George Floyd murder / Derek Chauvin guilty of murder

[DrBlueBob]

I think I'll post this here as it goes to what I believe is the mindset for the average power mad US cop.

Disgusting human being and disgusting that the system has not only facilitated his actions but when they are investigated he only gets done for one of them and even then faces no real penalty.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

America is truly broken.

 

[Bigga]

Judge for yourself...

 

[Dax777]

Judge for yourself...

So I saw nothing on the video that changed any facts. Not even the Grand jury discussion.

Bigga, mind sharing what conclusions you came to after watching? Perhaps I missed a few things.

 

[SWP's back]

Like we didn’t know

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

I think I'll post this here as it goes to what I believe is the mindset for the average power mad US cop.

** Any cop. Don’t kid yourself that the average brain dead plod we have in the U.K. are better than their US counterparts. They just don’t carry guns here.

 

[bluethrunthru]

Black man - white cops - everybody can whistle the tune - Law enforcement in America is finished in its present form

 

[SWP's back]

Black man - white cops - everybody can whistle the tune - Law enforcement in America is finished in its present form

It’s easier to shoot people that are armed with a knife when all police have guns (obviously), both suspects from the two below videos would be dead in the US:





But whilst I’ve been vocal on this thread, I think that the killing of the man in your video is down to “shoot first, this is America” than down to racism, on the face of it.

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Black man - white cops - everybody can whistle the tune - Law enforcement in America is finished in its present form

I mentioned previously, its the training the police get, and I can understand it - If your life is threatened in ANY way shoot, and shoot to KILL. That little bit of training needs to mention de-escalate/shoot limbs/shoot once!

The police have an absolutely awful jhob to do, and I can understand the fear they have in any given situation, they must protect themselves against the random dickhead which obviously means that could be ANY interaction with the public - But they must stop shooting to kill. Obvs really.

 

[SWP's back]

I mentioned previously, its the training the police get, and I can understand it - If your life is threatened in ANY way shoot, and shoot to KILL. That little bit of training needs to mention de-escalate/shoot limbs/shoot once!

The police have an absolutely awful jhob to do, and I can understand the fear they have in any given situation, they must protect themselves against the random dickhead which obviously means that could be ANY interaction with the public - But they must stop shooting to kill. Obvs really.

Fwiw, They don’t “shoot to kill”, they shoot at centre mass. Which then kills.