George Floyd vs. Ahmaud Arbery, why don't both their black lives matter?

[loveisbeautiful]

This is George Floyd:

Everyone knows by now that he died while in police custody, it was said to be at the hands of a cop who was kneeling on him to keep him down but the autopsy has since been released and it seems to show that while that did contribute to the death, it was not the actual cause. At the end of the day, it was just an unfortunate accident.

Because of what happened to him people have since been protesting, rioting, celebrities are getting involved, tv and radio even plan to go silent today to honor this mans life. His black life matters to people, his life is precious to people. So much so, people are willing to create chaos and upheaval in an already chaotic time.

This is Ahmaud Arbery:

He also died but unlike the guy above, there is video evidence to prove he was hunted and killed like an animal. This kid was just jogging on a nice sunny day in the state of Georgia, something he always did. Except on this jog he was followed then blocked in by two trucks, one truck held the father and son that killed him and the other held the guy who video taped it all. They said they thought he was a burglar and they were trying to stop him, that's no evidence to show that. They ultimately killed him with a shot gun and this poor kid died for nothing. His only crime was jogging in an all white neighbor in the state of Georgia while being black.

As you can see, he is also black but the interesting thing is his black life doesn't seem to be as important as the guy above because no one has rioted or protested for justice to be sought for him. No celebrity has gotten involved (other then dr.phil), to say how horrible this is and this violence towards blacks has to stop. The only people that seem to care about this young man's life, is his family.

So, riddle me this boys and girls if all black lives quote "matter", then why does it seem people only cherry pick the ones they think matters? If all black lives mattered, then every act done against a black person would garner the same reaction but it doesn't.
Please tell me why George's life is more important and his death more significant then Ahmaud's? Why don't both their lives seem to matter? I'd really love to know.

[SpiderManFan2002]

What are you talking about?

All over social media I have seen Ahmaud Arbery, being mentioned:
A) On his own
B) With George Floyd

And many other victims of police brutality. What you need to understand is people aren't just protesting for George Floyd, George Floyd is predominately mentioned in protests because it's his case what broke the last straw on the camels back, because the way he was murdered was fucking disgusting.

But we're not just protesting for George Floyd. We're protesting for Ahmaud Arbery, we're protesting for Breonna Taylor, and we're protesting for the hundreds if not thousands of black lives lost due to the police brutality, and we're protesting against police brutality, we're protesting against systemic racism, and we're protesting for equality and change.

George Floyd is just one of many examples people are using, because the way in which he was killed was traumatising. Everyone decent human being who saw that video is sickened and disgusting. We all watched a man die. At the start of the video he was alive and at the end of the video he was dead. People are traumatised from that and can't get those images out of their head, so a lot of people are using George Floyd as an example.

And there have been protests for Ahmaud:

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a32742260/black-lives-matter-george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery-breonna-taylor-how-to-donate/

A direct quote from the BLM website: "George Floyd’s violent death was a breaking point — an all too familiar reminder that, for Black people, law enforcement doesn’t protect or save our lives. They often threaten and take them."Here are all the black people they are speaking for: https://blacklivesmatter.com/news/

So, no they're not just speaking for George Floyd, they're speaking for every black life, including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and all the other black lives, I'd list every single one of them who have been a victim of police brutality but there are too many people, ones I probably haven't even heard of to list- I'm still learning, but I think that says everything.

So I don't know what the fuck you are talking about, but either start educating yourself about the many reasons behind these protests, or shut up, and stop trying to defame the movement.

[SpiderManFan2002]

Though I must make clear Ahmaud wasn't killed by police brutality, none the less, the fact that it took the police so long to arrest his killers, is another reason why we are all angry.

[SpiderManFan2002]

sickened and disgusted*

[loveisbeautiful]

I wasn't trying to defame the movement, I was trying to understand something that's all but as always people on here always seem to think they know someones intentions for what they wrote better then the person who wrote it. I also have to say Ahmaud's murder took place in February which was around the same time all this virus stuff started and so most of the news was devoted to that. I didn't hear about it on the news or see anything about it online, if I hadn't watched Dr. Phil I wouldn't have even known it happened, that's all I'm saying. It just didn't seem be as big of a headline or it seems. So, the point of this was just to try to better understand.

[SpiderManFan2002]

Okay, understood. Sorry for misunderstanding what you wrote, it's just the way I interpreted it, it seemed like you were trying to defame the movement, but if that's not what you're trying to do I apologise.

But both their lives do matter clearly with evidence I have provided above.

[manicmage42]

Neither of them really should be martyrs. Arbery was jogging in boots for gods sake, suspicious to say the least even though the guys who shot him were obviously in the wrong.
Floyd has previously been in prison for holding a gun to a woman's chest while his friends ransacked her home and was only being held down because he was resisting arrest. He wasn't a good person and shouldn't be treated as some innocent victim of brutality, even if the officer clearly took it too far. He's been arrested and that's that.

[Tstrbrainer]

What's wrong with jogging in boots?

Was the officer too dumb to understand that kneeling on ones neck for too long will kill that person?
He is arrested, but the charges should be more serious

[loveisbeautiful]

@Tstrbrainer Nothing but he wasn't jogging in boots, he was wearing gym shoes. So, I'm not sure where the boots come in.

[Tstrbrainer]

Yes, not all people can be expected to wear different shoes for each occasion

[Zzsleepy]

I'm concerned if you really took your time to understand what is going on. I say this because there are literal videos showing Floyd not resisting arrest. People speaking up that he didn't resist arrest. Chauvin killed him unjustly and that is that. That is what makes him a victim of police brutality. Even though you are saying what Chauvin was wrong, you are literally validating that Floyd was never a victim. Dude was innocent because he did not resist and the police were responsible for properly arresting a civilian. Plus, Floyd would've served the time for whatever past crime you are talking about. All of a sudden, its okay to be killed like that?

[007kingifrit]

@Tstrbrainer it isn't clear that kneeling on george's neck killed him. furthermore he once put a gun into a pregnant woman's belly so i feel no sympathy for him

[Powderpuff97]

So because they had a past they deserved that shit?
How stupid do you sound privileged white girl.

Police officers need to learn how to do their job.

You’re basically saying that because he had a past he deserved to die which is the most evil thing I ever heard. He had a past so what? He was loved by so many people, he had a daughter, his boss cried for him and loved him. He was getting his life together.

People deserve forgiveness JUST LIKE YOU! You may not have done any crimes (who tf knows or cares) but I can guarantee that you’re not innocent and your mindset automatically lets me know that

[007kingifrit]

@Powderpuff97 the fact you used the term privileged tells us all we need to know about you. you're a racist

privilege is just an excuse to judge someone for the color of their skin

[Tstrbrainer]

@007kingifrit, from what I heard from the news, the suffocation which caused his death was due to the kneeling.

Neck is a vulnerable part.

[Powderpuff97]

@007kingifrit man suck my dick
I’m not arguing with you

[007kingifrit]

@Tstrbrainer there were 2 autopsy. it is not possible to tell which is true

what we do know from the video though is that george floyd said "i can't breathe" before anyone kneeled on his neck. this calls a lot into question

[Tstrbrainer]

@007kingifrit , what was the result of second autopsy?

[who_dey86]

Black lives matter is about police brutality towards black people. We can't possibly go over every white on black and black on white and label it because at the end of the day the police are figures of authority that we legally cannot disobey. And when most black people then follow those orders and still die that's completely different than any other case. This all lives matter bs slaps black lives matter in the face because not every life is in jeopardy during a routine traffic stop. Yes all lives matter. But black lives matter is strictly about the police.

[loveisbeautiful]

Alright. Well, that clears a few things up for me. Thank you.

[ZackBan]

It's not about black lives that's only a headline. Clearly this is a political ploy. I'm willing to as far as to say the entire murder was orchastrated in order to cause this uprising. Now the who and why remain a mystery.
Considering this is an election year it's not completely insane to suggest this was all done to ruin Trump's chances at winning but that might not be all there is to it.
End of the day the media fuelled this flame and started a forest fire it's not about Floyd or Arbery or Tupac it's about the theatrics needed to cause this mess.

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

Wow, so much is wrong with this post, I don't even know where to begin.

George Floyd's death was not an "unfortunate accident." A second autopsy was performed privately and it was confirmed that George Floyd died of asphyxiation. George Floyd would have never died if Derek Chauvin never placed his knee on Floyd's neck. The first autopsy could have easily been the result of the coroner's office attempting to manipulate the cause of death so that Chauvin could get off scot-free. Most people are protesting peacefully, but the violent riots garner the most media attention for political reasons. However, many of those protesting do so because police brutality has been an ongoing problem for several decades, especially regarding Black people. According to the statistics, Black people are five-times more likely to be killed by the police when they're unarmed compared to White people and when a police officer does kill a police officer through wrongful conduct, he or she often gets off scot-free. For several years, people have attempted to reform the police force through peaceful protest, enacting legislation, and raising awareness, but to no avail. As a result, some people believe that violent protest might be the only answer. As history proved many times, war is sometimes necessary to make change. However, you also have people with other motives for the riots. For example, it has been confirmed that White supremacist organizations have been disguising themselves as ANTIFA during the riots.

As for what happened to Ahmaud Arbery, outrage did exist when he was killed. However, the killers have been arrested and charged with murder. Investigators also testified that the killer used racial slurs after the shooting, proving that the crime was racially motivated as people initially assumed. The problem with your post is that you don't seem to understand that just because people are more focused on one issue doesn't mean that they don't care about the other. Apparently, both Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery's lives mattered, but people are expressing outrage regarding George Floyd because police misconduct is a problem that the Black community suffered from for a long time and police are very rarely held accountable for their misconduct. With that, the outrage isn't only about the death of George Floyd, but also lack of police accountability. George Floyd's death by police serves as an example of why the police force needs to be reformed and if police officers actually will be held accountable for their actions due to current events, then it could help every other Black person in the future that might have a run-in with police. Of course, creating a better future for all Black people shows that Black lives matter. However, if Black people continue to be killed by the police when unarmed at 5-times the rate, then that proves that Black lives matter 5-times less.

[Zzsleepy]

You took the words right of my mouth. I agree with you and this is well-explained.

[007kingifrit]

the second autopsy is not more valid than the first. also george floyd was shouting "i can't breathe" before they kneeled on him. finally he had fentanyl in his system he was clearly high. its possible he suffocated from that.

more importantly none of this matters because george floyd put a gun into a pregnant woman's belly once, he should have been executed years ago

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

@007kingifrit: I don't see how his supposed criminal history is relevant to the situation. Are you suggesting that police misconduct is acceptable as long as the suspect has a criminal record? As for the cause of death, that's simply not true. The drugs supposedly in his system were not listed as the cause of death. The second autopsy is definitely valid. This is basic common sense here. If the police officer has his knee on his neck and he couldn't breathe, he wouldn't have died. There was no reason for him to have his knee on his neck and he was already subdued. He was begging for him to take his knee off his neck because he couldn't breathe, but he kept it there. Therefore, the cop purposely caused his death.

[007kingifrit]

yea, infact i'm saying these types of situatons only happen in places where violent repeat offenders are allowed to go free

george floyd should have been in jail for life or executed years ago. and he was saying "i can't breathe" before anyone put their knee on his neck. meaning the officers had reason not to take him seriously.

there is a valid reason to subdue him that way... covid 19; officers must use unique holds in a pandemic to ensure the virus does not spread

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

@007kingifrit: Wow, so you're actually justifying police misconduct. I don't know if I can take you seriously. I'm not sure if you're actually trolling me, or if you're not all the way there upstairs. You literally just said that it's 100% fine for police officers to break the law just because the suspect has a criminal history. Let's say your father or loved one in your family had a criminal record and a situation like this happened, resulting in his death. Would you actually be in agreement with the police in this instance and believe that your loved one deserved to die simply because he broke the law in the past?

[007kingifrit]

ok first off you need to shorten your posts, 2 sentences and proper paragraphs would do you a world of good because nobody reads your rambles

and yes i support harsh police use of force against repeat offenders. there is no logical benefit to showing compassion for career criminals. Society would overall be better, stop focusing on your made up myopic examples.

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

@007kingifrit:

Alright, I will shorten them so you can understand better.

• Police officers are not executioners.
• Police officers enforce the law, not interpret it.
• Police officers can kill in self-defense, but Floyd wasn't threatening lives.
• The best way to deal with a repeat offender is to imprison him for a long time, not kill him.
• Therefore, police officers can't play God and determine who lives or dies.

Since you're actually justifying police misconduct, I can't take you seriously.

[007kingifrit]

1. yes police are sometimes forced to be executioners or their job is undoable. they must kill to keep themselves safe or nobody would be willing to do it.
2. it is not clear if floyd was killed on purpose. he seems to have just been on drugs and died, i know you want to pretend one autopsy is more valid than the other but you are just biased. i also don't value his life because he was a repeat offender.
3. ok we agree with the increased sentences for repeat offenders thing. i'd prefer that option also, but the left wing cities are too gentle on crime and don't give long enough sentences, george floyd only got 5 years in jail for pointing a gun at a pregnant women and robbing her... that should be a 20 year sentence or a death penalty.
4. anyone with a gun has to decide who lives and dies sometimes. its not fair but its life

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

@007kingifrit:

• Police officers can only use deadly force when in danger.
• Their job is to make arrests, which is very doable.
• The cop had his knee on his neck, so if he was arrested like normal, he would still be alive.
• No need to place a knee a person's neck when already subdued.
• Armed robbery isn't a death penalty sentence.
• People with guns are permitted to use them on others for self-defense purposes only.
• If a person should be executed, that's for courts to decide, not police.
• Self-defense and execution are two different things.

[GraveDoll]

You need to do YOUR home work

They did it just wasn't HUGE yet George death just broke the straw back

literally take the time to read up on these see how long it took for them to arrest the three guys after calling him a racial slurs did you know any of that or no?

probably not because if you did you would have not need to ask this question
_-_
https://time.com/5837960/ahmaud-arbery-georgia-rally/

this one was MAY 17,2020
George died on the 25 2020

again do homework first...

nothing kills me more than people trying to compare shit but dont have all the FACTS first'

. somethings like this keeps drama up and people dont get the truth.

Stop making it sound like the BLM is new it not it just people had enough and it SOOOO MUCH MORE DEEPER THAN BLACK

the justice system is fucked. hell they pushed an old 75 WHITE year old man down he was bleeding. They lied until they found out someone had a video of it was is horrible to watch not one decent cop stop to help. there were to many of them not to.

see the big problem and stop the damn cherry picking.

[belle_kai]

I think the incident with George Floyd was the last straw. People including celebrities were advocating for the arrest of Ahmaud Arbery but not on the scale that is has been for George Floyd but like I said this was the last straw.

Also you do know that a second autopsy was done by George's family and it has been confirmed that he died from asphyxiation which was caused by the police kneeling on his airways. That was the SOLE reason for his death

I also want to point out that there is other footage out there where someone with a camera went around the car and you can see two other officers pressing him down

I also want to point out these were police officers that did this to a man that did not commit a violent crime. It was over a $20 bill.

Also the police officer put George into the back of the cop car handcuffed then proceeded to pull him out throw him to the floor and kneel on his neck. NOT ONCE did George resist arrest.

Again, this was the last straw, everyone know what's been happening in the lead up to this, before and after George.

We have had enough

[belle_kai]

Ahmaud Arbery's killers**********

[Shezadi]

What about white girls getting raped by Pakistani and Muslim grooming gangs in England? Do their lives not matter?

[AlphaGhost]

You do realise people can read the autopsy report and it only mentioned that "Asphyxiation" was the major cause of death cuz they were unable to find damage to trachea and autopsy was done by Trump organisation anyway.
The report only established that Asphyxiation was not the major cause but something like "Heart-Attack" was major cause of death due to STRESS CAUSED BY THAT KNEE ON HIS NECK... you do realise the Autopsy reports are there to state facts and they did that,
I can't believe someone will go as far as to discredit something like that to serve whatever agenda you are trying to portray here... I am 5th year of my MD college so whatever lie you had stored back there "better keep it there"

[AlphaGhost]

was not,
I forget to mention the report was lacking everything like "they didn't say anything about Hypoxia, Pulmonary Congestion, Cyanosis or about that mystery chemical in his blood. The entire thing feel like it was not designed to found a cause of death but rather its primary Objective was to establish that Asphyxiation was not cause of death... which it failed miserably to establish cuz trachea damage is just indicator of Tracheal damage and people can still die due to Oxygen cut-off or due to low O2 transport to the body,

[AlphaGhost]

www.cbsnews.com/.../
Read that stupid woman...

[Zzsleepy]

Thank you for adding that because what she saying about that was ridiculous. I had to shake my head. The position that Derek Chauvin was using is KNOWN to be DEADLY. It is even an illegal move in MMA fighting. He was not taught to use that on civilians as a police officer. In videos, you can hear a member of an audience, a Jiu Jitsu fighter, tell the officer to get off and that it is a move that will kill him. We can see him lose his final breath under his knee. Again, thank you because I thought this was obvious but these days people are not taking things as it is.

[AlphaGhost]

@Zzsleepy You can even read gov autopsy report and it also says it was "HOMICIDE" and you can't cherry pick whatever supports your narrative while neglecting other crucial information... IT WAS MURDER and BOTH WERE MURDER according to US government official, they have even charged the guy with 2nd degree Murder charges so I don't understand why people are churning up shit.

[Flower7]

I think a bigger deal was made of George Floyd's death because it was by police officers, which is much worse because police officers have so much power and are government employees.

With Ahmaud Arbery, his death was by people who were just ordinary citizens. While it was still wrong, it didn't have as high of an impact as a similar crime being done by police officers, who are supposedly there to PROTECT the public. Those random guys who shot Ahmaud weren't being held to as high of a standard as members of the police force.

[American_Centurion]

Both criminals. One died in police custody the other got shot after launching a vicious attack on a man who happened to be armed forcing his victim to stand his ground and shoot, it was a similar situation with Trayvon Martin and Micheal Brown

[goaded]

Oh, FFS. At least keep the contradictory memes apart. He was wearing running shoes, you can see them in the final picture, and in police reports.

He lived a couple of minutes job away.

Why would anyone believe this crap you're putting out?

[American_Centurion]

@goaded running shoes or nog he attacked a man, which is criminal.

[goaded]

So is brandishing a gun, which is what the killers were doing. And you don't get to use his reaction to being "arrested" as the reason for the "arrest".

[American_Centurion]

@goaded you mean carrying a gun which he was licensed to do and has the legal right to defend himself when attacked by any violent thug.

[Froyologirl]

I see we are victim shaming.

[American_Centurion]

@Froyologirl no the victim defended himself against a violent perpetrator

[Smoothing]

George Floyd's name is a representation and symbol for all black lives lost at the hands of the police. So just because Ahmaud Arbery's name is not at the fore front, doesn't mean this protest is not for him as well. The protest is for all the lives lost at the hands of police whether it was caught on camera or not. Whether it was public or not. People are in rage because for too long this has happened and it went silent. Now all that rage has been building up for years and it just exploded as soon as George Floyd died. And the kneeling on George Floyd's kneck and chest was a direct cause of death according to an independent autopsy

[broken_heart_at_48]

All lives matter the same and the rioting was not the right way to handle it. I ask why only ask about these two men what about all the black men that are killed by other black men or the white men killed by other white men. It's wrong no matter the color of who was killed or who did the killing. I think that the news played a big part in how everyone reacted because I barely seen anything about the man killed while jogging but the man killed by the cops was on every 5 minutes and the footage was terrible. I literally was yelling at the TV seeing that cop kneeling on that man's throat, but you're right they both deserve justice and America needs to come together and stop thinking we're so different. We're all human we're all the same race

[blank_expression]

Nobody’s lives matter that is the real story. Only cops on black fires up the media. A white being killed the same way by a black cop would never see the light of day. The left is out to capitalize off this by burning as much down as possible while promoting and hiding behind a false righteous movement.

[Hypnos0929]

You're right because the cop would lose his job or be in jail

[Froyologirl]

Probably because when cops do kill a white man they actually have a reason. Most of the police killing blacks are for them doing nothing or being suspected of doing a crime.

[monkeynutts]

Yeah it's terrible, Im not American so I didn't know anything about what happened to that other guy, but I'm not a protestor, and won't destroy private property or hurt others because I'm angry either. Ahmaud, he may have been killed for other reasons. Racism most definitely, but it seems like a premeditated and coordinated cold blooded murder. That police officer is just a fuck up, he has probably put his knee into a hundred other people's throats and not killed them, who ever told him that was something you do in an arrest should be fired too.

[hellacray]

Cause people are retarded. I mean from what I've heard George was initially arrested for using counterfeit money and he had a previous criminal record.

And just recently there was a GoFundMe for his family that raised $8 mill.

Honestly I think Ahmaud thing is much worst than what happened with George. But I don't know I think people in general hate the police.

And we are living now in a society of gentle snowflakes being triggered by everything and social media. So when this started spreading I'm not too surprised about the protests.

I am however surprised by the smashing and looting. I didn't think I would ever live to see that happen.

I assumed people would have learned from what happened in previous protests and riots.

[MountAverage]

For the same reason why Breonna Taylor's, Trayvon Martin's, Ezell Ford's, Michael Brown's, Michelle Shirley's, Eric Garner's lives, and all the countless other black people who were murdered by police officers in this decade in the decades before. Because they were black. Plain and simple. There's no way around that fact.

Slavery was abolished long ago, but the systemic discrimination of black communities has been passed on from generation to generation until now. Black communities simply never had the same oppourtunities. The US is an inherently racist country. It's whole structure is built on systemic racism. That's why these lives don't matter in this system. And that's why these riots keep happening and will continue to happen. Until things drastically change.

[Anonymous]

His life matters just as much and people were outraged by his murder. The difference is that George was murdered by police and in instances like that justice is usually not served because the police use any means necessary to justify their actions. George's killers were not convicted right away and then he was given a lesser charge. Today people are protesting for both or them and all the other black people unjustly killed throughout the years. People are at their wits end and that's why they chant not one more. The system of oppression for black people has a breaking point and not it is at that point.

[Futureboy]

Because your country still belivies stereotypes about Blacks. The cops think they are gangsters and thugs linked to crime. So somehow the police think it's OK to use excess force on them. It may be less than it was 60 years ago but 2 or 3 is still unacceptable.

[GnarCute]

all country believes stereotypes about all races jackass

[Futureboy]

Maybe so but our British government doesn't go around killing unarmed Black men. Same goes for other countries, how about France do you see them systematically kill Black men they are arresting. There may be racism in other countires but not from law enforcement.

[GnarCute]

yeah no your government just went to go on to basically enslave most of africa, india, the middle east, cause extreme opioid throughout asia and slaughter millions of innocent lives for no good reason.

[GnarCute]

shut the fuck up dude britain is one of the worst empires in the world you are worse than the USA because at least the USA doesn't act like their cousin is the only problem.

[GnarCute]

opioid addiction**

[GnarCute]

do you even know the horrors of what britain did in africa? do you know what they did in Asia? hell even in Europe they fucked peoples lives up for little to no reason? YOUR OWN KINGS AND QUEENS WERE GENOCIDAL MANIACS

[Futureboy]

Yeah 300 years ago we are talking about in todays society. I get our British Empire was bad but what do you call your treatment of African slaves who worked on the plantations. Also we don't act like you are the only problem in the world. We had WW2 to deal with which I might add you where discriminating blacks whilst fighting Germans who where killing Jews.

[Powderpuff97]

@GnarCute yo shut up

[Anonymous]

So, are you suggesting there should be riots for everyone who is killed unjustly? If so, then riddle me this... why hasn't anyone rioted ever, in the entire history of the US, for even one single white person who was killed by a cop?

Did you know that a black person who gets arrested is actually LESS LIKELY to be killed by cops than someone else? That is a statistical fact.

You seem to think that the only lives that matter are those for whom there are riots. If that's the case, then tell me why it is that ONLY black lives matter.

BLM is a hypocritical movement based on inaccurate perceptions.

[bklynbadboy1]

First off I love this my take and thank you soooo much for doing it. It's just sad that in this day in age we still have these senseless killings because some one has a different skin color. I hope we as a people can get past our petty differences cause ALL LIVES MATTER!!!

[GnarCute]

i hope we will too but odds are we won't because this has been an issue dating thousands of years before the USA, racism has always been an issue in humanity and its one of the core reasons countries refuse to be civil with each other its really sad tbh

[GnarCute]

1 will claim the other is evil while killing innocent lives, the other will claim they are defending themselves from defenseless farmers

[bklynbadboy1]

So true

[Darcia]

Eric Garner had 6 kids, asthma, and shouted “I can’t breathe”. Both big dudes both died in the hands of police. Should we remember Rodney King whom police brutally beat up or Sandra Bland where cops were faced in the wrong. Each act isn’t going unnoticed it’s just a time and place where everyone is having their voice heard. We haven’t forgotten about no one who fell a victim to white supremacy, racism, hate crime, or just being attacked.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Because, while horrible, it wasn't the police that did it. If you asked people, about 99.9999% of everybody protesting George Floyd's death would be equally outraged by Ahmaud Arbery's death. Yet, the protests we're seeing are about police brutality, not necessarily generalized racism.

[Anonymous]

Both of their lives matter, the lives of Black people enslaved and killed from the days of White settlers colonizing the lands of America from the Natives in a brutal nature matter. But I believe the death of George Floyd is the straw that broke the camel's back. The fact that tax payer money pay the salaries of these crooked cops and this is how they treat others is utterly ridiculous. It's comical how paranoid racist people comprehend their arguments and get mad that certain minority groups (ie: Muslims) will get so much hate, why is that? Here's a new flash, police officers have killed more Americans than Muslim Americans committing acts of crime in the United States. But yet people love to spin the narrative they want through false, bias reporting. At some point people who harbour hatred cannot hide their ugliness forever, the true colours of hatred will emerge.

[Opinion Owner]

Just to add on my last point when I say there ugliness can't be hidden forever, it can’t, there will be big changes coming. I don’t know exactly when but this world that oppresses others will end. I want to see peace and harmony.