and to be clear george floyd wasn’t an angel
and in general if you end up on the ground with several cops holding you down, you are probably not a normal average law abiding person
1. Nobody is an angel. So to hold Floyd to some higher standard than the rest of us is asinine.
2. you judge him based on his size? Yes he has a record. So what? So do many FReepers. And his record had nothing to do with his murder.
3. You neglected to mention Ofc Chauvin had 18 complaints against him.
A bully with badge & gun. Jack booted thug in uniform. He took a man’s life for no reason.
No, Floyd was no angel. However, that doesn’t justify killing him.
Arresting him was perfectly valid. They apparently had a valid warrant on a legitimate criminal charge. But as Dan Bongino said, once you have the suspect in cuffs, you put him in the car and get him out of there as quickly as possible.
Even if he was resisting, the knee on his throat for almost nine minutes seems excessive, especially with people saying, “You’re killing him.” You use enough force to subdue him, then get him in the car and take him to the nearest lockup. This looks like excessive force, and that is abuse of the power the police have. It makes police look bad, especially to a community taught to distrust them anyway.