Crazy that some people wanted first degree murder. Those idiots obviously don’t know what first degree murder is. People who wanted that and felt justified must have skipped government class in high school.
I felt Chauvin stepped over the line. GF was no hero, and he had his faults, some feel serious faults. But this lasted almost 10 minutes and he was no threat for a long time IMO, even if drugs contributed to his death. Chauvin IMO showed no concern for GF’s
health, people watching could see he was dying. When I first saw the video it made me extremely uncomfortable.
If that was my family member and they were treated that way under the same circumstances I would be pissed, to say the least.
What happened was no justification for the riots and the ensuing posturing to take advantage of a tragedy for political and economic gain.
We saw so many things go wrong from what happened that day.
We need better policing IMO than what we saw that day, and that does not in my mind mean defunding the police or disarming them.
Chauvin screwed up big time, was it a pre-meditated act? I do not believe so. Was it a racist act? Only Chauvin knows. Is every white officer a racist pig? Hell no.