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[–]lothrop_evola 15 insightful - 5 fun15 insightful - 4 fun16 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

I've gained a lot of sympathy for American police officers after watching the full bodycam video. George Floyd spent virtually every moment on video disobeying orders, resisting arrest, lying, fighting with police, crying, whining, etc. For a guy that was arrested on 9 previous occasions, he wasn't very good at cooperating with police.

By the time he started crying that he couldn't breathe it doesn't surprise me at all that the police weren't listening to him. They probably just assumed he was making it up.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

But why were they harassing him anyway? It's not against the law to be an idiot.

[–]JamalGinsberg 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Driving while high as fuck.