(April 22, 2021 at 5:21 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote:(April 22, 2021 at 5:16 am)Reforged Wrote: So say you, others would disagree. I am not here to debate for them, merely stating they would debate.
Also I think that a willingness to physically abuse a pregnant woman when you outnumber her six to one demonstrates at the very least a willingness to do very violent and unpleasant things.
Whether you like it or not that is a part of his history and would have been a factor in the cops minds. Dismiss that when debating someone who cares at your peril.
Floyd wasn't on trial, he died in the street an innocent man at the hands of a police officer while fully restrained. Chauvin was, for causing the death of a man through extreme recklessness while committing assault.
Personally, I think they could have got him for murder int he first but perhaps the prosecutor knows better, eh, and judging by some of the responses just on these boards....well. If there are people willing to accept that he did exactly what he was charged with and still believe that he was innocent of the charges, then there wouldn't be much point in going for a greater charge no matter what the evidence suggested.
It doesn't matter what the call was. It is still legal to call police when you think something is illegal or dangerously wrong. The problem is that far too much of police response is to assume you are facing Hitler or Stalin. George Floyd was not a perfect human. I am not a perfect human. But it should not matter to law when they show up if someone is flawed. Floyd died over a minor infraction.
