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Mike 03

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2. Exactly: He didn't care he was being filmed.

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2020, 04:49 PM

May 2020

Just my opinion: It was a deliberate provocation to the witnesses, the bystanders, telling them, "I don't care that you want me to spare this man's life, I'm going to kill this man and you are going to watch me kill him because I have that power and you don't." I agree it was one element that makes this murder so shocking and brazen. It was a crime against George Floyd and everyone who tried to stop it, and his family and, really, everyone who watches that video.

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The name of George Floyd's killer did not escape me [View all] canetoad May 2020 OP

I thought his name was Donald Trump. clementine613 May 2020 #1

Exactly: He didn't care he was being filmed. Mike 03 May 2020 #2

That, or he is just a sadistic asshole... Brother Buzz May 2020 #3

He thought, "I've done this knee on the neck hundreds of times, and at worst, they pass out" Beakybird May 2020 #4

If a bystander used physical force to stop him, you bet. Talitha May 2020 #5