Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

https://apple.news/A56t1JBtzRyarsBY5NZ4bZw

I’ll post this but know none of you right wing bozo’s will read it. It supports the original premise of the thread that Darian and Mel discounted with their posts. 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Take your blinders off and you might see what is happening. Maybe explore a few different news sources besides faux news.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

This isn't going away, either. I mean Matthis is still getting traction even on Fox. Did you check the latest polling on Fox? Even Arizona and Ohio are favoring Biden...

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

How in the wide world of sports does George Floyd's "background" have anything at all to do with the way in which his life was ended????    

His hands were cuffed behind his back and he was lying on his stomach beside the police car.  What threat was he at that point?  What was he gonna do, get up and head-butt a police officer?   Run away?

If, when Floyd was in that prone position, the four cops felt he was still resisting, then they could have knelt on his hips and legs and handcuffed his ankles and hogtied him.

But that's not what they did....

Dave

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I've watched it. More than once.   Yeah, he resisted at times during the arrest.  But they got him in cuffs with his hands behind his back and he was still alive.  They walked him across the street to the other police car.  He was still alive.   There was a struggle putting him in the car. He was still alive.  At one point Floyd seemed to be in a sitting position.  He was still alive.  They got him prone.  He was still alive.   

THEN one cop knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes.  One or two other cops knelt on his back for nearly 9 minutes. Then he was no longer alive.  

How dare you bring up his "background" in this discussion?  What has that to do with the police suffocating this person?  The penalty for being 'known to the police' isn't death.  The penalty for having a rap sheet a yard long isn't death. The penalty for having a prison record or a criminal record isn't death. (And I'm not saying Floyd had any of these - I don't know if he did or didn't - just taking a worst case scenario)   And, in the specific events in the video.......The penalty for passing phoney currency isn't death.  The penalty for resisting arrest isn't death. 

But those 4 policemen killed him anyway... 

Dave

 

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

I misunderstood you.  I watched the video of the arrest/death of George Floyd twice.  I thought that was your link...  

But you were linking to a young woman's video, which i have now watched, about George Floyd  not being a shining example of wonderfulness, not a 'credit to his race', so to speak.  I get that.  He was an imperfect guy.  His poor choices led him to become of interest to the police.  

So.  What. 

His past, his choices and what he did that day cannot be held up as excuses or reasons for how he was treated.. Bringing up his 'Background' just reeks of racism and whataboutism in this situation.

Dave 

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Nothing I can say hasn’t already been said by Dave. It’s reprehensible trying to rationalize Mr. Floyd’s murder.

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

Breonna Taylor.

Now make the same argument......please, bring up her background....

Dave