Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
The man was arrested for using a fake $20 dollar bill. He also had 19 nanograms of meth in his system, and 2.9 nanograms of THC, a psychocative ingredient found in marijuana. So I doubt he changed much - if at all.
He was
suspected of using counterfeit money and as far as I'm aware the public doesn't know if he actually was. Let's save our stances on drugs for another thread.
Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
Of course, this doesn't justify killing him.
Following you.
Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
My point is that bad people - which George Floyd clearly seemed to be - are more likely to end up in situations like this.
But you said this
Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
Of course, this doesn't justify killing him.
The whole issue is the fact that he was killed
Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
Wouldn't the systemic racism narrative have more impact in being applied to a more innocent black person rather than a drugged-up criminal like George Floyd?
There are plenty of examples of fully innocent black people getting shot to death (Tonakai mentioned their situations, names are Stephon Clark and Breonna Taylor), Floyd was the latest in a long line of blacks that received unjust excessive force from police officers.
I think the reason why this situation in particular garnered more outrage than the others was because people had nothing to do during quarantine, so instead of working with the injustice in the back of their minds, they protested because they had nothing better to do. This is just conjecture and might be insensitive towards the movement. Tell me how I'm wrong if I am. Maybe that came off as arrogant. Shit.
Originally Posted by
Mallymkun
I can only choose out of those three? No fair!
Okay, a fourth one: you're not looking in the right places. (It's just a joke, please don't start a debate on who determines what the 'right places' are)