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Originally Posted by DAVIDW5084
Yes, I would defend a black, asian, female, gay, lesbian or whatever designation the police officer belongs to if he/she is enforcing the law and doing all he can to effect a lawful arrest. I have watched all the video available, bystander video, body cameras, etc and the officers had their hands full with a big guy that was resisting their efforts to make a peaceful arrest. Perhaps the officers should have thrown up their hands and let him go when it got the the point of having to restrain him until help could arrive and if that happened we would no longer have a law and order society. Support your police and let the judicial system work as intended. I am worried in this case that the officer is being tried in a court of popular opinion and will not have a chance to go free for doing what he is paid to do. How many of you would step into his shoes for even a day and deal with the violence that he and his fellow officers encounter every day?
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I guess all I’m saying is we all must imagine your family member was in George Floyd’s position and also imagine the officer was your family member. If you can honestly say that if your son, whether he had a drug problem or whatever, was held in that position even AFTER he was unconscious and you say it was justified I don’t buy it. If the officer was my son I wouldn’t think it was intentional but I would have to admit he made a horrible error in judgement that may not have been the complete cause but at least contributed to this man’s death. I can’t lie to myself.