• Bigmodirty@lemmy.world
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    Not enough. Let’s remember Floyd got a death sentence with no trial or jury but simply because these cops thought of themselves as judge, jury and executioner.

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      1 year ago

      he didnt die from being choked He died from Fentanyl. The cop that did the knee DEFINITELY she be locked up ! The other two kicked off the force maybe. But not jail time

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        Weird that he died from fentanyl at the exact same time was he was being choked to death

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          Well no because an overdose of fentanyl induces that

          Guess you never saw the trial or the video of how Saint Fentanyl acted prior to being restrained

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            Medical examiner testified saying fentanyl was a contributing factor but not the direct cause of death. George Floyd was murdered and people like you are essentially saying he deserved to die because of his behavior. Cops are not the judge, jury, and executioner, and if they were capable of holding him down and killing him then they were capable of handcuffing and arresting him, but chose not to.

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    Good, but it kinda ticks me off the he gets to serve this sentence at the same time he’s seeing a 3-year for the civil rights conviction… like rather than 8 years, it maxes out at 5, and that’s some bullshit.

    All four former police officers involved in the incident were convicted on federal civil rights charges, in addition to state murder charges for Mr Chauvin. Ex-officers Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Thao, who was sentenced to three and a half years over his civil rights conviction, will serve the 57 months at the same time.

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    Imagine someone dying from a drug overdose and you get the blame for it when he was a danger to himself and everyone around him thrashing around

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    Entirely political. Police do the same thing all over but because it was a black man on cellphone video the entire black community rioted and burned everything down for a month. Should they have been convicted? Probably. Was it deliberate? Most likely not. Dude was hopped up on fentanyl.

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        Oh sorry my bad. What I meant to say is he was high on drugs and had an extensive criminal history. He started the encounter by fighting the police. Don’t fight the police.

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          Neither point is any reason to even remotely justify what happened to him. Not even one bit.

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            Why not? If somebody fights against you as a cop you’ll be less likely to let up and allow them room to escape. Most people would be fine in that situation. It was kind of a freak accident.

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              No it wasn’t. It was manslaughter at least.

              But that’s enough fish for you,troll.

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                Why do you think I’m a troll. I just disagree with you. And does manslaughter get you 20 years?

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          Sadly the left adore the race baiting politics of this stunt

          They need this to feel virtuous. They ignore all the evidence of saint fentanyl and his drug journey