In the latest newsletter (🔒), I dive into the newly-released, more-complete George Floyd body cam footage and argue that the depraved indifference to his life makes conviction more likely. Also, l examine whether a person has the "liberty" not to mask: /1 frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/new-george-f…
On masking, a President wouldn't have the generalized police power to order universal masking, but he can get (mostly) there in other ways. And if governors order masking, do citizens have the liberty to refuse? Nope: /2
Moreover, if I don't have the liberty to disrobe at Target (after all, some folks argue that nudity is a form of "expression"), then I don't have the liberty to drop my mask: /3
Regarding George Floyd, yes he claimed he couldn't breathe well before he was put on the ground, but the body camera footage shows that 1) he was never a threat to the officers; and 2) they kept kneeling on him EVEN AFTER HE HAD NO PULSE: /4
Yes, there will still be questions about cause of death at trial, but in the confusion of competing expert witnesses, juries often fall back on subjective perceptions, and with each minute that ticks by in the video, that perception grows worse: /end
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