Quote Originally Posted by v12cl View Post
It's been cool seeing the professionalism of those involved in the trial, the judge has been fair.

Seeing discussions about the case the jury was not privy to, especially with his drug dealer FIF pleading buddy today was enlightening.

In a perfect world, I'd say the cop deserves a 3-6 month max slap on the wrist for not delivering aid, in addition to being personally and professionally ruined, which has already happened.

I have a big problem throwing the book at cops who have to deal with multiple felon, fake bill passing, arrest resisting, drug addicts, day in and day out, and judges who let them out to do it over and over again.

It's rather telling that one side is going to burn down Minneapolis either way, and it's symbolic of the fact they reject all institutions of this county, and want mob rule. Very insurrection-y if you ask me.
I agree with part of this, but not in Chauvin's case.

This guy was a rotten cop going back many years. He had a long history of bad behavior in the department, and he should have lost his badge years ago.

This wasn't the case of a good cop making a mistake when dealing with a large guy on drugs who was acting erratically. Chauvin was a ticking time bomb and likely to do something really bad at some point. Had Floyd been white, this would have likely been mostly ignored, and confined to local media in Minneapolis.

This wasn't a racist killing. I see no evidence of that. If Chauvin was this awful racist who hated black people, he would have refused Floyd's request to roll down the squad car window, and enjoyed watching him suffer with his claustrophobia. Instead, Chauvin agreed to roll it down, which wasn't even a requirement.

The media can't be honest about this. It was a bad cop who acted in a reckless fashion once he got tired of the drug-addled suspect repeatedly resisting being brought to the station, and the victim was a guy with a ton of problems and a drug addiction. Race didn't play into it. The same thing would have happened if Floyd was a large white guy.

It should have been a teaching moment to make it easier to fire bad cops. Instead, it became a reason to burn down cities, and for the media to push the narrative that most cops abuse black people.

Chauvin should be convicted of manslaughter and police brutality, and get a fairly long sentence.

Police unions should be weakened, and it should be far easier to fire bad cops.

The media should be honest, and push the truth that this wasn't about racism, and that black people are not victimized my police, for the most part. The media won't do this, because they're a propaganda arm for the DNC now.

Sad!