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George Floyd had ‘violent criminal history’: Minneapolis police union chief
NY Post ^ | June 2, 2020 | 12:04pm | Updated | Kate Sheehy

Posted on 06/02/2020 10:08:52 AM PDT by conservative98

The head of the Minneapolis police union says George Floyd’s “violent criminal history” needs to be remembered and that the protests over his death are the work of a “terrorist movement.”

“What is not being told is the violent criminal history of George Floyd. The media will not air this,” police union president Bob Kroll told his members in a letter posted Monday on Twitter.

Floyd had landed five years behind bars in 2009 for an assault and robbery two years earlier, and before that, had been convicted of charges ranging from theft with a firearm to drugs, the Daily Mail reported.

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To: RWGinger

We are a nation of laws and due process.


How much due process did Floyd get? None. The dirty cop fan club doesn’t seem bothered by that one bit.


61 posted on 06/02/2020 10:38:43 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: RWGinger

It does not change it. But there is a point that respectable, upright people are less likely to have this kind of encounter with police. And yes lowlifes should not be brutalized by police.


62 posted on 06/02/2020 10:38:51 AM PDT by all the best (You)
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To: conservative98
I can understand a police union official standing behind his guys. Like a defense attorney, it's his job and tipping the scales a bit is part of being an advocate. In the court of public opinion, I'm skeptical about the statements made by either side.

We have heard that this method is an acceptable procedure for subduing a suspect. Do the procedures for this method call for the officers to monitor the suspect's condition while applying this technique? If so, I can see the third-degree murder charge asserting reckless endangerment with the prosecution alleging that Chauvin did not properly follow those procedures.

63 posted on 06/02/2020 10:38:53 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: conservative98

Now i am reading people say that the riots that happened after the Dr. King assassination made the Civil Rights act possible 6 days later. Oh dear, now we are comparing George Floyd to Dr. King.... the rioters from these two happenings have a completely different spirit about them....


64 posted on 06/02/2020 10:41:43 AM PDT by Callnote (Solid state is the way to go!)
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To: halo66
"The question I have, if this cop was truly (with intent) murdering Mr. Floyd"

Murdering or assassinating?

Floyd, the known criminal, worked at the same restaurant / night club as the dirty cop. How well did they know each other?

Was the club a front for narcotics and counterfeit money? Did Floyd "screw up" by passing the note? Maybe the dirty copy was very dirty.
65 posted on 06/02/2020 10:44:12 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: Bob434

Actually it is and explains why they subdued him using an approved tactic to subdue someone- especially someone as large as he was- He dwarfed the police that took him out of the car-

You can make other arguments but the one that his violent criminal past is irrelevant isn’t one of them- It explains why he was subdued- one of the explanations anyways- the other was that he was obviously high on drugs, which is why police had called the ambulance and were detaining him in a subdued manner, till the ambulance got there-

What part of he was unconscious (dead?) for minutes while the police assault continued do you not understand?

So Floyd resisted it gave the cops a right to assault him while handcuffed and unconscious? Utter Nonsense. Don’t defend the indefensible.

You sound like a Democrat justifying political motivated prosecutions of Trump supporters. All is fair game because they worked for Trump.


66 posted on 06/02/2020 10:44:44 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: nesnah
It wasn't a tragedy. He was killed in cold blood on a single uncut unedited 9-minute long video from 6 feet way, from being lying on the ground in handcuffs, to saying he can't breathe, to passing out, to going into cardiac arrest.

And the policeman kept his knee on the neck without a break.

Even for 2 full minutes after ANOTHER COP tells him the guy doesn't have a pulse.

He doesn't bother to check for himself.

He doesn't start CPR (as a 19-year veteran and 1st responder).

Nobody likes dirty cops except dirty cops.

And I guess the policeman's union?

Because the only thing that matters, in this world or the next, is that sweet, sweet pension.

67 posted on 06/02/2020 10:46:53 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: conservative98

somebody facing three strikes and you’re out has nothing to lose by resisting arrest

plus hopped up on drugs


68 posted on 06/02/2020 10:47:26 AM PDT by Redmen4ever (u)
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To: pnut22

[[Having watched the film it is hard to find any defense of the cop who had a knee on the neck.]]

People high on drugs, even skinny slight folks- can be very dangerous- let alone a dude as large as George Floyd- The cops knew he was on something- (There is video of him acting very strange, and claiming he ‘couldn’t breath’ before he was even taken into custody- )

We’ll need to see the video of him resisting being put in vehicle though- they said he resisted for 10 minutes before he was on ground subdued— how vigorously was he fighting htem? While high on drugs, and having serious heart problems and clogged arteries?? Obviously during that 10 minutes he could breath- despite claiming he couldn’t-

[[Meth addicts are a whole different thing. It would take 5 people to do what usually 2 could handle. They never...never stopped fighting, cuffed or not]]

Exactly- i personally know of a case where it took 3 policemen to take down a 98lb weakling who was high on PCP- the kid was subdued- looked like everything was fine- then all hell broke loose- even after they got him into the squad car- he was still going mental- in restraints though by then so he couldn’t hurt anyone— people high on powerful drugs like that are very very dangerous- always- unless put into restraints where they can’t move and injure themselves or soemoen else-


69 posted on 06/02/2020 10:47:29 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: The Toll

“””””’I do doubt he was committing any crimes while handcuffed on the ground being murdered.””””””””””””

Dying from a heroin overdose is not called murder.


70 posted on 06/02/2020 10:49:52 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Tommy Revolts
There is a continuous unedited video from 6 feet away showing a full 9 minutes of the victim lying on the ground in handcuffs, going from "I can't breathe" to passing out, to cardiac arrest (one of the other policeman told Mr. Kneecap the guy didn't have a pulse) and Mr. Kneecap instead of checking for a pulse himself or performing CPR (as a 19-year veteran and first responder) keeps his knee on the neck of a handcuffed man with no pulse, for two full minutes by the clock.

All on video and in front of multiple non-involved witnesses.

Pull your own head out, Einstein.

71 posted on 06/02/2020 10:50:53 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Just mythoughts

I wonder the same too. I wonder if the 20 was not a counterfeit OR if there ever was a 20 introduce in the first place. They needed something to create a situation.


72 posted on 06/02/2020 10:51:50 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: conservative98
This should be handled at the trial. Making these kinds of statements don't help anyone.

If the defense lawyers determine that this might benefit their client, they could introduce it there. Otherwise, it just sounds inflammatory and will create more anger.

73 posted on 06/02/2020 10:52:27 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: conservative98

I also read he attacked a woman.


74 posted on 06/02/2020 10:52:31 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: conservative98

The rioters may be terrorists, but that still doesn’t justify what happened to George Floyd.


75 posted on 06/02/2020 10:52:57 AM PDT by Sir_Humphrey (Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people -Socrates)
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To: euclid216
who is resisting arrest while high on drugs

I just saw something on the Varney show this morning that might at least help. It was a high-tech bolo. It shot out of a device, it was wires that wrapped around the legs of the person very quickly, rendering them immobile. I don't know how much that might have helped with such a large man as Floyd; but, with the protestors, I'm thinking, it would be a good device to have handy.

76 posted on 06/02/2020 10:53:12 AM PDT by LibertarianLiz
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To: shelterguy

Standing on a guys neck for 8 minutes is though. Your attempts to spin the murder on video into something else are hopeless.


77 posted on 06/02/2020 10:55:00 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: Patriot Babe

Well, there is a history of counterfeit money being intercepted.

https://www.news8000.com/900000-in-counterfeit-money-seized-at-mn-port-of-entry/


78 posted on 06/02/2020 10:55:53 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: The Toll

So now he was STANDING on the guys neck?


79 posted on 06/02/2020 10:57:28 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Bob434
You are abysmally uninformed, unless you're just deliberately lying.

The Statement of Probable Cause for the murderous ex-policeman's arrest for murder and manslaughter, points out that the victim became compliant as soon as the cuffs were on him. There is store security footage showing him in cuffs seated against the wall of a store, and being calmly raised to his feet in cuffs and walked half a block away to the police cruiser.

Another video taken six feet away, shows nine full minutes unedited and uncut, of the ex-policeman with his knee on the neck of a man lying on the ground on his stomach in handcuffs.

First he says he can't breathe.

Knee stays on.

He passes out.

Fluid runs from his direction under the police car on video; he's probably urinated and voided his bowels.

A bystander identifies as a first responder and begs Mr. Kneecap to check for a pulse.

Knee stays on.

Mr. Kneecap pulls out his can of mace and brandishes it at a bystander approaching (presumably to help the poor guy).

Knee stays on.

One of the other policemen holding the guy down checks for a pulse and tells Mr. Kneecap, there's no pulse.

The knee stays on for a full two minutes or so (not mere incidental hesitation), of a handcuffed, lying down, unconscious man with no pulse and two OTHER policemen on his legs.

On unedited video. In front of multiple witnesses.

80 posted on 06/02/2020 10:58:01 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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