What part of "public trust" and "optics" did you miss?
The nine-minute video on the spot is damning as far as PR goes.
That justifies the firing.
And with the video the cries of "wait for more information" -- like both the state's coroner and the family's coroner agreeing that this is homicide, as another poster pointed out -- seem increasingly out of touch with reality.
I agree with that. That was too much force for too long. I think the cop was being an @$$hole who wanted to prove to everyone *HE* was in charge. He should be fired.
But i'm not sure he caused Floyd's death by putting his knee on his neck. I think he contributed to Floyd's death by triggering the heart attack, and then not realizing Floyd wasn't faking.
If a fair jury finds him guilty, I would regard it as an reasonable outcome, because a man did die in his custody, but I think more from neglect than intent.
If there is a police officer shooting the automatic response it to put the officers on administrative leave until a full investigation has been completed.
Here all cops were fired immediately. All of them.
Have you ever seen that before? When the somali cop shot the white woman he was still on the payroll for many months afterwards. Can there be a more clear case of murder than leaning over your partner to shoot a civilian who is unarmed and reporting a crime?
Did you go nuts on that one? Of course not. The media told you to wait for due process to happen and don’t prejudge.
You have been parroting the media talking points since the minute this took place. I sure hope you never end upon a jury.