George Floyd was a criminal and a porn star

[Anonymous 5]

Can you quote your source as to where anyone has called this man an angel? Also, can you quote where we as a society of potential jurors decide “Guilty before trial”.

The issue here isn’t his profession. The issue here isn’t if he was a criminal. The issue here is that a white man placed a knee on a black mans neck for 8 minutes. During that 8 minutes 3 other officers stood there and did NOTHING as a man died.

Honestly, had he been cuffed, gone to jail and gone to trial-he would have been released on bail and probably not see any more jail time—and that is the injustice here-he is dead-never having the chance to plead guilt or innocence.

No he should not have died the way he did, no one should, but I don't understand why so many people are acting like he is an angel and so amazing.

[Frau Holle]

They aren’t acting like he was an angel they are acting like he was brutally murdered without just cause, and they are so angry because they got to witness the man calling out for his mother as he was being killed and asking people to say goodbye to his children for him because he knew he was dying. And still they didn’t move.

[Olioxenfree]

No one is calling him an angel. No one is perfect. They are saying that there is zero reason for a police officer to kill him based on what they knew about him. Nothing he did made his life not worth living.

What is your feeling about all the innocent people who are dying at the hands and weapons of the rioters? Do the rioters get to determine whose life is not worth living? Or is that violence okay because well because they are angry? Do they get a free pass? Are they going to be allowed to continue their killing spree until they decide its enough?

Killing spree?show me where multiple people are being killed by rioters. The deaths have been protesters killed by police or by people outside of the protests.

[mater-three]

So umm I won’t post my opinion but look up Candace Owens if you haven’t already.

[Anonymous 6]

It has happened every time. The media gets really young and flattering pictures of the person who was killed and plasters them everywhere. People are painting murals of him and going on about the good things he did while pretending like the home invasion of the pregnant woman's house and him beating a woman with a gun while his buddies robbed the house never happened. They are propping up his young daughter in Minneapolis while forgetting the two children in Houston he hadn't seen in years. It would be a lot better for those who knew him to say he messed up, he committed crimes and did drugs but didn't deserve what happened to him, and he didn't. Once again it just sounds like people trying to cover up the bad things and make the deceased out to be an angel when he was a person with flaws. And that is where they lose support.

[Anonymous 5]

You too miss the point. His death has NOTHING to do with his past crimes or behavior. The ONLY issue is that a man is dead because of a police officer who put a knee to his neck. It doesn’t matter if this man had just robbed a bank. He, and everyone else is allowed a trial by a jury of his peers. Period, and if you can’t see beyond that then you are as guilty as those who stood by and watched a man be murdered in broad day light.

It has happened every time. The media gets really young and flattering pictures of the person who was killed and plasters them everywhere. People are painting murals of him and going on about the good things he did while pretending like the home invasion of the pregnant woman's house and him beating a woman with a gun while his buddies robbed the house never happened. They are propping up his young daughter in Minneapolis while forgetting the two children in Houston he hadn't seen in years. It would be a lot better for those who knew him to say he messed up, he committed crimes and did drugs but didn't deserve what happened to him, and he didn't. Once again it just sounds like people trying to cover up the bad things and make the deceased out to be an angel when he was a person with flaws. And that is where they lose support.

[Anonymous 7]

I never implied that.

No, you didn't. You wrote that no one should have to die the way he did. As if it was some unfortunate thing that befell the man when, in fact, it was nothing of the sort. What happened to him is that one man tried, convicted, and executed him over the course of 9 minutes and with the approval of his peers using unlawfully the authority given to him by a government devoid of moral compass.

Bullshit. Some out of control cop did something really reprehensible. I doubt it was motivated by racism. But it doesn’t matter because we are all making it truly divisive in a time when we need to come together.

Allowing the stupidity, arrogance, and general depravity of one man to chart the course of our country is the definition of insanity.

Did you vote for Trump? I bet you did lol.

[hotspice58]

Why is it ok for police to brutalize people? And Brock Turner is a rapist and was treated with kid gloves.

No he should not have died the way he did, no one should, but I don't understand why so many people are acting like he is an angel and so amazing.

[Murdoc's Mistress]

Did you forget that most of the shit right wingers are pulling up on him are over a decade old? Same song and dance in an effort to "justify" his death. They can refute this until the cows come home, but what other reason would they pull it up? They've done it with every person who has been killed.

The police are now attacking peaceful protesters without provocation and the shit stain in the oval office even had fed police attack protesters just so he could walk his fat ass to a church for a photo op, showing EXACTLY why these protests are necessary and long over due. It wasn't solely his death that caused this. It's been years of seeing it happen again and again and again and the police being allowed to skate and people are sick of it. His death was the straw that broke the camel's back and now the police are mad their authority is being challenged. Do as they say and don't you dare question them. If they say move, you better move or they now have the authority to beat you senseless.

It's only a matter of time before the crowds say enough is enough and fight back and overwhelm them. And I will cheer them the f**k on when that happens. Maybe if they get a taste of their own F***ing medicine, they might actually think before they attack unarmed people.

[MonkeySeeMonkeyDo]

I’m all for holding police accountable but please realize it’s not just a race thing.

Google Harding street raid. It was 2 white people in their home with their dog. They were shot and killed while they were inside and the police were outside. The police department is fighting this tooth and nail.

We need police reform. We need to hold police accountable and while I’m sorry Mr Floyd lost his life let’s not forget about ALL the people who have been killed by police.