Chauvin's trial leaves many Black viewers emotionally taxed

KSTP.com ^ | 4/3/2021 | AP

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

For some it's too much to watch. Others just can't turn away.

The televised trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, has provoked strong emotions among many Black men and women — all tinged with an underlying dread that it could yield yet another devastating disappointment.

For many, it has brought back memories of the disturbing video of Floyd's last moments as he gasped for breath with Chauvin's knee on his neck. The video galvanized protests in cities across the U.S. and the world, as the words "Black Lives Matter" took hold.

"I had to mute the TV," said Lisa Harris, 51, of Redford Township, just west of Detroit. "Hearing Mr. Floyd continue to say he can't breathe and call for his mother — it was a lot. It's been a lot to watch."

Steven Thompson remembers closely watching the 2013 trial of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida and feeling blindsided. Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, was acquitted on all counts in the unarmed Black teen's death, including second-degree murder.

"I didn't expect that outcome," Thompson, 35, said. "But I'm a lot less ignorant now."

[PhineasSpear]

And if there was a trial with the races reversed, wloild ANY media outlet state that “_________ trial leaves many WHITE viewers emotionally exhausted”?????!!!!!

ALL of Us know the answer to that!!!!

[shotgun]

It’s a win-win situation.

[frank ballenger]

RE: And blacks rioting and looting last year left me emotionally taxed.

Me, too. My advice is for all of us to rest up, get healthy exercise and nutritional food and supplements.

More is coming soon.

Bob Dylan in “My Back Pages” song , June , 1964:

Crimson flames tied through my ears,
rollin’ high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
using ideas as my maps
“We’ll meet on edges, soon, “ said I,
proud ‘neath heated brow