AMERICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR!
American lawmakers have a lot to answer for
Don't American lawmakers ever learn? It is they who should be taking responsibility for the racial tensions sparked by the death of George Floyd while held by police in Minnesota. If what happened to Floyd occurred on the rugby field then the offending player would have been sent off and handed a lengthy ban for dangerous play and branded a thug by the media.
From all accounts, the officer concerned who was responsible for Floyd's death did not break the law until the public demanded justice. One wonders how many times have others been handled by the police in a similar manner to how Floyd was treated and nothing was said about it.
My question is, "What are American lawmakers going to do about how people are treated in police custody?"
How is it that it is legal for someone to stand on another human beings neck? I would have thought that being able to breathe was a basic human right.
Surely, law enforcement officers do not have a license to act like thugs.
President Trump has the authority to overule state governors so has the opportunity to do make changes for the better as far as racial equality goes.
What needs to happen is the create a set of guidelines for police as to how people in custody are handled.
One of the three officers concerned has been charged with third degree murder, but the question of whether there was any intention to kill the victim must surely crop up during any trial.
I think any rational person would arrive at the same conclusion that there was no premeditation about Floyd's death but rather a clumsy attempt to hold him down as if he was a wild animal.
Other deaths which were not premeditated have resulted in first degree murder charges being laid; one such example is that of Jennifer Mee from Florida who is serving life without parole in Florida for being a participant in a fatal mugging. Under Florida law, all participants in a fatal robbery are equally guilty of murder.
I have written about Jennifer's situation on www.freejennifer.blogspot.com
As for the Minnesota police department; is there going to be an independant enquiry or are they just going to sweep all of this under the carpet?
Time will tell but if history is anything to go by it will be more of the same.
Don't American lawmakers ever learn? It is they who should be taking responsibility for the racial tensions sparked by the death of George Floyd while held by police in Minnesota. If what happened to Floyd occurred on the rugby field then the offending player would have been sent off and handed a lengthy ban for dangerous play and branded a thug by the media.
From all accounts, the officer concerned who was responsible for Floyd's death did not break the law until the public demanded justice. One wonders how many times have others been handled by the police in a similar manner to how Floyd was treated and nothing was said about it.
My question is, "What are American lawmakers going to do about how people are treated in police custody?"
How is it that it is legal for someone to stand on another human beings neck? I would have thought that being able to breathe was a basic human right.
Surely, law enforcement officers do not have a license to act like thugs.
President Trump has the authority to overule state governors so has the opportunity to do make changes for the better as far as racial equality goes.
What needs to happen is the create a set of guidelines for police as to how people in custody are handled.
One of the three officers concerned has been charged with third degree murder, but the question of whether there was any intention to kill the victim must surely crop up during any trial.
I think any rational person would arrive at the same conclusion that there was no premeditation about Floyd's death but rather a clumsy attempt to hold him down as if he was a wild animal.
Other deaths which were not premeditated have resulted in first degree murder charges being laid; one such example is that of Jennifer Mee from Florida who is serving life without parole in Florida for being a participant in a fatal mugging. Under Florida law, all participants in a fatal robbery are equally guilty of murder.
I have written about Jennifer's situation on www.freejennifer.blogspot.com
As for the Minnesota police department; is there going to be an independant enquiry or are they just going to sweep all of this under the carpet?
Time will tell but if history is anything to go by it will be more of the same.
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