Talk:George Floyd
If George Floyd was white you would not even know he was dead. There was "No life-threatening injuries identified" according to the autopsy. So why did he die? At least "The autopsy revealed no physical findings that support a diagnosis of traumatic asphyxia or strangulation. Mr. Floyd had underlying health conditions including coronary artery disease and hypertensive heart disease...." Why does everyone think this arrest was based on race.
I have not been able to get a copy of the report from the doctors hired by the attorneys. They will be presented in court. There will be photos and testimony and cross examinations. All these riots have been pushed by an irresponsible media spinning what appears like a false narrative for a political or just bias reasons causing death and destruction.
I am suggesting there is no evidence that there should be a protest and certainly no evidence for riots, murder, and destruction.
So far I have seen no evidence that this had anything to do with race.
Overdose deaths from Fentanyl has occurred with 3 ng/mL blood with a mean of 9 ng/mL in the blood. Floyd had blood level of Fentanyl of 11 ng/mL Plus other drugs. Which also appears to be a major contributor in the case with Tony Timba. He also had Atherosclerosis which is a hardening and narrowing of your arteries which is the usual cause of heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease. You might not have symptoms until you have a heart attack or stroke. Symptoms: Shortness of breath.
Floyd may have died from self administered drugs and a bad heart. There is no reason to believe that both men would be alive if they did not take those drugs. None of them died from injuries sustain by police officers. In both cases the police called for an ambulance and tried to safely restrain people who had drugged themselves senseless until they could get them on a gurney and transport them. No one tried to kill them except themselves.
justifiable homicide
n. a killing without evil or criminal intent, for which there can be no blame, such as self-defense to protect oneself or to protect another, or the shooting by a law enforcement officer in fulfilling his/her duties. This is not to be confused with a crime of passion or claim of diminished capacity which refer to defenses aimed at reducing the penalty or degree of crime.
Eric Weinstein
Lynching, Police Brutality, BLM and Defunding the Police: a Contrarian Reality Check. https://youtu.be/PfAumoTIeik
Eric Weinstein's point is well taken. But I do not think we should be angry about what happened in the past. We should only look at it so that we do not make the same mistake in the present.
I am not angry although it has been an effort not to be angry at the media and the people who want to believe their bias or incompetence as if it is the truth. If Floyd was white we would not know his name.
I have found no evidence evidence that Derek Chauvin was racially motivated. I am not even going to call the events a murder until I see a real preponderance of evidence that it was. Anything less is the spirit of the "lynching mob". We do not need more anger but the spirit of Atticus Finch.
I do not think they will long de-fund the police because they raise to much revenue because in many cities their original purpose has been hijacked.
As I have said I arrested black people on the same streets where George Floyd died while in police custody. At one instance I was surrounded by a mob of black people and all the white people disappeared. No one was hurt except the victim who was bloodied and beaten by the people I arrested. In the end no one pressed charges because "they did not want any trouble."
That ended my desire to pursue law enforcement as a career. People did not care enough about justice. The problem in America is the lack of hue and cry for our neighbor. What I see in the riots and even many of the protestors and certainly much of the media is a "lynching mob" spirit.
Romans 10:12 "For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek (or Black and White): for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him."
I do not have "Black" brothers and sisters. I just have brothers and sisters in righteousness.
Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.