17 years. Santamaria says she can’t say for sure if George and Derek knew each other but c’mon. These men collected a check from the same place for 17 years and had NO knowledge of one another. That’s difficult to believe. BOSSIP spoke to a security professional here in Atlanta who told us that he holds a meeting between all bouncers and off-duty cops before every shift. Of course, security protocols can vary from venue to venue but 17 years and they NEVER met one another? We have questions. Lots of them.
Thanks for the info and the link. I doubt Chauvin knew when he responded that Floyd was the individual the police had been called for. He was certainly a big enough man, with a distinctive face that if Chauvin knew him in the past, would recognize him again. Hopefully, any interactions between them will be ferreted out during the investigation. A lot hinges on the autopy results too, and whatever other video that may exist, but hasn’t been reported on, or seen yet. An article yesterday quoted a retired Minnesota police trainer who said that a neck restraint is taught to all the police officers. I find that hard to believe because it was never a part of approved training when I went through restraint and unarmed defensive tactics during my 25 years in uniform in NY State’s prisons. If the officer was the cause of the man’s death, then he should be held accountable, but like most of these incidents, the police officer, and it’s usually always a white police officer that’s in the mix, is tried in the media before all of the facts come out. And that is what helps fuel the riots that follow in the aftermath.