Uh, excuse me, Valkie. But, are you implying that the black people would not riot if George Floyd was not murdered? I think that is a bit naive. Take this movie parody (Scary Movie 4) of War of the Worlds for example. You could probably redub the lines as "Here's Detroit.... and Here's Detroit after George Floyd's murder".

What I am trying to tell you, Valkie, is that it does not take the death of a black man to cause mass rioting. Although we can attribute that the looting and noise of last year's protest were to the death of Floyd. Had the media not focus on that death, the media would not be reporting the usual violence, looting and fights that take place daily over in the United States. The United States has a lot of white guilt. That is why they go easy on minorities. And when minorities are allowed to get away with things, then the discipline goes out the window.

George Floyd died because a police offer put Floyd in a chokehold for a number of minutes. Officer Chauvin went against police procedure and kneeled on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes (including the three minutes after Floyd passed out).

No matter what we think of George Floyd, the officers could have just arrested Floyd and sent him to prison, where Floyd could have died in custody hours, days or weeks later. I have my doubts that Floyd was going to last the rest of the year, with his health in tatters. But, Chauvin did not read the tone of the moment that he was committing police brutality. As the trial points out implicitly, there really was no remorse shown by Chauvin in his sentencing. Chauvin had to be the most oblivious police officer since Noor.

I still see the death of Floyd as being one of a police hit against a convicted felon. But, I cannot prove that.

Do not get me wrong on this. I really would not George Floyd around me or anyone I know to experience his antisocial personality. I actually surmised that Floyd would have died by now from his own health problems. Only a considerable effort to get straight, healthy and drug-free would have prolonged his life.  But, I cannot prove either scenario.

Had I been a victim of George Floyd's criminality, I would have had the "good riddance" demeanour in regards to Floyd's death. However, I am not a victim of Floyd's criminality. But, my empathy for the victims of Floyd's criminality is enough that I do not care about Floyd being dead. The world is better off without him.

By the way, the spelling is "breathe". "Breath" is the past tense of "breathe". "I can't breathe" vs "I have bad breath".

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From what I can gather from the video footage on the body camera, the police could probably only gather Floyd's criminal history from the search of his name. The police might well have noted that there had been a 8 year period since he was last in prison. But, his prison experience would not have been relevant to the arrest. The resisting arrest was one factor to consider. Floyd's body language and apparent health would have been the other thing to consider.

Forensics have concluded that although Floyd had an arterial plaque build-up, it would have not been sufficient to have caused a heart attack that was not related to having lost consciousness from a chokehold. Cardiologists and pulmonologists have concluded a chokehold the primary cause of death for Floyd.

Derek Chauvin got 22 years for his part of the homicide. I do not expect the other 3 officer to get anything near that sentencing, if found guilty. And perhaps the verdict reflected the tone of how people felt about the death. People riot in the United States over anything. They just need to use a protest as an excuse to steal for themselves.

Anyone ever watch the Hunger Games movies? Which district was the only one that rioted when their tribute(Rue-District 11) was killed?

Edit: I guess I answered my own Q there.

UnSubRocky wrote on Jun 30^th, 2021 at 12:27am:


No, I'm pointing out that only the black district rioted. There is no stands to reason there, just an observation, you could blame the movie makers racism if you like but Hollywood is pretty PC. Me, I just watched it and noted the fact. Personally I think all districts should have rioted, having your kids taken as "tribute" is a damned good reason to riot.

Setanta wrote on Jun 30^th, 2021 at 5:57pm:


I have all the books and the movies. I have yet to read the books. But, I doubt that the books will say more than the movies did. I think that district where Rue was from was the district hardest hit by the war.