Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq (Post 1780936)

Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1781263)

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1781279)

OR.........they are presenting it the way most people think/feel!?!?

Originally Posted by smacquart (Post 1781077)

Yes! People please check out Chauvin’s police record before before condemning George Floyd.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1781159)

I often wonder how the pregnant woman who was robbed with the gun pointing at her stomach feels. I wonder what she would say? I wonder if she is still frightened? I would like to know more about what happened that day, but the archives online have been "cleaned". I could not even find George Floyd's mugshots.

It doesn't have anything to do with George Floyd's funeral as stated above, but he was honored as a hero and the truth is that no one would want their son or daughter to have four felonies and to serve time for each of them.

Certainly, ethical people can see that causing death during an arrest is a horrible thing, but I would like to see the tapes of exactly why the ruckus in the car and the other ones too blocked out. I wonder if we will ever know if he possibly did have intoxicants that were lethal. The knee on neck is used with justification, I think, on people who will not allow themselves to be restrained. Sometimes they continue fighting even with handcuffs. They struggle to their knees and kick and writhe. Especially those high on some drugs. I can't see that this incident was racist. The knee on neck is used with all those resisting arrest violently. It is used a lot and hasn't stopped the passage of air to the lungs or caused a person to stop breathing in thousands and thousands of usage. I am just trying to be fair but I know I will be viewed as racist. I hope I am not.

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1781284)

Did it ever occur to you to wonder/care, why there was only ONE African-American controller...in the first place? :oops:

Originally Posted by allsport (Post 1781211)

Your lack of sensitivity to funerals in the black community is showing. If you had ever attended one, you would know that this one was much like every other one in the community. You also obviously did not know that the man killed and the man that murdered him were both employed by the same nightclub as security and did not get along in that setting. Floyd objected to Chauvin's aggressive tactics. Murder 1 could be argued. Floyd had some issues with drugs and crime but had turned his life in a better direction until this incident.

Originally Posted by Denvercane (Post 1781092)

7 career people were murdered that day. One was a career criminal and six were career police officers. Can you name them.? Pelosi calls one of the a martyr and kneels down before him. Six died protecting people, one died robbing people, all dead, all murdered. Why does one deserve so much more than the other six? Was his life more important, was he a better citizen.? This country is upside down and people aren't going to like the future that is being formed. Trouble and termoil are in the future. Tearing down statues, rioting and looting are going to become a way of life. If you want something, kill and take it.

Originally Posted by Rich42 (Post 1781216)

And how did that "poor" family pay for that extravagant GOLD coffin?

Originally Posted by ffresh (Post 1781301)

Please enlighten us on how Chauvin's record, sketchy though it may be, has anything to do with someone pointing out the fact that Floyd was a thug:
Thug | Definition of Thug by Merriam-Webster

Now check/listen how John McWhorter twists thug into a racially-weaponized term:
NPR's Melissa Block speaks to John McWhorter, associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, about the use of the word "thug" to describe Baltimore rioters.
The Racially Charged Meaning Behind The Word 'Thug' : NPR

Fred :spoken:

Originally Posted by Swoop (Post 1781248)

Back up your post with actual facts. Let’s see the statistics that support your narrative.

Originally Posted by 600th Photo Sq (Post 1780936)

Originally Posted by RedChariot (Post 1781255)

People don't like things being shoved down their throat. Multi city funerals. Final mile in a horse drawn carriage. Over the top for sure. That does not negate the horror of his death. But saying this man that has committed some despicable acts , "changed the world " is pandering to a select group and leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

Originally Posted by Denvercane (Post 1781092)

7 career people were murdered that day. One was a career criminal and six were career police officers. Can you name them.? Pelosi calls one of the a martyr and kneels down before him. Six died protecting people, one died robbing people, all dead, all murdered. Why does one deserve so much more than the other six? Was his life more important, was he a better citizen.? This country is upside down and people aren't going to like the future that is being formed. Trouble and termoil are in the future. Tearing down statues, rioting and looting are going to become a way of life. If you want something, kill and take it.

Originally Posted by VillageLiberal (Post 1781246)

Seems "Thug" is the word of the day, hmmm wonder where got started. You can always tell who watches Fox Faux News.

Originally Posted by VillageLiberal (Post 1781259)

Open a web browser and go to the Southern Poverty Law Center as a start

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580 (Post 1781329)

Originally Posted by VillageLiberal (Post 1781328)

By that definition Chauvin was a Thug also, a thug hiding behind a badge and a gun. Probably got hired by a friend.

Originally Posted by VillageLiberal (Post 1781322)

Admit it, listing them would be a waste of time for both of us, you'd end up quoting some right wing opinion piece slamming each one I brought up, just like the SPLC, and in the end we'd not move one inch from our current positions. I'd suggest you look at the Government's Equal Employment Opportunity website, thier are lots of statistics of the 10s of thousands of discrimination complaints filed as well as the hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars used to settle those complaints. Here's the link

FOIA E-Library | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1781316)

Really? Do most funerals in the black community include a horse drawn carriage? I did not watch any of the funeral but have caught a glimpse on the news. Very over the top for me but I have never been to a funeral in the black community so what do I know?

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1781233)

Methamphetamine and Fentanyl was found during his autopsy by both physicians, the one for the state and the one for the family.

Can you link us to the interchange between Floyd and Chauvin at the nightclub where they were both employed? I can't find a trace of that. It must have been removed from on line sources for some reason.

Originally Posted by BHWitcher (Post 1781385)

I absolutely agree. It’s not really about the character of George Floyd. It is the systemic abuse of policing. There are too many George Floyd’s and we should all question racism.

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1780981)

Funeral of a porn actor and drug hyped up career criminal ex-con violent felon who held a gun on a pregnant woman during a home invasion robbery who died at the hands of a cop who kneeled on his neck too long while three other cops did not stop it.

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1780982)

If the Special interest groups want to make a spectacle that's fine.

But for the media to cover it as though it was a dignitary of lofty proportions......was more than over the top.

Angel wings and halo. The ultimate symbol to top off the over the top-ness!!

Undeserved/unreal!

Originally Posted by ColdNoMore (Post 1781373)

You still haven't answered my original questions.

Unless you meant for your last sentence...to be the answer.


And yet, where is the proof of a huge spike in air incidents in the US...when these 'super-duper-qualifications' were reduced after the controllers were fired?

Originally Posted by banjobob (Post 1781441)

I think this whole deal is staged ,not his death but all protests and phony outrage ,and "Black Lives Matter" scam

Originally Posted by claricecolin (Post 1781381)

While most funerals do not have a horse drawn carriage the rest of the service is pretty common. A home going is often a long, was but ultimately joyous and hopeful celebration of life.

Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1781244)

I'm wondering the same thing, where will they build the George Floyd statue. Probably have him wearing a suit and tie with a briefcase in his hand or maybe even better, riding a horse in military uniform. Pointing out toward a new horizon. I'm sure Oprah will pay for it, or the mayor of minneapolis will have the taxpayers there pay for it. Then we'll have a national holiday every year in June on a monday, George Floyd Day.

https://m.hindustantimes.com/rf/imag...241376e8f9.jpg

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1781446)

Wow! A 5 hour funeral with out-of-state speakers and attendees riding in luxury buses is common?

Originally Posted by Ginpappas (Post 1780951)

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.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 1781468)

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.

Originally Posted by VillageLiberal (Post 1781300)

Fox viewers are being manipulated and conditioned exactly the same way Fox viewers claim the MSM lies to thier viewers. You need to read some Chomsky.

Originally Posted by claricecolin (Post 1781458)

Not uncommon in my experience. Have been to several for family members and close friends. In fact, after my grandfather's funeral(on way to cemetary) we first cousins still laugh (in a limo there were 7 of us) about asking driver to stop at MacDonalds as some were hungry. It was a very long day, while at the time I didn't fully appreciate. Having memories of how your loved one was loved or may have touched someone for a moment is a gift.
No matter his past, George was murdering. His family lived him and some people were touched by him. To me also emphasizes funerals are for the living.