Comment on George Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...

Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• octopus_ink@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They gotta feed the “he was no saint” narrative. (Not that I, nor anyone else, ever said he was…)

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  • TaiCrunch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Never forget that the crime he was ultimately executed for, without due process, was giving a cashier a counterfeit $20. That was enough of a justification for those cops and everyone who supports them.

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    • Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s always some bullshit charge.

      I’ve unknowingly used a counterfeit at a grocery store, too after being paid one day some years ago. It was at a self checkout and I was lucky to have alternate payment methods but it absolutely can happen to anyone and doesn’t even mean intent or awareness.

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