There are millions of eye witnesses to the heartless murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. You don’t need proof beyond a reasonable doubt to arrest and prosecute the officer we all saw with his knee on the immobilized victim’s neck as he repeatedly cried out “I can’t breathe”
and called for his mother. What in the name of God are the local authorities waiting for? They’ve arrested CNN crews just doing their jobs as reporters but are still pondering whether to arrest the cold-blooded killer. Even the officers who stood by and didn’t lift a finger
to assist the victim or restrain the killer may well merit prosecution as accomplices. Details I don’t have would determine whether they’re criminals under Minnesota law. But at the very least there’s probable cause to arrest and detain them. Firing the entire group isn’t enough
And it’s important that not only the FBI but the Civil Rights Division open a hates crimes and anti-lynching investigation. The tragic fact that we can’t trust Bill Barr to be independent of Trump doesn’t mean we should give up on the U. S. Justice Department altogether.
I can’t stop seeing a split-screen image, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee to protest racist policing on one side, a white cop casually choking a black guy to death with his knee on the other. President Trump voiced outrage at Colin, barely commented on the conduct of the cop.
