No one should die in police custody. When that happens, strict scrutiny must be applied all circumstances and context related to the event.
It is beyond unfortunate that George Floyd chose the life he did. He served EIGHT separate jail terms on various violent and non-violent offences from trespass to armed robbery and armed domestic violence against a pregnant woman who was the mother of his unborn child at the time. He was a career criminal, a drug dealer and user, as well as an actor in pornography. He broke into a woman’s home and held a gun to her stomach, threatening to kill her and her unborn child during a robbery.
At the time of his death, he was high on fentanyl and Methamphetamine, which likely contributed to his initial unwillingness to comply with police while being detained for yet another crime, this one theft.
It is VERY fair to say that George Floyd was a bad person. It is also fair to say that anytime anyone is seriously injured or dies WHILE in police custody, that the context that surrounds the incident and the history of ALL of those involved need to be examined. Since the media has bent over backwards to examine the history of the police officers involved, it is also reasonable to examine the history of Mr Floyd himself.
I don’t believe for a second that the police intended to kill George Floyd. I do believe that they showed a troubling level of indifference to his cries for help in that moment , but does that warrant a charge of murder? I don’t think so. I’ve long felt that this should have been a MS charge to be pled down, but I’m not a fancy lawyer like HH.
I’m just glad to see so much progress in race relations since this event, and I think we have the MSM and democrat leadership to thank for that. After all, police brutality has disappeared, crime is down, and minorities can finally feel safe from persecution in todays America..