Originally Posted by
Nomad
That's all entirely possible.
My only problem is with the automatic presumption of guilt by everyone on the left, before any of the medical details are known.
Let's just all admit that at this point, we still don't know enough to make any kind of pronouncements about who is or is not guilty of what.
I know that's no fun and what we all really want to do is argue with the other side and hurl insults back and forth, but I for some reason just have no desire to do that in this instance.
I'll admit that my hope is that it turns out to not be Chauvin's fault, for a few reasons.
One reason is that I hate to think that a cop would be as reckless and indifferent as he would have to be, to watch a guy die, knowing that he was causing it. If it were to turn out that he wasn't at fault, I would at least have a little bit of faith and trust restored, in the people who are there to protect and uphold the law.
Another reason I hope Chauvin is not guilty, is that I don't believe racism in this country is as one-sided, pervasive and deleterious to black people as we're being told it is. I still believe enough in personal responsibility to feel that a certain percentage of black people's problems stem from their own behaviors and lifestyles. In this case, Floyd was passing funny money. Maybe he didn't know it, but I think the likelihood is that he did. In short, I don't want to see this incident play into and reinforce what I believe is, if not a totally false narrative, then a somewhat overstated one.
Yet another reason is that I hate to see a cop who's served the public for so many years, not only lose his job and everything else he owns, but have to spend a decade or more in prison.
Certainly, I was sorry to see Floyd lose his life, but we won't know why he did until the medical examiner's report comes out.
If it says he was full of narcotics and suffering the internal organ damaging effects of long term drug abuse, then I'll say he got what he asked for just like my late brother in law did and which he freely admitted before he died.
If it says Chauvin's knee is what killed him, then I'll have to accept the fact that he's guilty of what everyone on the left is accusing him of and I'll have to support whatever punishment the facts and circumstances dictate.
I just wish everyone would stop making pronouncements about things that are based only on assumptions.
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