MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was horrifying.
"The police union asked the public to wait for the investigation to take its course and not to “rush to judgment and immediately condemn our officers.”
Sure. No problem. We’re going to hold our judgement of “GUILTY OF MURDER” on this cop’s head - while he pleads innocence, and not guilty, and ‘extenuating circumstances’, and even pleads to be let up from our judgement…
Until the bastard rots in prison.
Or failing that… is ruined for life.
Because the officer rushed to judgement and immediately condemned this man on the street.
Your pleas for mercy and patience, are duly noted.
Apparently the protesters should have been carrying weapons in their hands like at a certain state capital recently.
Edit: I do not suggest anyone protesting anything do what the armed Michigan protesters did. But “conservatives” who claim to be pro law enforcement have just placed law enforcement in an impossible position with their Michigan stunt.
Storm the capital building with AR15’s, no consequences. Protest about the killing of George Floyd…
Minneapolis appears to have an out-of-control PD problem and I can’t help but think that the tear gas was retaliation for the firing.
Even scarier then the police response to protesters is the right wing reactionary comments on other sites concerning this story. These right wing racist scum are blaming protesters’ and justifying the police use of rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas. These are the same kind of fascist’s who find it acceptable for conservatives to protest lockdown and masks with assault weapons and body armor.
Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the department would conduct a full internal investigation, and prosecutors will decide whether to file criminal charges against the officers involved.
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We know the value of “Internal investigations” that typically result in nothing being done to correct the injustice.
I would say that a police knee on the neck of a handcuffed man that resulted in that man suffocating and dying ought to be an act of murder in the first degree. And the evidence is there for all to see.
The FBI is on it as is the State Cops. I’m not sure what these assholes are protesting. The cops were fired in less than 48 hours which sets them up for huge penalties as well as the city for a whopping suit. Firing them puts their heads on the block. What do the protestors want?
To vent their anger?
I have a feeling the area has seen other interactions with police that pissed folks off and nothing was done to correct it. We just don;t know about it because those other situations weren’t filmed in gory detail like this one was… This time the city really has no option but to fire the cops involved.
I don’t think it’s going to go down like that in this case. Usually these guys are put on “administrative leave” while the City allows the mess to cool down and then the Cops are allowed to walk. This time they canned them all. That’s not how you start a cover up.
OK but that does not make it legal. Had the Cop’s been given a walk I’d agree anger is in order. But they were immediately handed the first step in going up the river. OK they’re pissed off but who’s going to pay to clean up that mess? What do they want?
I am a fair distance from that scene being on the Mexican Border so I cannot speak to what the protesters want. I’d have to ask them to find that out. And you are right about destroying things and spraying paint everywhere being illegal.
Give us a chance to whitewash the facts…
Bingo
I get what you’re saying. This doesn’t seem like it was a very productive protest in terms of moving towards justice. It sounds like it was provocative and enabled the PD to respond with riot gear. But also I am only basing that on a couple of articles.
I’m no closer than you but nothing is stopping them from voicing a demand. Instead they’re wrecking 10’s of thousands of dollars with of shopping carts that do not belong to them. I get the anger and the long history. But what is the point in swift dealing with bad cops if assholes are going to wreck the joint anyway?
Rush to Judgement? Hey wait one…The officer were fired in less than 48 hours after the incident. Who is rushing here?
I would find solace in your comment, if there weren’t a history of ‘reinstating officers with back pay’ - years after such an event.
It’s not the standard way of cover up - but it’s a good way to ‘hush up’ folks - until we can get you back on the force.
Many times anger gets misdirected. I agree that wrecking things proves nothing and only makes this more difficult
I don’t think any Cop was reinstated after a homicide conviction which is where these assholes are going. In the good old days you could rewrite history. You can’t rewrite a cell phone vid.