Do you feel Derek's life was in danger, therefore he had no choice, but to slowly murder this unarmed & pleading (for his life) American?

[Anonymous]

[Leavesbound]

Chauvin's life was in no way in danger. The verdict was the right and just one and he now needs only to be sentence to an appropriate term in prison. As I understand it, under the sentencing guidelines he would get about 12 1/2 years. But the prosecution wants to send him away for 30. In theory, he could get as much as 85 years with all three sentences run consecutively though that is highly unlikely due to both the fact that it was a first offense as well as the fact that all three convictions were for the exact same act. I believe he will get something like 20 years on the 2nd degree murder charge, 15 on the third degree murder charge and 10 on the manslaughter charge and run concurrently. I believe he will therefore get 20 years and then get about five off for good behavior (because a cop would know how to work the system) and that would end up being 15 years. Of course an extremist governor could end up being voted in then commute Chauvin's sentence to a much shorter term or pardon him entirely.

Personally I thin he should get the full amount of time for 2nd degree murder which is 30 years and not be given any more time off for behavior beyond 3 years and then face life time probation/parole when he gets out.

[Anonymous]

yeah ok life in danger when he had 3 other cops with him during that incident. fuck him let the prick rot behind bars. george was no saint as the liberal fucked up media portrays him as. he had a massive criminal record but the piece of shit didn't deserve to die either.

[BeMuse]

If you actually watched the videos the way it played out is The Black and Asian Cop pulled Floyd over. Floyd was uncooperative with the Black cop. Asian guy ran crowd control. Black cop wrestled with Floyd to pull him out of the truck and then question him. Black cop tried to arrest him and put him in the back of the car. Flyod resisted against the Black cop and was taken out of the truck for a moment. Floyd pulled away and fell to the ground. Black cop kneeled on Floyd’s back/lungs. Derek as you call him showed up in a van and rushed over to assist in holding him down and called an ambulence to deal with an overdosed drug addict. Dereck knelled on Floyd’s shoulder. Paramedics took Floyd to hospital. Floyd died at hospital. Medical examiner’s report confirmed the drugs and lack of damage to neck. Body cam footage confirmed shoulder not neck. CNN brainwashed you with a camera tricks and hid the fact that the Black cop who knelled on Floyd’s back might have actually contributed to his demise by restricting lung volume. You dumb though and you believe the media camera angle trick rather than hard evidence...

[BeMuse]

How many times did your Dad pull a quarter out of your ear? Like OMG how did all that money get in my ear... I must of slept on my purse or something. That's crazy...

[janellie1917]

Oh no honey. This is actually hilarious it’s like you don’t know how to think for yourself. Multiple medical professionals, doctors, firefighters, THE POLICE CHIEF, and EMT/first responders came out and said he died from simple lack of oxygen to the brain. Kneeling on someone’s neck can kill you and it did kill him. Your neck is actually like 10x more fragile than you think. Also if he was trying to hold him down why kneel on him? If you are an officer who doesn’t follow training, I think you should get a life sentence in prison. There is no reason to kill innocents and as an officer hou should be the prime example of how to act right?
Anyways the doctors said it was impossible for him to be overdosing. He showed no signs of an overdose. Not enough in his system to overdose at all. In fact he was doing well for himself. Please take time to understand your racism and do better for this country.

[BeMuse]

@janellie1917 Thanks for showing off your low IQ jenelle because anyone who can read, would have been able to read the publicly available medical examiners report. You obviously can’t read. Stop wasting people's time, when you haven't put any any effort to actually look at the facts.

[Asker]

I read the facts from trump; anyone who claims to be a "stable genius" while suggesting America to drink bleach, well hey - then that ugly motherfucker is #1 in my book!

[BeMuse]

Just so you know stacking stupidity on top of itself doesn’t raise your IQ. Two bad attempts can’t be added together.

[fjh80]

When they had George Floyd down on the ground and handcuffed, there was ZERO danger to Derek Chauvin. I would say it was fair enough to hold him down until he was calm, but once there was no more danger, he should have got off of him and put him (Floyd) on his side.
Yes Floyd had a history, and for most of the altercation he posed a potential threat, but once they had him down and handcuffed the situation was totally different and he was no longer a threat.
George Floyd may have been and evil man, or he could have been a saint. Either way it's irrelevant. He's a human being and should be treated as such.
At that point (when Floyd was down and no longer a threat), their job was to arrest him, and not to judge him as a person.

Maybe George Floyds death was caused by an overdose, and nothing else. That's a maybe. I can admit without doubt that the drugs played a part, but I can't dismiss the actions of the officers. I think their actions contributed to his death.
That's why I think it's manslaughter. That's why I think they were negligent.

I'll use an example from the altercation. Remember the police were aware that he had no pulse. If you can have no pulse, and still pose a threat to four cops... fuck it! You win. You may rule over the world! I would not stand in the way of that level of badassery.

[Tiffany_Taylor_Made]

If any police officer truly believes that a handcuffed man lying on his stomach, not resisting, and begging to be released because he can't breathe is a "danger to his life," then he is too much of a coward to be a police officer. However, Chauvin knew that Floyd wasn't threatening his life. He just simply wanted to exert his dominance and control over Floyd that day by putting a knee on his neck for ten minutes, which resulted in his death. He needs to be held accountable for his actions.

[Celtero]

Perhaps from the mob realistically, they played a part in distracting him from doing his job. If Floyd was high on something else like PCP the situation would've been much much more dangerous, but since fentanyl is a depressant and Floyd is older and unarmed I'd say the cops weren't in much danger, but they didn't know that.

[jshm2]

Nope.

You are eight times more likely to be killed by a cop than a terrorist.

https://www.cato.org/blog/youre-eight-times-more-likely-be-killed-police-officer-terrorist

Hence why the fear of police is very real.

[Anonymous]

Lets get a few things straight here.
Floyd was a serial felon, he had committed armed robbery before, and was a career criminal.
He was caught passing counterfeit currency (which is a FEDERAL felony) while under the influence of a federally controlled substance. He was headed for jail, so he resisted arrest.
If you are a career felon and resist arrest I really don't care what happens to you, the guy was a thug and a menace to society.
The jury should have acquitted on all charges.

[Opinion Owner]

More of your political hack job as an answer? Sorry, that does not cut it. And Trump is not the menace either.

[007kingifrit]

he was "pleading" for his life 45 minutes before anyone knelt on his neck, and as the experts testified during the trial criminals lie about health problems aaaaaal the time

also; there is no medical data to prove floyd died from derek's actions

[Anonymous]

I'm a firm believer that Chauvin should see jail time, and I'm happy that he will. I also think that the prosecution did not overcome the reasonable doubt and intention standards to prove the murder charges. Manslaughter is enough to give you jail time. The whole situation is awful. It's not over either... such a tragedy.

[MasterOfReality]

Nope. He will be acquitted on a mistrial due to threats against the jury by Maxine waters and Biden. The judge pretty much said so at the end of the trial. Had they stuck with one of the charges (the most applicable), it would have stuck and he would serve his time for it. He skates in a year on appeal... watch.

[Opinion Owner]

@MasterOfReality Oh yeah... I am painfully aware lol... I just get so tired of these shootings, man. It's just so sad. Everything about it is just so sad. The shooting itself. The way the victim got to the point where they were breaking the law. It all just sucks.

[MasterOfReality]

I agree 100%. There needs to be a national campaign on educating people how to interact with the cops, and the cops need to be retrained on how to handle the public.

[Anonymous]

the dude had 98% oxygen saturation in his blood at the time of death. Maybe you're not so smart, so I'll educate you. That means he was breathing. I have the same level in my blood according to recent tests and I don't have anybody on my neck. If the guy didn't want to die, maybe he shouldn't have taken 3 times the amount of drugs that are required to kill a person. But wtf do I know, I live in reality.

[janellie1917]

Hello :) multiple medical professionals have said that that amount of pressure on the neck does limit breathing. He also showed no signs or symptoms whatsoever of an overdose. In addition, overdoses happen very quickly. He would be sick, unable to go to the store to get something. There is no way that he was having an overdose. He also did not have enough in his system at the time to overdose because he did have a higher tolerance. I understand growing up with racist, failures of parents makes it hard to empathize or see the world for how it is. But the truth is Chauvin was a racist who did not follow police procedure of arrest. The chief even said no police officer EVER has been trained to do that in the history of their training. You are a cold hearted, possible sociopath.

[MasterOfReality]

@janellie1917 uh no.. If you are yelling “I can’t breathe,” you are moving air. When you are having a heart attack, your lungs are still moving air, but your body has the sensation of being short of oxygen, or making you feel like you aren’t, or “can’t” breathe.

[janellie1917]

@MasterOfReality just because you are getting some air doesn’t mean you are getting enough. Listen to the medical professionals in the trial. I am appalled by your level of stupidity I almost want to do research on how someone can be so lost. You are so racist and disgusting it’s hard to believe you’re a human with feelings. What a pig

[Savage_Wisdom]

He wasn't pleading for his life, he was pretending to be claustrophobic.

[Coulis]

This whole thing was awful enough. This is so incendiary. Like drop it.

[princeofromance]

No, His life was not in danger. We know now that it was George Floyd's life that was in danger that day. This was senseless, and did not need to happen.

[anylolone]

That wasn't the case, technically that was done because the perp requested, and the perp chose to wait for the ambulance in such a state because he was claustrophobic.

[Anonymous]

Many aren’t aware that Chauvin had a bad scrape on his knee and was just applying direct pressure using girlfriend’s neck to stop the bleeding. Apparently a lot of cops know this first aid remedy.

[Asker]

My 300-pound neighbor has a knee scrape & he'd love to apply full pressure on your worthless, little redneck!

[Opinion Owner]

Apparently, you don’t understand sarcasm when you read it.

[Asker]

Sarcasm? Yes, I totally understand the word,
it's the word that sums up - "white people".

[Opinion Owner]

😃 😄😄😄

[Anonymous]

No I don't. But I will always feel this killing had something to do with the nightclub they both worked at. He knew Floyd was a scum bag who was probably dealing drugs at that club, so he found a way to take him out and make it look legit.

[janellie1917]

Floyd was not a scumbag. You just don’t know him. Did Floyd hold someone under his knee for 9 minutes? No. In fact, did you know that 80% of people who grow and sell cannabis are white? White people do drugs too. They are not treated like this. And who worked at a nightclub lol. Also I’m not sure if you’re aware of what is called law, but the law gives every citizen due process. You don’t kill criminals unless you are in danger. Every criminal no matter the crime is given the right to a trial. Kyle Rittenhouse is also a disturbed killer. But for some reason cops did nothing feel threatened. He murdered 2 people not in self defense and they opened fire after people chased him, attempting to take his gun away and prevent further injury. He is alive and well. He also FAKED being an EMT. You have to be at least 18. He ALSO was not a registered gun owner, he stole it from his father. He ALSO skipped town so he would not be recognized and shot people. Even if you are a hunter, taking lives takes a toll on you. He is a killer and is walking free. Most crimes against white people are from other white people. Which is why it is so interesting that white people are racist instead of trying to make their own race better people

[MasterOfReality]

@janellie1917 wow, you are so wrong in all of rhat. It’s obvious you listen to nothing but CNN

[janellie1917]

@MasterOfReality I watch Fox News to hear the other side I always was forced to watch both because my parents wanted me to be well rounded. I read articles by republicans or right leaning writers. That doesn’t change murder. True conservatives were appalled by Chauvin because they support POLICE. And the police are not supposed to use those methods nor are they supposed to put any civilian or criminals life in danger. Unless they are being attacked

[Opinion Owner]

@janellie1917 He most certainly was a scumbag and a career criminal and a junkie as well.

[janellie1917]

You don’t die for that. You know 80% of people who cultivate weed are white? You know that 60% of men don’t show up to custody cases? Trump had 40+ sexual assault allegations. Why is being a scum bag or a jerk only a death sentence for black men? White men are the biggest terrorist threat to America due to how many shootings they’ve done. But Kyle Rittenhouse isn’t dead despite having an illegal weapon. Another white shooter got fucking Burger King after committing a mass shooting. 2 men have been recorded that I’ve seen stabbing an officer and another shot and killed 2 officers. None of them are dead. All of them got their trial for the crimes they committed. George Floyd should not be dead because he did drugs and used a counterfeit. You know how many White boys I've seen do coke on campus? 40+ in a night. White Boys at my college also lynched a guy at a frat and woke up said he hung himself despite medical professionals saying the autopsy wasn’t correct. None of the coked out racists at my school have gotten in trouble. But every day black people are dying. If you pale ass cumstains don’t want to hear about racism anymore then stop supporting racists so we can move on. Defund and abolish the police. Create something else. Advocate for more training if you don’t agree with that. Make sure that you’re calling out racists and police brutality. The sooner white people stop condoning bad behavior the faster we will stop having to deal with racism. And also ur mad at Floyd and black men for being “violent”. But the majority of serial killers and rapists go for people of their own race. Often times use victims as surrogates for people in their lives. So while u put black men away and kill them, young white girls are getting raped and kidnapped at incredible rates by white men. White people (from a 2019 study) commit 69% of all crime so why are black people dying so much more often?

[hellacray]

No but I do feel like Floyd overdosed on drugs and was resisting arrest.

[Anonymous]

No but I think it would have been better for Del to pull his gun out and put one in this junkies skull
Would have been old news in 2/3 days

[Pterodon]

No I just think it was a failure of police training

[ItsMeItsMe1989]

Chauvins life was not in danger at all. he's a cop, with a gun.

[Anonymous]

White girls are becoming embarrassing. I’m glad I’m not white.

[Asker]

Yeah, but your Momma be White!!!