> You’re saying Chauvin intended to kill Floyd? <
No, of course not. And there’s not a hint of that in my previous post.
The Chauvin and Potter case are similar in that neither cop meant to kill - or even injure - the suspect. But here’s where it differs. Potter made a single-second error. She didn’t keep on shooting at the suspect as he drove away.
Chauvin, on the other hand, keep his actions going for quite a few minutes. He kept Floyd restrained on the ground. Would Floyd be alive today otherwise? It’s a mess. I honestly don’t know.
Which is precisely my point: that “intent” should always be weighed heavily when essentially ending the defendant’s life as he/she knows it.
It’s quite frustrating to me that so many (see the 2020 BLM/ANTIFA riots) thugs whose sole intent was causing death, mayhem, and physical and property damage are simply let off the hook.
Whereas law enforcement officers whose lethal actions, while at times horrible, tragic, and regrettable to the nth degree, can still, at times, be legitimately classified as something we’ve all experienced to one extent or another: they made a terrible mistake in the course of doing what they thought was right.