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I don't think there is anyway any of the officers except for the guy with his knee on his neck gets charged in this. And the country will riot again but it is what it is.
I saw no evidence of racism in those videos.

And if I'm being completely honest, I don't think the knee had anythign to do with the death of George Floyd. It looks like he had a panic attack. And from watching the video, he was talking and yelling while the knee was on his neck where it didnt sound like the knee on the neck affected his speaking. He also never once that i heard ask for him to move his knee. He also said multiple times that he had covid after saying he can't breath.

This will get really interesting as this video spreads
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
I don't think there is anyway any of the officers except for the guy with his knee on his neck gets charged in this. And the country will riot again but it is what it is.
I saw no evidence of racism in those videos.

And if I'm being completely honest, I don't think the knee had anythign to do with the death of George Floyd. It looks like he had a panic attack. And from watching the video, he was talking and yelling while the knee was on his neck where it didnt sound like the knee on the neck affected his speaking. He also never once that i heard ask for him to move his knee. He also said multiple times that he had covid after saying he can't breath.

This will get really interesting as this video spreads
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I couldnt find the video in the link you provided. is it on youtube somewhere? The specific video you are referencing?
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
I don't think there is anyway any of the officers except for the guy with his knee on his neck gets charged in this. And the country will riot again but it is what it is.
I saw no evidence of racism in those videos.

And if I'm being completely honest, I don't think the knee had anythign to do with the death of George Floyd. It looks like he had a panic attack. And from watching the video, he was talking and yelling while the knee was on his neck where it didnt sound like the knee on the neck affected his speaking. He also never once that i heard ask for him to move his knee. He also said multiple times that he had covid after saying he can't breath.

This will get really interesting as this video spreads
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I don't know the exact timeline in minutes, but while Floyd was in the police vehicle, he was claiming he couldn't breathe. I think the effects of fentanyl and other substances in his system certainly helped exacerbate his panic issues. It's still no excuse to have a knee on the guy's neck and the main culprit should be punished.

However, because of the highly emotional circumstances of the case, the officers were likely over-charged. Having to prove that the officers "intended" to kill the guy (2nd degree murder) looks to be too high of a bar in this case. I think the DA could likely get a conviction of assault and maybe involuntary manslaughter, but anything more than that will be difficult. I'm no lawyer, but as more and more information is disclosed (tox report, body cams, etc.), it appears that ensuring a conviction will require a lowering/lessening of charges.
 
stormspencer said:
I don't know the exact timeline in minutes, but while Floyd was in the police vehicle, he was claiming he couldn't breathe. I think the effects of fentanyl and other substances in his system certainly helped exacerbate his panic issues. It's still no excuse to have a knee on the guy's neck and the main culprit should be punished.

However, because of the highly emotional circumstances of the case, the officers were likely over-charged. Having to prove that the officers "intended" to kill the guy (2nd degree murder) looks to be too high of a bar in this case. I think the DA could likely get a conviction of assault and maybe involuntary manslaughter, but anything more than that will be difficult. I'm no lawyer, but as more and more information is disclosed (tox report, body cams, etc.), it appears that ensuring a conviction will require a lowering/lessening of charges.
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I agree.

And anything less than murder and we will get a new round of riots.
 
SoonerBounce13 said:
I agree.

And anything less than murder and we will get a new round of riots.
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10x worse than what we have already seen.... anything less than murder and you will have a true revolt going on. What we have seen so far will be childs play by comparison.
 
Facebook, Twitter, IG, and other social media platforms are censoring conservative accounts. They censor people who they disagree with. Iranians are allowed to tweet about killing Jews but the president of the USA can’t tweet ambiguous information.
 
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sheepdogs1 said:
They're at it again. Proposal by democratic senators to institute one time 60% tax levied against billionaires' gains made during the pandemic. It's labeled "make billionaires pay act." Accordingly, Bezos pays $42.8 billion and Gates gets off lightly with a $27.5 billion tax bill. Gains made after March 18th are to be taxed (DJIA was below 20k on that date).

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/06/sanders-billionaire-tax-bill-would-cost-bezos-musk-zuckerberg.html
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Why don’t the democratic politicians offer up 60% of their income? Or 60% of the income they get under the table?

Foxes guarding the hen house.
 
mict085 said:
Why don’t the democratic politicians offer up 60% of their income? Or 60% of the income they get under the table?

Foxes guarding the hen house.
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Word. Or 60% of Hollywood and/or professional athletes' income?
 
sheepdogs1 said:
They're at it again. Proposal by democratic senators to institute one time 60% tax levied against billionaires' gains made during the pandemic. It's labeled "make billionaires pay act." Accordingly, Bezos pays $42.8 billion and Gates gets off lightly with a $27.5 billion tax bill. Gains made after March 18th are to be taxed (DJIA was below 20k on that date).

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/06/sanders-billionaire-tax-bill-would-cost-bezos-musk-zuckerberg.html
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Extremely stupid idea. Probably just trying to get headlines and attack these guys, but it's a dumb policy proposal either way.
 
thebigabd said:
Extremely stupid idea. Probably just trying to get headlines and attack these guys, but it's a dumb policy proposal either way.
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This is why I'm not a fan of Bernie. This thing was just grandstanding by him with zero chance of becoming law.
 
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