Law enforcement officers have a very difficult job, but sometimes some of them just become completely intoxicated on power. What was that policeman thinking when Floyd was telling him that he couldn’t breathe, and the bystanders were telling the policeman that Floyd was bleeding from his mouth and that he was going to kill him. Did he think Floyd and the bystanders were lying? It was obvious from his stance that he was putting a great deal of weight on Floyd’s neck. How could he not know that he would kill him kneeling on his neck like that? Floyd was handcuffed and a threat to nobody. This is just so disgusting
Floyd’s arrest wasn’t motivated by race, because he was caught committing a crime, and it wasn’t just loose cigarettes. And there is no evidence that the force used during his detention was motivated by race. What it was motivated by, I do not know. The only way I know how to characterize it, is that it was a complete disregard for the safety and wellbeing by the police of a person in their charge. It was little different than leaving him lying on the railroad tracks of an oncoming train. The moment he was placed under arrest, it was their job to protect him.
Then came the typical aftermath. Hoodlums looting, ransacking and destroying the private property of those who had absolutely nothing to do with Floyd’s killing. As one comment I saw noted, it apparently is a lot easier to mourn the loss of George Floyd watching a freshly stolen 65 inch flat screen TV, and Xbox. The American people are on the side of George Floyd, but they aren’t on the side of the vandals and thieves. And their criminal behavior influences nobody, except to reinforce negative stereotypes for blacks. The policemen involved should be punished to the greatest extent possible, because theirs was a flagrant abuse of power and of the public trust.