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aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 09:36 AM Jun 2020

Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force

Source: New York Times

The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series of actions by officers turned fatal. (This video contains scenes of graphic violence.)

By Shaila Dewan and Mike Baker
June 1, 2020, 3:37 a.m. ET

Demonstrations continued across the United States on Sunday as the nation braced for another grueling night of unrest over police shootings and the death of George Floyd, amid growing concern that aggressive law enforcement tactics intended to impose order were instead inflaming tensions.

Videos showed police officers in recent nights using batons, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets on protesters, bystanders and journalists, often without warning or seemingly unprovoked. The footage, which has been shared widely online, highlighted the very complaints over police behavior that have drawn protests in at least 75 cities across the United States.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/police-tactics-floyd-protests.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_200601&instance_id=18963&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=67594617&segment_id=29749&user_id=dc59d388a8f1e829b3986faf7eb3c2de



NY Times does a great job reconstructing the events of what occurred during George Floyd’s arrest.

I wanted to know what prompted the take down when he was already handcuffed.
This video shows the Officer Chauvin dragged him out of the back seat of the police car.

All this was prompted because of a counterfeit $20 bill.
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Facing Protests Over Use of Force, Police Respond With More Force (Original Post) aggiesal Jun 2020 OP
Nothing that he could have said or done in the back seat Harker Jun 2020 #1
When all you have is a hammer... CanonRay Jun 2020 #2
I hadn't known what preceded the murder by police. FailureToCommunicate Jun 2020 #3
Floyd lost his job because of quarantine and tried using a counterfeit $20 IronLionZion Jun 2020 #4
I saw the video of when Floyd was in the back of the cruiser. Jedi Guy Jun 2020 #5
Apropo Pantagruel Jun 2020 #6
Great line. They sure had the ability to prophetize accurately. n/t aggiesal Jun 2020 #7

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
4. Floyd lost his job because of quarantine and tried using a counterfeit $20
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jun 2020

at a grocery store. Nobody knows if he even knew it was counterfeit. This sounds like it could happen to anyone. Money exchanges many hands all the time. Normal people don't check every bill.

Definitely not deserving an instant public death sentence without even a trial.

Jedi Guy

(3,171 posts)
5. I saw the video of when Floyd was in the back of the cruiser.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 10:54 AM
Jun 2020

It looked either like he was struggling with them or they were beating the living shit out of him, or both. I can't imagine why a takedown like that was required when he was cuffed and subdued. I wonder if the autopsy showed other injuries besides those to the neck.

I try to give cops the benefit of the doubt when I can, but that's just not possible here. Floyd was no threat to them or anyone else. I don't think they intended to kill him, but they sure did act with depraved indifference once one of them had a knee on his neck.

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