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George Floyd Good Read
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Re: George Floyd Good Read
You don't hear much about him anymore.
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Re: George Floyd Good Read
The article says he was a violent criminal, but then says police arrested 9 times for drugs and theft. So not violence then.
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Re: George Floyd Good Read
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Originally Posted by
TISS
The article says he was a violent criminal, but then says police arrested 9 times for drugs and theft. So not violence then.
There's also a pic listing his sentences -
including 10 months in 1998 for armed robbery, and
5 years in 2007 for 'armed robbery of a pregnant woman in her home'
I'd class armed robbery as a violent crime.
But his past record is largely irrelevant in the case of the cops choking him .
*edit*
Reading on, the sentences listed in the pic are dubious, to say the least.
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I think most people know George Floyd wasn't a saint, but even the woman in the link who found the way people were trying to turn him into one "despicable" admits that "No one thinks that he should have died in his arrest" and that has to be the overriding consideration surely?
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the other bob wilson
I think most people know George Floyd wasn't a saint, but even the woman in the link who found the way people were trying to turn him into one "despicable" admits that "No one thinks that he should have died in his arrest" and that has to be the overriding consideration surely?
I don't understand the purpose of the article. Irrespective of whether Floyd was a violent criminal or Mother Theresa, he died as a result of police brutality. And given the video evidence, its incontrovertible.
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life on mars
That information makes it understandable and alright then that he was choked to death by a policeman’s knee in public.
Thinking on this, more of these quick judicial processes should be adopted in the UK? We could do with a clear out which wouldn’t cost the country billions in keeping the no good ****ers behind the doors.
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bobh
There's also a pic listing his sentences -
including 10 months in 1998 for armed robbery, and
5 years in 2007 for 'armed robbery of a pregnant woman in her home'
I'd class armed robbery as a violent crime.
But his past record is largely irrelevant in the case of the cops choking him .
*edit*
Reading on, the sentences listed in the pic are dubious, to say the least.
Yes it was irrelevant to the case, but the media were making him out to be some kind of saint. Would you put a bloke on a pedestal who had 9 drink driving offences, and consider him to be a lovable rougue? The law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules, plus the article was written by the perception changing Snopes website.
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Originally Posted by
TISS
The article says he was a violent criminal, but then says police arrested 9 times for drugs and theft. So not violence then.
Your attention to detail is shocking.
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Wales-Bales
Your attention to detail is shocking.
Care to tell us why?
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the other bob wilson
Care to tell us why?
Failure to read simple sentences 3 times in 2 days.
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Wales-Bales
You don't hear much about him anymore.
That's because hes dead
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SLUDGE FACTORY
That's because hes dead
The protests ain't, and he's the figurehead.
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Wales-Bales
Failure to read simple sentences 3 times in 2 days.
Please elaborate.
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the other bob wilson
Please elaborate.
Don't want to derail proceedings, but there is one example in this thread.
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Wales-Bales
Yes it was irrelevant to the case, but the media were making him out to be some kind of saint. Would you put a bloke on a pedestal who had 9 drink driving offences, and consider him to be a lovable rougue? The law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules, plus the article was written by the perception changing Snopes website.
does this application of law apply to the police? If so, you'll agree they just can't go round killing people, or treating those who they are charged with custody of with such utter contempt as displayed to Floyd.
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Wales-Bales
Don't want to derail proceedings, but there is one example in this thread.
so no examples then. fine.
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Wales-Bales
Don't want to derail proceedings, but there is one example in this thread.
So what your'e saying is that you want it both ways then - you're happy to make an irrelevant point which suits your agenda, but not to go into details about it. I think I'll leave things there because there are no end of threads already on here that have gone the way this one, almost certainly, will.
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Wales-Bales
The protests ain't, and he's the figurehead.
Yes , but hes dead
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Re: George Floyd Good Read
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
Yes it was irrelevant to the case, but the media were making him out to be some kind of saint. Would you put a bloke on a pedestal who had 9 drink driving offences, and consider him to be a lovable rougue? The law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules, plus the article was written by the perception changing Snopes website.
Are the police above the law ?
It appears that after some pressure , the officer who suffocated george floyd who we agree was a convicted criminal , is being charged with murder
So either the law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules , or it isnt ?
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Are the police above the law ?
It appears that after some pressure , the officer who suffocated george floyd who we agree was a convicted criminal , is being charged with murder
So either the law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules , or it isnt ?
It's probably not a good thing for the officers charge to be upgraded as it means he's a lot less likely to get convicted on it. The burden of proof is a lot higher.
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Are the police above the law ?
It appears that after some pressure , the officer who suffocated george floyd who we agree was a convicted criminal , is being charged with murder
So either the law is the law and we all have to abide by the rules , or it isnt ?
They are two separate things. Not one person has condoned the actions of Derek Chauvin, but Floyd is viewed in two different lights, as being either a saint or a sinner.
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Wales-Bales
They are two separate things. Not one person has condoned the actions of Derek Chauvin, but Floyd is viewed in two different lights, as being either a saint or a sinner.
Well I think most people accept that george floyd was a person with criminal convictions who was suffocated to death by a police officer
Loads of people have condoned the actions of that police officer on internet sites all over the world
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the other bob wilson
So what your'e saying is that you want it both ways then - you're happy to make an irrelevant point which suits your agenda, but not to go into details about it. I think I'll leave things there because there are no end of threads already on here that have gone the way this one, almost certainly, will.
It's an interesting article to be fair, well balanced with some interesting points to make.
Very long though, maybe the reason Wales-Bales is a bit vague about it is that he only gave himself three minutes to read the whole thing (the attachment on Chauvin is equally as long as the main article) before replying. Life on Mars must've been tired because he didn't reply to Wales-Bales (it was quarter to one in the morning to be fair. Come to think about it, it was an amazing coincidence that both of them were on here at that time) and now seems to have forgotten he even started the thread because he hasn't come back to pass comment on it. Maybe he's got to the end of the article now and doesn't think it was such a good read after all.
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Wales-Bales
They are two separate things. Not one person has condoned the actions of Derek Chauvin, but Floyd is viewed in two different lights, as being either a saint or a sinner.
it would seem only by you. none of us really care about his past, only how he was treated whilst in police custody.
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Originally Posted by
Loramski
It's an interesting article to be fair, well balanced with some interesting points to make.
Very long though, maybe the reason Wales-Bales is a bit vague about it is that he only gave himself three minutes to read the whole thing (the attachment on Chauvin is equally as long as the main article) before replying. Life on Mars must've been tired because he didn't reply to Wales-Bales (it was quarter to one in the morning to be fair. Come to think about it, it was an amazing coincidence that both of them were on here at that time) and now seems to have forgotten he even started the thread because he hasn't come back to pass comment on it. Maybe he's got to the end of the article now and doesn't think it was such a good read after all.
What are you rambling on about? My comment about Floyd had nothing to do with the article. I actually did read it this morning, and I've already done a deep dive on Floyd & Chauvin a few weeks ago that goes way beyond what the Snopes perception influencers want you to know.
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Wales-Bales
What are you rambling on about? My comment about Floyd had nothing to do with the article. I actually did read it this morning, and I've already done a deep dive on Floyd & Chauvin a few weeks ago that goes way beyond what the Snopes perception influencers want you to know.
We are blessed to have you on here to cut through all the noise for us.
Why dont you summarise for us, and put us in the picture about what's really going on.
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TISS
We are blessed to have you on here to cut through all the noise for us.
Why dont you summarise for us, and put us in the picture about what's really going on.
Likely to get some gibberish about doing your own research but now is really not a good time. His hero's Supreme Court picks have cleared a path for Trump's tax and financial returns to be released to New York prosecutors and Donny is in the middle of a twitter hissy fit. It may be some time before he comes up from the deep dive on this. But rest assured when he does it will go way beyond whatever those Supreme Court perception influencers want you to know!
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cyril evans awaydays
Likely to get some gibberish about doing your own research but now is really not a good time. His hero's Supreme Court picks have cleared a path for Trump's tax and financial returns to be released to New York prosecutors and Donny is in the middle of a twitter hissy fit. It may be some time before he comes up from the deep dive on this. But rest assured when he does it will go way beyond whatever those Supreme Court perception influencers want you to know!
What makes you think I am interested in that? There is a once in a generation opportunity to clean up the corrupt Washington institutions, and you are busy creaming yourself over a here today, gone tomorow president. It's no wonder you totally fecked up the Russia collusion hoax cos you can't see the wood for the trees. You are the most obsessive and irrational person I have ever come across.
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cyril evans awaydays
Likely to get some gibberish about doing your own research but now is really not a good time. His hero's Supreme Court picks have cleared a path for Trump's tax and financial returns to be released to New York prosecutors and Donny is in the middle of a twitter hissy fit. It may be some time before he comes up from the deep dive on this. But rest assured when he does it will go way beyond whatever those Supreme Court perception influencers want you to know!
I'm always amazed at how WB has the ability to think and analyse in a way that nobody on here is able to do, then reach conclusions most of us are incapable of reaching. Also a top sportsman and highly educated. I feel a sense of inadequacy and shame.