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Old 06-04-2020, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by NJblue View Post
It amazes me that anyone thinks that a criminal past has anything to do with this situation. No person, regardless of their past (or present), should be subjected to a death sentence by a cop when the person was fully subdued by handcuffs and four armed policemen. Floyd presented zero risk to these officers.

I am normally one to give the police the benefit of the doubt, but this case is so cut and dried that it saddens me that fellow Villagers can see it in any other way.
Absolutely right except your last sentence. None of us were there. But yes, it LOOKS bad. No cop has the right to be an executioner.