Let me start by saying that what happened to Mr. Floyd was disgusting. More of the officers on the scene need to be arrested and charged because they are equally culpable.
From what I've been able to determine, Mr. Floyd was not exhibiting the behaviour of a good person on the day of this encounter. He was apparently showing signs of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He was accused of trying to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. He was also behind the wheel of o motor vehicle. I don't think they will ever release a toxicology report because it might inflame tensions. Is it known if he really did use a counterfeit $20?
So the cops are called and they listen to the store clerks. I doubt that the cops are able to determine if the bill is fake unless it is super-obvious.
So they approach Mr. Floyd to question him. If the police really thought that the money was counterfeit, what would be the normal procedure? Do they try to determine if it was intentional or is it automatically a crime regardless of intent? What are the cops supposed to do? Is it required that he be placed under arrest? To me, it seems like the type of thing where you would perhaps issue an appearance ticket? It certainly is not a violent crime even thought the establishment gets screwed.
Being behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while impaired is serious. Couldn't the cops have found a way around this, such as telling Mr. Floyd they would not permit him to drive? Perhaps ask one of the passengers to drive? I mean, even drive him home if it were close by?
Is there a beTter way of dealing with bad actors,assuming there was a suspicion of wrongdoing?
You have to do something if a person is uncooperative and belligerent though. IT seems to me that there were plenty of cops there to apprehend and restrain him without killing him. Nothing he did warranted a death sentence and cops are not judge, jury and executioner.
How could that white cop be so blind to the optics of what he was doing?
How do you police the black community without creating "injustice"?
From what I've been able to determine, Mr. Floyd was not exhibiting the behaviour of a good person on the day of this encounter. He was apparently showing signs of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. He was accused of trying to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. He was also behind the wheel of o motor vehicle. I don't think they will ever release a toxicology report because it might inflame tensions. Is it known if he really did use a counterfeit $20?
So the cops are called and they listen to the store clerks. I doubt that the cops are able to determine if the bill is fake unless it is super-obvious.
So they approach Mr. Floyd to question him. If the police really thought that the money was counterfeit, what would be the normal procedure? Do they try to determine if it was intentional or is it automatically a crime regardless of intent? What are the cops supposed to do? Is it required that he be placed under arrest? To me, it seems like the type of thing where you would perhaps issue an appearance ticket? It certainly is not a violent crime even thought the establishment gets screwed.
Being behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while impaired is serious. Couldn't the cops have found a way around this, such as telling Mr. Floyd they would not permit him to drive? Perhaps ask one of the passengers to drive? I mean, even drive him home if it were close by?
Is there a beTter way of dealing with bad actors,assuming there was a suspicion of wrongdoing?
You have to do something if a person is uncooperative and belligerent though. IT seems to me that there were plenty of cops there to apprehend and restrain him without killing him. Nothing he did warranted a death sentence and cops are not judge, jury and executioner.
How could that white cop be so blind to the optics of what he was doing?
How do you police the black community without creating "injustice"?
