[michtofla]

Look up George Floyd’s police record. He was a career criminal and a thug. It was terrible the way he died but he was going to get it one way or another sooner or later!

[blueash]

Perhaps you could just use the language you use with your friends to describe this victim of police brutality. We all know what you mean when you say thug.

[John_W]

Originally Posted by blueash

Perhaps you could just use the language you use with your friends to describe this victim of police brutality. We all know what you mean when you say thug.

Your statement makes no sense. Use the language you use with your friends. If I was talking to my friends about George Floyd, I would say he's was thug. You live in gutter, you die in the gutter. He should of got 20 years for armed home invasion, he held a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach while 5 others ransacked the house. He was lucky they offered a plea bargain and served five years. How many friends, people, others do you know that have served five years in prison for armed robbery?

[Rango]

He was murdered by a police officer. His record does not matter

[anothersteve]

And away we go..............again
Steve

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by blueash

Perhaps you could just use the language you use with your friends to describe this victim of police brutality. We all know what you mean when you say thug.

It is a tragedy that he was murdered but he was not exactly a good citizen that we would be proud to have as our neighbor. And yes would characterize him as a thug.

[manaboutown]

Well, he certainly was not an upstanding citizen walking down the street minding his own business who was hassled because he was black. That's for sure. I seriously doubt these cops were arresting him because he was black. He was under the influence and had an amazingly long record of drug convictions as well as the aggravated robbery conviction where he had held a gun to a (black) woman's stomach.

Is anyone else wondering why he left Texas where he had lived much of his life? Do they have something like a three strikes and you're out rule meaning life imprisonment with no parole for another conviction?

Looks like they do.

"The Three Strikes Law in Texas and Other States
Texas’ three strikes law was first enacted in 1952. California’s law was passed in 1994. After three separate felony convictions, an individual is subject to a life sentence in prison. The law and others like it in other states was enacted to cut down on recidivism – offenders who go on to commit future crimes. Lawmakers believe that career criminals can’t be rehabilitated. To stop them from continuously committing crimes and tying up the justice system, they impose harsh penalties after a third offense.

In most states with repeat offender laws, the law only applies to felony convictions. About half the states in the country have some form of a three-strike law."

From: Does Texas Have a Three Strikes Law? - Mark Diaz

[600th Photo Sq]

Originally Posted by Rango

He was murdered by a police officer. His record does not matter

John W points out and shows what type of person this person was. And people like you choose to ignore it.

This man was a born again hoodlum, rotten to the core and yet thousands ignore it.

[Jayhawk]

Originally Posted by blueash

Perhaps you could just use the language you use with your friends to describe this victim of police brutality. We all know what you mean when you say thug.

Dictionary:

thug

/THəɡ/

Learn to pronounce

noun


a violent person, especially a criminal.
"he was attacked by a gang of thugs"


What do you mean when you say it?

[Gpsma]

Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq

John W points out and shows what type of person this person was. And people like you choose to ignore it.

This man was a born again hoodlum, rotten to the core and yet thousands ignore it.

And #WhiteMuffins who never lived in black communities or worked with black workers will never understand.

And I have....

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

And #WhiteMuffins who never lived in black communities or worked with black workers will never understand.

And I have....

Understand what?

In the army I played in the band and was the only white guy in the RA barracks for a couple of months. Too, I was a jazz drummer, and played in bands where color did not matter as no one paid any attention to it. I have been the only white man in a black (unlicensed) night club where I had the pleasure of seeing and listening to Lionel Hampton play.

Perhaps we musicians are different...

[vintageogauge]

No man, good or bad, deserves to be killed they way he was. This is going to be like every other episode of protest and riot due to police brutality, nothing will be accomplished, a few crumbs will be tossed out to quiet those protesting and that's where it will end. Anyone that believes disbanding police departments is a good thing is an idiot, the cities that do that will end up like Deadwood, the wild, wild, west over again.

[billethkid]

Yes his record does matter.

[retiredguy123]

I find it disturbing that the OP and most posters on this thread are just stating facts and logical conclusions. But, they are immediately labeled as racists.

I also find it interesting that it is okay for Obama to use the term "thugs" but not other people. Obama is not even black. He's half black.

[Velvet]

Whatever language we use to describe Floyd, he was a person and as a person he had rights and one of them was not to be suffocated.