(08-04-2020, 10:02 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(08-04-2020, 09:21 AM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: Watching that video...

George Floyd repeatedly resisted arrest. Repeatedly.

I WISH JSO was as accommodating as those officers were. JSO would have just bashed his head against the top of the car, said he was resisting with physical force, thrown him in the car and called it a day. He caused his own death by just not getting in the car. Claustrophobic? The video STARTS with him IN a car with ALL windows rolled UP.

I had the exact same thoughts. If you are in a vehicle to start with, you can get in the back of a SUV with the windows rolled down.

(08-04-2020, 09:29 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Had a conversation yesterday with a guy about this stuff. Black guy, city worker, not dumb by any means. I said something to the effect of "Can we agree that those cops didn't start the day thinking "Man, I can't wait to kill a black guy today!" at least?" Immediate response was  "No! I think they did! It's what they all want."

How can we find common ground with that?

That is the biggest problem with the current "movement". Most of those people think everyone is out to get them or keep them down. No one is reasonable and looking at both sides.

I do think the cop that pulled his gun didn't need to, but that is probably on the training and not putting him in stressful situations. Then allowing him to get out of the squad car was a serious blunder.