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Originally Posted by Ginpappas
A man was murdered on video in broad daylight for possibly passing a phony 20 bill. He was not currently in jail, there was no warrant for his arrest - he was a free man in a vehicle. He was then handcuffed and sat against a wall, after a struggle in the back seat of a police cruiser he was taken out of the car and laid on the ground where he then had a knee placed on his neck for 8 min and 46 sec until he died. That is murder at the hands of a corrupt, criminal cop who had many many complaints brought against him. But you want to talk about George Floyd's criminal record only... How interesting. I can appreciate you thought it was over the top and dramatic but this death was the straw that broke the camels back in this country and we may finally see some real change. Just another opinion.
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I would opinionate that Floyd may have been a thug in LIFE as a person. But, after the WORLD has had mostly peaceful protests because of what they saw on the video, he became a SYMBOL, not a person. You can criticize a person. It is difficult to criticize a SYMBOL. He became a SYMBOL of the world seeing Bad US Policing. Norway has had ZERO Police killings in over 10 years. Blacks in the US fear Police, also poor whites in US Ghettoes fear Police. The world is worried when it FEARS that they are losing the moral leadership they have come to expect from the US of America.