Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Let's not rush to conclusions - unless it's about how a white person should never do time for killing a black person

The Right white commentators are high five-ing themselves over leaked footage showing more of George Floyd being arrested and acting as if he may well have been high at the time.  This includes the "I'll turn my opinion on a dime if I can find a way to excuse a white guy in any confrontation with a black guy" CL at Catallaxy:


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The video shows Floyd was handcuffed as soon as he got out of the car (at gun point).  And, I would guess, was probably patted down for weapons, but you can't tell from the video.  [Update - yes you can, I just hadn't watched it long enough.  They checked his pockets before trying to get him to sit inside the police car, and before he was on the ground with a knee on his neck.]  

So supposedly, huge, drug affected, hand cuffed people have been well known as dangerous killers for years, according to policing expert CL.

Finally, the deep regret at ever thinking that a white police officer was acting dangerously while kneeing a black guy's neck for 9 minutes:

Basically, no person who is an active commenter at Catallaxy should ever be allowed near jury service, especially if it involves an accused of colour (or, for that matter, a Muslim.)    It's like the veneer of "not racist, just being reasonable" is about a micron deep.


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5 comments:

  1. Not Trampis2:23 pm

    Call it the catallaxy curse.

    you go mad if you write there.

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  2. GMB2:24 pm

    Yes apart from his zionism I usually agree with CL 100%. But once the police have the cuffs on the member of the public ought to be exquisitely safe. No excuses. No double talk. Custody is what is sounds like. Custody is safe-keeping.

    We can accept screw-ups and mistakes and perhaps even measured punishment PRIOR to the cuffs. Thereafter the cops have to change gears and become more than normally gentlemen. They must suddenly adopt the kind of endless patience and sympathy that you would expect from a George Smiley character.

    If they cannot do the job there are plenty of us out there looking for work.

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  3. GMB2:32 pm

    Its okay to talk about mitigating circumstances as CL is doing. But that is relevant only to jail sentence reduction. Plus that kneeling on the neck was taught to the police by the Israelis. That is no excuse either except in terms of the length of time every officer present should be jailed.

    Public servants need to be sacked for paying Israelis to teach police the wrong lessons. Good public administration means never getting sick of the phrase: "You are fired."

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  4. Steve3:45 pm

    Can you show that it Israelis who taught them that, Graeme?

    Otherwise, I should probably delete the comment.

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  5. GMB4:55 pm

    I can show they taught the technique within that specific state but not to those specific officers. And it can be shown that its an Israeli move that Palestinians know only too well. But don't be too lazy about it. Your google arm broken in three places?

    By the way I'm not convinced that this is a real event. Just mentioning that in passing.

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