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Originally Posted by Lespaulmankc
Yes, I’m always curious about what all went on before the video the media shows. The George Floyd situation is a prime example. He was freaking out. But the knee on the neck after the suspect was subdued was way out of line.
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I agree, others don't but even when the chain of events back up my assertion that if Floyd had sat quietly in the back seat of that cop car, none of this would have happened and NO, that does not "justify" what the cop did but it explains it.
And why couldn't Floyd have just sat still in that patrol car? Because he was hoped up on drugs that I have no doubt "contributed" to his death but the knee on the neck sure as hell didn't help and was a clear violation of police procedure. Once a suspect is on the ground in handcuffs, there should be no further need for the kind of restraint used.
There are a handful of egregious incidents like fleeing from a cop over a broken taillight or some such thing and the driver fearing the interaction of a cop who he is told is out to kill any Black man they see, flees the scene and is shot in the back. That cop was prosecuted and went to jail if I remember properly.
But AGAIN, had he not run, none of this would happen. Have you noticed ( if you watch a good deal of TV ) that most interactions of police stopping a Black person, the Black driver will put his or her hands on the wheel were they can be clearly seen and when the cop asks for license and registration, the driver says "my license is in my wallet and my registration is in the glove compartment". The cops says OK, get them for me slowly.
This tells me that this is now common knowledge in the Black community, that there are easy to follow steps that will keep you out of trouble because very few police, there are regrettably some, want to pull and fire their weapon knowing the shit storm that will come down on them. And I can hear it being asked "why should Black people have to do this when Whites don't"? My guess is, just as the Black person is afraid of the cop because of all that has gone down before, the cop Black or White, knows that there is a far better chance of being shot by a Black man than a White man. No, that is certainly not always the case but the cops know it.
There has never been, never will be a good outcome for anybody Black or White that chooses to fight with the police. Do as you are asked and go home.
I make no accuses for the brutality we see from some police but the answer that we can now all see, is not to get rid of the police but to better train them and US, as to what to do in an inter-action with police.
It ain't rocket science folks.
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/26/74573...minority-suspe
New Study Says White Police Officers Are Not More Likely To Shoot Minority Suspects
Film The Police
