Posted on 04/05/2021 3:37:52 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
...Observers following the trial closely have described most of the prosecution witnesses and evidence as middling at best. Some of the eyewitnesses who cajoled the police were less than impressive on the stand, several being admonished by the judge for giving evasive answers. One older black gentleman urged Floyd to stop resisting arrest, which provides some context for the police behavior. And, in the biggest surprise, while we were told George was crying for his mama as he lay dying on the street, it turns out his drug addict girlfriend was saved in his phone as “Mama.” She also revealed Floyd had dealt drugs, had a similar overdose only months earlier, and recently relapsed.
The media has mostly downplayed these details.
One serious problem with the media is that it is so used to packaging news into ideological narratives that the general public has no idea really what’s happening. It’s not just a question of slant or editorializing; the facts are concealed, revealed, or even made up as necessary to support a message.
This is true in this case and in many others. While the availability of raw data and some exposure to original sources alleviates this, most people do not have the time, energy, or inclination to dig into every fishy story. And certain people are particularly credulous, especially when believing the narrative accrues social approval.
For the Chauvin trial, mainstream media reports have uniformly emphasized the prosecution scoring points. Floyd’s drug use and violent activities have been given short shrift. Prosecution missteps—the “mama” incident, the defiant female firefighter at the scene, the MMA expert who apparently did not know how a “blood choke” works in jujitsu—have not helped the prosecution’s case...
(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...
Not charged with 1st Degree Murder. Thanks.
Fentanyl is an opiate and it would constrict the pupils. If they were dilated, instead of constricted, that would indicate the presence of a stimulant. The information available is that Floyd had both in his system. The classic "8 ball."
The narrative was BS from day one. Free Derek Chauvin.
They’ll riot even to celebrate a guilty verdict. Like winning the Superbowl.
Not me. I’d vote to acquit. Just to spite BLM and the social justice warriors.
But his survivors did quite well, settling for $27M.
Or, 10-2 with two voting acquittal, and 10 voting “guilty as charged for being a white cop” ...
The 10 hate-filled racists then (figuratively, or literally) brow-beat and teardown the two honest jurors to get the guilty on all charges lynching that they want to deliver/have been told to deliver ... “FOR FREEDOM of their black brothers.”
There wasn't any asphyxiation...He died of a drug overdose..
It is nonsense for anyone to say DC was negligent in using his knee as a restraint. IT IS APPROVED POLICE PROTOCOL to do exactly has DC did.....he was taught to do it.
If he followed his training, then he can’t be negligent. As the video body camera clearly shows and the chief agreed with, the knee was in fact on the shoulder.
Case over. DC should be a free man by the end of the week. Let the cities burn.
Zimmerman redux. The cities will burn. Thank CNN.
More shopkeepers in my neighborhood have pictures of George Floyd in their windows, lately added to the other "BLM" signs. (Residences already have the GF yard and window signs.) I suppose they're anticipating something, but the plywood hasn't gone up yet.
Oh, thtop it!
noway this man is walking or a hung jury.
the rioters already showed us they win.
Narcam does not work with fentanyl. Also in the article they quote Chauvin at the scene stating Floyd may be on something.
why ?? They’ll have no issue cooking him. Do you know that only 17% of the county were this trial is being held is black and 74%is white yet 50% of the jury is black???
Do you know a few seated juror expressed agreement with the BLM racket??
Even following training does not excuse you from applying common sense and appraising the situation.
Should he have responded differently to the possibility he was in medical crisis with substances? Or were his options too limited by circumstances? Not saying, asking.
You skipped the obvious. What if he died at the scene of a drug overdose?
Oh, you thilly man.
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