Conservative black icon Candace Owens’s uncompromising video critique of George Floyd creates a firestorm

The release of the official copy of the Hennepin County, Minnesota Medical Examiner’s autopsy of George Floyd on Wednesday inspired conservative black commentator Candace Owens to live stream an18-minute video commentary that has created a firestorm of blowback – with MSM coverage from as far away as New Zealand and Australia. Pro and con discussions of Owens on social media including Twitter reached a peak on Thursday, as the first of several memorial services for Floyd, with Al Sharpton delivering the eulogy, was broadcast live from Minneapolis on all four broadcast television networks, PBS, and the three major cable news channels.

Owens’s criticism of what she termed the “martyr” status accorded to Floyd is the first high profile commentary of its kind to hit the mainstream since the death of the 46-year-old African-American man on May 25 while he has being subdued by Minneapolis police after his arrest for an alleged non-violent crime. Her video is titled “Confession: #GeorgeFloyd is neither a martyr or a hero. But I hope his family gets justice.” In the video itself (most easily accessible on YouTube), apparently shot on a cell phone, Owens made it clear that “What I am saying is not any defense for [Floyd’s accused murderer] Derek Chauvin. The family of George Floyd deserves justice for the way that he died.” She added, however, that “I also am not going to accept the narrative that this is the best the black community has to offer.”

Candace Owens speaking at the 2019 Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida

“Larry Elder was teasing Terrell last night that it was ok to be a Republican. Terrell did not like being teased.”

Oh, I saw that. Leo never will leave the plantation. I sensed that he might be receptive to considering it, though. Maybe Larry was a little too hard on him. A gentler touch could be more effective than ridicule — easier with honey than vinegar.

If we could get a boisterous rabid racist civil rights attorney to turn, that would be huge.

“We are giving everything to cats...not one damn dime to people.”

Each time we revise our trust and wills, the percentage to cat causes gets larger. Our lib nieces and nephews — they’re gone. A Christian radio station stays. A couple of family members who’ve always been there for us — they stay. No libs for sure.

“While he may have had traces of meth and fentanyl in his system, the video of him being arrested/killed does not appear to show someone in a state of intoxication from such substances.”

It may not be seen in the video, but apparently the reason police were called was because of the way he was behaving. The fake $20 was part of it but not the main reason. The 911 caller(s) believed he was out of control and on drugs, according to Candace’s video.

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