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When the George Floyd video was released I called Chauvin a killer who should be in jail forever.
If there's reasonable doubt on what Floyd died of, or you can't prove he died from being choked with a knee, I'm not sure how you find him guilty.
If there's reasonable doubt on what Floyd died of, or you can't prove he died from being choked with a knee, I'm not sure how you find him guilty.
I get that Chauvin's knee may have aggravated Floyd's condition leading to his death. But if he was following his PD's protocol on subduing a resisting suspect, is he personally responsible for things outside of his control (Floyd having drugs in his system)?
Part of the problem is in these cases no one sees the police officer on trial. They see the entire police force and all their sins.
The faulty logic goes "these aggregate statistics show the police have a disparate impact on minorities, therefore this one individual officer can be assumed to be racist."
The motte-and-bailey of "systemic racism" is "you can have racist outcomes without the actors being themselves racist."
