Was it fair that George Floyd's wife got $27 million?

[marish01]

Meanwhile there are children dying from hunger

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Tony Timpa was a WHITE man who was killed by police officers in the similiar way George Floyd was killed. Yet his city paid NO settlement to his family.

[abc3643]

Don't worry about "children dying from hunger".
The Afghanistan War is over now, so America is no longer spending $120,000,00 each day on it and that money can be spent elsewhere... for example, to prevent "children dying from hunger".

Is it fair that George Floyd's family got $27,000,000?

$27 million is what the City of Minneapolis agreed to pay to settle their wrongful death settlement with Floyd's family. That means that the City of Minneapolis felt it was fair and the courts agreed. Case closed.

One reason for such a large amount is to send a message to both police and cities that something needs to be done about police abuse... especially when that abuse is disproportionately against persons of color and results in death.

Let me ask you something:
If it was your child or husband who was cavalierly killed by authorities, would you not sue so the authorities can help the "children dying of hunger"? Or, would you sue the shit out of them for wiping out a family member critical to your family's survival? Let's see how magnanimous you are then...

By the way, if you're really worried about "children dying from hunger", adopt some of them and feed them yourself. Then, you should be able to sleep at night without a guilty conscience knowing that you did something about "children dying from hunger" instead of whining about what others have done or failed to do. Or are you just a hypocrite?

[haphazard]

I dunno but basically my whole family knows not to fall to the ground and pretend you can't breathe while being arrested.

[ChefPapiChulo]

Nice. OP is just a brainwashed airhead.

[abc3643]

@haphazard Except that he couldn't breathe. That's what the autopsies said.

[haphazard]

A fatal dose of fentanyl in the blood stream tends to cause respiratory depression.

[ChefPapiChulo]

@haphazard is your mental retardation conditional?

[haphazard]

@ChefPapiChulo Do you like sucking cock like a fag boy?

[ChefPapiChulo]

@haphazard you didn't answer my question

[abc3643]

@haphazard And a knee on the neck tends to fatally asphyxiated.
From "Exhibit A" in the trial...
www.mncourts.gov/.../ExhibitMtD08282020.pdf
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From their autopsies Dr. Baden and Dr. Wilson came to the following findings that were summarized at the June 1, 2020 press conference:
1. Dr. Baden
a. Caus of Death: Mr. Floyd died of traumatic asphyxia due to the compression of his neck and back during restraint by police.
...
2. Dr. Wilson
a. Cause of Death: Asphyxia due to neck and back compression led to a lack of blood flow to the brain.
...
=====

[ChefPapiChulo]

He’s a retard. He can’t comprehend logic.

[haphazard]

Retard is an insult used by 3rd graders and I don't care how that scumbag criminal died.

[ChefPapiChulo]

see he's a retard

[OlderAndWiser]

Incredibly stupid, but what else would you expect from the liberal bastion of Minneapolis?

[AmandaYVR]

Wow, did she? That's a hell of a lot of money.
Who knows how these things get decided. Shark of a lawyer; media coverage that influenced.
America is a very litigious society. Lots of people get lots of money over frivolous court cases.
But lots of people get slighted and great injustices done against them. Lives are ruined, often for no fault of their own.
George died unnecessarily. This amount seems excessive, but it is some form of justice.

[jennifer_bloom]

Money gives you food, it does not give you love and friendship and purpose and meaning and $27,000,000 will solve some of her problems but not all of them. Whitney Houstan’s daughter committed suicide even though she was worth 30,000,000 and Paris Jackson attempted suicide even though she was worth over 100,000,000 because her father died and she was lonely.

[FunkyMonkee]

What for, because he was a junkie that died of an overdose?
Shit!! Where can I get a girl to marry me, die of an overdose and have ME awarded with $27,000,000?

[haphazard]

If you ain't black, that shit is wack.

[FunkyMonkee]

@haphazard Don''t be a slack black hack, Mack, that's the facts, Jack!! Look it up!

[Anonymous]

Will someone please explain why in First Aid classes they teach you that if the person can speak. That means that you do not need to give artificial respiration to the person because they are still breathing!!!
Maybe if he wasn’t loaded with drugs, he would still be alive!
The millions was pay off money to settle the “Peaceful “ protests that didn’t work!

[DWornock]

Children in the USA don't die from hunger. And, short of going to war, it may not be possible to help all the starving children and adults in North Korea. That has been tried but the North Korean leaders keep the food or sell it to raise money for more weapons and the food doesn't get to the people.

[marish01]

I am happy to know poverty is not a threat to children in the USA. Are there hildren in the USA who need money for overcoming cancer?

[DWornock]

Poverty is always a problem and I suppose it always will be since if you throw enough money at it, it just breeds more poverty. In the USA we can feed hungry children but we cannot cure all the problems of poverty nor can we cure all the problems of abused children.

[hahahmm]

If cops slowly murdered my handcuffed wife, I'd want a hell of a lot more but I'd be willing to take that payment in blood using my own hands. Whether other families got screwed over is another issue and I wouldn't connect them.

[Pyrofox]

There will always be people dying from hunger and or lack of water. Either you are lucky enough to grow up where there is fresh water and or food or you aren't. There is a bell curve in life for a reason.

[boggboss]

Meh welcome to the court systems did she have a case yes so then the question is who gets to pick the price you act as if she didn't get that money children still wouldn't be starving

[marish01]

I mean if people are willing to donate such money for the criminal why are they not willing to do the same for the starving children.
I am sure starving children need money more than Floyd's wife

[boggboss]

Your acting like people don't donate money to charitys have u never looked in to how many there are and how much money they make?

[marish01]

I said
"I am sure starving children need money more than Floyd's wife"
Why would anyone donate for the criminal?

[boggboss]

Because they didn't donate to him they did to his family the reason being videos was posted of him dying to which many saw as unjust his cop was then tried and found guilty of him dying which would further push people to think that somting wrong was done I'm not even saying she deserved that much but like I said if she had a case to make I'm not suprised

[marish01]

Did other wrongfully killed men's family not deserve that much money?

[boggboss]

Like I said I dont think she deserves that much but if they where wrongfully killed by law inforcment then yes they do deserve somthing but life dont really care what anyone deserves

[boggboss]

Many people are killed by law enforcement and get nothing its shitty

[marish01]

Yes. Floyd died at the right time. If he was killed when obama was in office his family would not get that much money.

[boggboss]

Meh its possible they wouldn't have ill agree

[haphazard]

George Floyd's family received $13 million in donations before this.

[boggboss]

OK so?

[marish01]

Was that fair? Donating $13 million?
For what?

[boggboss]

You keep asking about fairness you understand most shit ain't fair in life right fair is not a tangible concept ofc it's not fair that some get whilst others don't but welcome to life

[marish01]

Because the question IS about fairness.
I am curious if many people on here support racial PARTIALITY

[boggboss]

If the question is about fitness why not ask that as any bumbling fool could tell you that life itself is not fair from birth luck detmines you cwrvomstamces for growing up its clear fairness is not a real thing

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Not fair that the city and tax payers money should go to George Floyd family.

The money should have come directly from police unions bank accounts.

Let them pay for their disgusting police officers crime.

[ManHater]

She's rich and the rest of the black race is wondering maybe if I sacrefice my son I can get rich too.

[cryscrys1]

With such money why doesn’t she help the black community in her area no African American should suffer at all from hunger at least … where is the connection why not build black communities with such money ? Aren’t they king and queens ?

[ManHater]

@cryscrys1 I could say the same as to why these black people don't care if it's black on black crime same thing for another black person helping other black people. Rappers, NBA basket ball players. With all their money could help a lot of poor black families. In truth these rich black people know not to help their black communities because of how they perceive them.

[jshm2]

No. she should have got a lot more. What the fuck are you doing to help those children dying from hunger, exactly?

[marish01]

And what should Tony's wife have got?

[loveslongnails]

What number "would be" acceptable in a wrongful death suit? Lets say it wasn't Floyd the criminal, but a preacher who led a good life. If the same thing happened, what would be a "good" number?

[marish01]

Except it wouldn't happen unless he was black.
Read the update

[loveslongnails]

I read the update, and I read how a judge tossed the case out. Wanna know why? Because it happened in the fucked up state of TEXAS, the people who brought you the latest citizen vigilante anti-abortion law. If the George Floyd incident took place in Texas, it would be a whole different scenario. Cops can do anything they want in Texas, as does the legislature.

[marish01]

They wouldn't.
Floyd's case gain extreme popularity no matter where it happened.
And I am anti abortion but this has nothing to do with agreeing or disagreeing with other laws of Texas.

[loveslongnails]

You "speculate" that the outcome would be the same no matter what state it occurred in, but that's all it is - speculation. And the fact that the event with the white man occurred in Texas has EVERYTHING to do with the outcome of it --- everything. If that happened in Mass, or Vermont, those cops would be on trial. At it goes to point as to how courts handle police actions in the state of Texas.

[marish01]

After so many months of protest Floyd's case would not be overlooked like Tony's was

[loveslongnails]

Again, you "speculate" that things would have unfolded in exactly the same way. What I'M saying is that the mindset of Texas judges is not the same as Minnesota's when it comes to this, nor is it of their citizens. The fact that Tony's case was thrown out of court proves that. I'm saying it is NOT because he was white. I'm saying it would be no different in Texas if it were a black man, no matter WHO protested or for how long. They wouldn't give a shit in Texas. Of course, I'm speculating on that, just as YOU speculate there would be no difference because he was black. I say it has nothing to do with color - in Texas, in my opinion.

[marish01]

So the protests were in vain?
Anyways floyd's family would get that much money?

[marish01]

No one protested for Tony. Why?
Because he was white.
His family didn't get justice unlike floyd's one.
Why aren't leftists outrage?
Why aren't they mourning?

[loveslongnails]

I didn't say they were in vain. There were protests in Texas over Timpa's death too - those were in vain. You would "think" there'd be MORE upset over a white guy getting killed in Texas by cops, but since he was "on drugs", sorry - next.

[loveslongnails]

Why isn't anyone outraged? Why aren't right wing conservatives outraged that a white brother was killed, in a white Conservative state? Because they don't care. But they, the conservatives, sure DO care that Floyd's case got too much attention, and too much money. Now why is THAT?

[marish01]

Leftists are brainwashed robots. They mourn when they are told to.
Their cult doesn't say it is devastating when a white man is a victim of police brutality. So why would they feel bad for white victims if they are not told so?
Read Gloyd's "honorable" biography and compare him to Tony Timpa's.

[marish01]

Floyd's*

[marish01]

Leftists dempnstrate racial partiality.
Honoring Floyd because of his skin color is racist.
For which one of his good trait he was buried in a holden casket?
For his criminal past?
For his sex tapes?
For threatening a pregnant woman with a knife?

No
For his skin colot

[loveslongnails]

Think what you want about leftists, but I can say the exact same thing about the right-wing... totally brainwashed by all sorts of misinformation and disinformation. And though you didn't answer my question, you are proving my point. Why weren't the CONSERVATIVES outraged that one their WHITE brothers was killed? WHY? Maybe it's the same reason the "leftists" you hate so much weren't ---- nobody TOLD THEM to be !!

[loveslongnails]

So what you're saying is that former bad behavior by anyone of any color warrants having your throat knelt on till you can't breathe? As if the by-standing officers knew of his record? I'm not going to re-argue this case. That was done in court, just as Tony's case was thrown out of court.

You're upset that the lefties weren't equally outraged, but you don't care that no right wingers were either.

[cth96190]

No. She should have received nothing.
George Floyd was a career criminal and scumbag whose death made the world a slightly better place.

[Mofunfour20]

Why give a fk, i have no dog in that fight. I only need to judge myself, waste of brain cells on this one

[EnglishEuropean]

If she knew she could get that kind of money she would have killed him herself. Allegedly.

[Inexpensivefurniture]

I mean, there are multiple issues in the world. It's not like that money was earmarked for starving orphans and went to her instead

[Kenzy009]

If the goverment paid a settlement like you said its totally not fair at all, beacuse its utimatly George own fault he died. The money that people privatly gave is compleatly fair, because it was voluntarily given as stuipi as the reson may be.

[BeMuse]

I wouldn't pay taxes in Minnesota if that's how they spend it.

[Flower7]

Yes because it was a wrongful death by a government employee.

[exitseven]

Yes, George Floyd would have easily earned that much if he was allowed to live.

[marish01]

By robbery?

[exitseven]

No, he could run that off on a laser printer in an afternoon.

[rcljr]

It’s just proof that in America crime pays.

[marish01]

And what should Tony's wife have got?

[Archerer]

These are weird comparisons. I think if your military spent 80% less America could probably almost solve all their problems...

[Anonymous]

I mean with that logic what do you think of Bezos or Musk and children dying of hunger?

[Flower7]

True. There are many people in the world with way more than 27 million.

[ChefPapiChulo]

She’s literally retarded.

[Tstrbrainer]

Bezos and Musk earned their riches

[Opinion Owner]

@Tstrbrainer lol, they were born rich, it's easy to be rich if you're born rich

[Tstrbrainer]

Still, their forefathers earned it. Right?

[Opinion Owner]

@Tstrbrainer musk’ family wealth comes from owning an emerald mine and exploiting apartheid labor. That’s pretty evil.

[Tstrbrainer]

It's called seizing the Opportunity

[Opinion Owner]

@Tstrbrainer gross

[007kingifrit]

no, the city did nothing wrong and shouldn't have given out any money at all

[ItsMeItsMe1989]

Is it fair that trump is still profiting after his presidency, knowing he's a criminal

[red324]

All presidents make money after their term.

[red324]

I'm pretty sure you could hire Trump to speak at your wedding if you wanted

[Shy_Steve]

It shows you how Guity the Police department and Government feel about it.

[888theGreat]

Us white dudes get abused and no one is going to care

[Kenzy009]

don't call yourself 88. its bad optics

[888theGreat]

@Kenzy009 it is 888 are you retarded or something?

[Anonymous]

Of the racist cop done his job right we wouldn't be in this mess.

[marish01]

Are you sure he intentionally killed him?
Why?
For his skin color?

[chrissykerdock]

good point i don't think he intenionally intended to kill him.

[Opinion Owner]

@chrissykerdock 11 minutes in someone's neck isn't careless?

[haphazard]

They used to work together. If anything, he knew he was a criminal and hated him. Not to mention he refused to get in the police car.

[chrissykerdock]

@haphazard it's extreme 11 minutes... but the intent to kill isn't there... you can be stupid but he didn't ever think i'm going to kill this guy... manslaughter is the crime.

[MCheetah]

No, but life sucks and bad guys often win.

[VikingWarLord]

You look like Selena Gomez

[marish01]

No, I don't. Well maybe in this picture.
But her head is round lol

[Browneye57]

He's an amerikan FOLK hero. :)

[Kenzy009]

serious?

[haphazard]

I can't breathe cause I'm laughing.

[Anonymous]

No, she should've got more.

[marish01]

And what should Tony's wife have got?

[Opinion Owner]

He should've got...
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[Malwi93]

no because it was not her that got killed

[ChefPapiChulo]

This post is pretty retarded ngl.

[ChefPapiChulo]

Meanwhile there’s starving children? What the fuck kind of logical argument is that?

Retard

[SamE86]

Fuck no!

[Starman5]

It's good that his wife is getting compensation.

[Kelly6]

Not fair

[QuietRunner]

Tony Timpa needs money too

[CreamySeed]

27 mil? Holy shit

[crmoore]

No, not at all.

[princeofromance]

Yes!

[marish01]

And what should Tony's wife have got?

[princeofromance]

Nothing, because their is no White Lives Matter movement. They had to do this to look good in the eyes of the public. Which by their stand point, is the right thing to do.

[SamFromFL]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Yeah it's ridiculous

[Pterodon]

Nope

[Anonymous]

No. And what a joke.

[Anonymous]

waste of moeny