I never saw anything that really raised a racial component to this.
Seeing the body cam footage, I will concede that it seems sketchy to have the officer walk up on the drivers door with the gun up and pointed as it was. Going to be real easy to make that a "racial profiling" claim. Vehicle was parked. Daylight conditions and the reason for the interaction was a claim of theft. Why is he pointing a gun at this point? Won't take a leap for the black to community to ask if a white male would be drawn down on in the same situation.
I saw and still see a lot of policing that I'm not happy with and want changed. They've got Floyd in cuffs and there are 4 officers present. The women he is with have told the officers he has mental issues and he's complaining of health issues. Sit his ass on the curb and wait for EMT's. Chauvin's callous indifference is tough to watch. He needs to go away.
- Jeff
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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