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 TR> Reports are that Floyd had just tried to pass a couple of counterfeit
 TR> $20 bills.

I.e. a misdemeanor -- not a felony.  He might have not even been aware
that it was counterfeit.

 TR> Which may be why the cops had come in contact with him to begin with.

Struth.

 TR> Secondly, although the treatment of him during the arrest was
 TR> in-excusable, and the cop who was kneeling on him such that it put him
 TR> in dire life threatening danger should be prosecuted, Floyd is hardly
 TR> the stuff of martyrs. 

It was not just inexcusable, it was criminal.  And Floyd has become a
martyr as a result of the fact that the crime was so clearly and
publically documented.

 TR> According to his past record he was a convicted felon. He had arrests
 TR> for drug possession, theft, and was convicted of an armed robbery in
 TR> 2007 for which he was sentenced to five years in prison. In the course
 TR> of that armed robbery he held a gun to a woman's stomach and threatened
 TR> to kill her if the money wasn't forthcoming!

I.e. a decade ago and something that should not have even been a part of
the current incident.

He had been living a good and legal life since he was released from
prison.

 TR> Theft, various counts of possession of cocaine, criminal trespass, and
 TR> he also used several aliases. According to a toxicology report he had
 TR> fentanyl and methamphetamine in his system when he died.

Those are drugs sometimes prescribed for pain management.  The question
might be whether or not the presence of those drugs was prescribed or
not.

 TR> He and the cop responsible for his death knew each other and worked
 TR> together. They were on some sort of security team at a night club.

Which might elevate the murder charges to first degree if Chauvin had a
beef against Floyd at that club.


 TR> Questions of `how did Floyd get such a job with his record'....`was
 TR> there some sort of grudge between him and the cop who caused his
 TR> death?' won't come up anytime soon.

OH?  People who have served time should not be hired in spite of having
no record or offenses for years?  Is that your considered opinion?

 TR> Anyway, none of that matters to the left....they were looking for an
 TR> excuse to get a free new plasma tv and a bunch of top shelf whiskey,
 TR> and Floyd is a bolt out of the blue for them.

What does left or right have to do with looters.  They are opportunist
criminals and should not be equated with peaceful protesters.

 TR> His death was unnecessary. Even prosecutable. But not in any way an
 TR> excuse for murder, looting and arson.

His "crime", if there was one, was not in any way an excuse for murder.
There is never any excuse for looting and arson -- but you should not
paint all of the thousands of peaceful protesters with that brush.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
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