid artery.
Did Chauvin actually jam his knee into Floyd’s carotid artery?
Any possibility of anxiety brought on by being constrained — an anxiety attack that triggered heart arrest?
It’s reported that Floyd said he could not breathe. That would involve restricted air flow or an anxiety attack, no? Can restricted arterial blood flow give the impression of respiratory suffocation?
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