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Quote Originally Posted by mulva View Post
as anyone in here been made aware of floyd's criminal history.

he went to the pokey after he and a few friends broke into some chicks house and held her at gunpoint while they robbed her. in case anyone cares about what kind of person we're talking about here
Here's the problem with this (coming from someone who has been skeptical the whole way through in this thread, and probably has at least somewhat similar viewpoints as you)

It wasn't like the Black community picked the guy that got killed by the police.

The only people aware of Floyd's criminal history in that moment with the four officers and Floyd, was Floyd.

Find a perfect person to lead a cause in this country and there will be no leaders. (This could just as easily be said about Trump as it is Floyd)
They would have known his history after running his ID which I assume they did.

The point is it’s nauseating watching the media paint the guy as being a harmless victim. I can’t tell you how many times a heard “gentile giant” used by people Cuomo and Lemon had on. If they were genuine they would have tracked down the woman that he robbed at gunpoint, I wonder if she would characterize him as a “gentle giant”.

Now they’re trying to paint the guy in Atlanta as being a saint.

Obviously some police reform is a good thing but is anyone gonna step up from the black community and say hey we have a responsibility in this as well?