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Ya know, I don't feel that great.......so glad he was convicted on ALL counts...... (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 2021 OP
I don't feel happy wryter2000 Apr 2021 #1
Relieved, yes.......and all three counts NEEDED to be guilty. a kennedy Apr 2021 #3
There is no joy for me. Only sorrow. And relief. Mister Ed Apr 2021 #2
Right.......right. a kennedy Apr 2021 #4
I'll feel better Maine Abu El Banat Apr 2021 #5
Well said. Nt spooky3 Apr 2021 #6
Yup......not holding my breath...but IT IS A START....... a kennedy Apr 2021 #7
I agree. I was just thinking that the whole thing is really a tragedy. Ocelot II Apr 2021 #8
exactly...not 'happy', just relieved. Tears are flowing nonetheless.... samnsara Apr 2021 #10
Chauvins family is also going to suffer because of what he did.. samnsara Apr 2021 #9
Happy is not the right word frazzled Apr 2021 #11
As another DU'er bdamomma Apr 2021 #12

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
1. I don't feel happy
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:16 PM
Apr 2021

I do feel relieved. If they'd only convicted him of manslaughter, it would have set a terrible precedent.

Mister Ed

(5,896 posts)
2. There is no joy for me. Only sorrow. And relief.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:17 PM
Apr 2021

There has never been a murder case in which justice has been done, because there has never been a murder victim who was brought back.

Ocelot II

(115,280 posts)
8. I agree. I was just thinking that the whole thing is really a tragedy.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:22 PM
Apr 2021

George Floyd is still dead and justice can't bring him back - all it can do is hold someone responsible. I am glad for the guilty verdicts, but it's a tragedy all the way around, even for Chauvin, because somehow something happened to him in his life that took away his humanity. A bad cop is going to prison, which is just and fair and should happen in more cases, but George Floyd can never get real justice because he's going to stay dead. There won't be justice until cops stop killing people. So I'm not dancing for joy either; I'm just relieved that it's over and the result was the right one.

samnsara

(17,572 posts)
9. Chauvins family is also going to suffer because of what he did..
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:22 PM
Apr 2021

..a lot of people will suffer. Bet Chauvin wishes there had been one good cop that day who would have pulled him off George. Now maybe good cops will intervene. My state just made it a crime for a cop to sit by and watch another cop commit a crime.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
11. Happy is not the right word
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:28 PM
Apr 2021

Relieved, thankful that at last justice has been delivered. For me it is not just for George Floyd, but for all those for whom justice was denied: Emmet Till, the four little girls in Birmingham, Travon Marin, Eric Garner ... and hundreds, thousands of others across the years.

I feel hopeful that we have taken the first step in a long time toward breaking a barrier and seeing some hope for change. It won’t be complete, and it will take time. But we’re seeing progress at last. A light in the darkness. 🕯

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
12. As another DU'er
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:36 PM
Apr 2021

posted not happy, but relieved. Also can't bring all those lives back who were snuffed out by bad cops.

But it is a beginning.

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