It might be important to set reasonable expectations for mental health reason.
I really could not care less what the law says, given that it's the law that's failed.
Rah asked if we thought the cop intended to kill. So no. I don't have to care about that.
Right, fair enough, but you should care about the statutes when it comes to what the guy needs to actually be charged with.
You're still treating it as a problem of individual officers being at fault, not of attitudes endemic within the police. How many officers stood by and watched whilst Floyd was killed? I've seen nothing to suggest any of them were at all disturbed by what was happening.
burning down a police building seems perfectly fine as a protest.
just asking, who here thinks he intended to kill the man?
I think it was to inflict injury but not to kill. (but I wasn't there)
Still think drastic punishment is required.
I haven't actually claimed that violence is inevitable in an unqualified way. I do believe that if we don't succeed in voting the Republicans out, such that the Democrats have effective single-party rule at the federal level and in at least a good number of states, there will be violence. And I think it's most likely to be horrific violence perpetrated by the state.
No, Republicans have nothing to do with this particular incident. They do, however, oppose police reform at all levels? and just generally speaking do not give a single solitary god damn about police brutality. many democrats (not all) do.
I cannot pin point what, but there are inherently something really wrong on choking someone neck with your knee and body weight for 9 min and calling that un-intentional murder, especially if such act was done by the one who got training and "licensed" to do it.
The argument might be correct might be wrong from the law point of view, I'm not sure. But if for the sake of practicality this is the only way that can drag the culprit to jail and bring reform to the system, maybe it should be accepted, like this is "better than nothing".
https://twitter.com/foxwoundband/status/1266613385862447104
"Atlanta has deployed a child militia at Lenox Mall fitted with riot shields and batons. What the actual **** is going on?"
Under the excellent leadership of Donald Trump it is distinctly possible that the rioting could go on through the whole summer. I don't really see him as being capable of calming things down.