George Floyd. Good Guy.

originally posted by: FauxMulder

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: FauxMulder

Tekner's right. Floyd had years of drug abuse, heart disease, meth, heroin, weed, and the coronavirus.

None of which are the cause of death. Everything else is irrelevant to what I said.

Actually it's perfectly relevant.

originally posted by: BlackProject
George Floyd’s Criminal Past

- George Floyd moved to Minneapolis in 2014 after being released from prison in Houston, Texas following an arrest for aggravated robbery.
- On May 25, 2020, Floyd was arrested for passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store in Minneapolis.
- Floyd has more than a decade-old criminal history at the time of the arrest and went to jail for at least 5 times.
- George Floyd was the ringleader of a violent home invasion.
- He plead guilty to entering a woman’s home, pointing a gun at her stomach and searching the home for drugs and money, according to court records.
- Floyd was sentenced to 10 months in state jail for possession of coc aine in a December 2005 arrest.
- He had previously been sentenced to eight months for the same offence, stemming from an October 2002 arrest.
- Floyd was arrested in 2002 for criminal trespassing and served 30 days in jail.
- He had another stint for a theft in August 1998.

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So with the above being said, he sounds like a good guy right?

Now if this had been anyone else, most reactions to this instance would be he was a criminal. Now of course police using excessive force is not something any of us should be skipping over, the officer in question clearly used excessive force that was not needed. However when we now have this mass demonstration of George Floyd being deemed like this man was a kind and law abiding citizen to the rest of us is just wrong. Having graffiti put up around the streets advertising this man as some kind of idol, to be looked up to is down right wrong on so many levels.

What really really leaves me gobsmacked is the following occurred to this man, not a word:

Timpa's death in the parking lot of an adult video store came after he called 911, saying he was off his medication for schizophrenia and depression and needed help. Questions about what happened in the moments leading to his death have swirled as city officials argued against the release of the body camera footage, according to the Dallas Morning News, but a judge on Monday sided with news outlets who had sought to make the video public.

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HE called the police to protect the public against himself possibly becoming an issue to them because he knew he was off his medication. Yet they come and pin him down, an unarmed man, make sick jokes about him and lean on him for 14 minutes until the man dies. Then they make fun of him and ending it with "I hope I didn't kill him". They did kill him.

Now where in earth is the moral ground of justice?

A career criminal gets more attention and outcry just because of his colour than a white man who was medically sick.

The protests were never just about George Floyd. No one said he was an angel who came down from heaven in a chariot with a halo on his head. I mean, are you serious? ROTFLMAO

a reply to: Ophiuchus 13

I know. Politics have destroyed this country. That's what it all comes back down to. It all took a turn for the worst at the turn of the century.

a reply to: Daughter2

None of that matters to the media, they just make it appear to be their reasoning. Once the election is over, none of this will be discussed again until 2022 or 2024.

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: FauxMulder

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: FauxMulder

Tekner's right. Floyd had years of drug abuse, heart disease, meth, heroin, weed, and the coronavirus.

None of which are the cause of death. Everything else is irrelevant to what I said.

Actually it's perfectly relevant.

Only for people who cant separate a bad act from all the idiots reacting to it. Nowhere did I argue about democrats, race baiting, kneeling, or any of the other crap you tried to tie to my post. All I posted about is the fact that drugs were not the cause of death. So yes, all the other things you said are irrelevant to my post.

I can't even fully blame politics because we have free will. It's just too many followers and not enough leaders on all spectrums.
So when a strong following influence arises the following attract expeditiously. The leaders try to forewarn but are outnumbered by ignorance, inturn the group attached is pulled in the direction of the followers. Until more leaders arise and become stronger magnets to help guide...

a reply to: LSU2018

originally posted by: TheLead
So that's a solid no, your not calling out people using Floyd's death for their personal agenda?

His death should be used to address police brutality. That make you feel any better now?

I have seen a lot of people attacked for simply bringing it up...

Cool story, bro. I'm not interested in your hysteric anecdotal BS.

originally posted by: LSU2018
I won't lie. I care about Timpa and Floyd as much as I care about the stranger who was killed when he drove his car off of the interstate and hit a tree...

That's your prerogative. As a person who supports what our Constitution stands for I find it abhorrent when the government acts in this manner. It needs to be addressed.

originally posted by: FauxMulder

originally posted by: LSU2018

originally posted by: FauxMulder

originally posted by: LSU2018
a reply to: FauxMulder

Tekner's right. Floyd had years of drug abuse, heart disease, meth, heroin, weed, and the coronavirus.

None of which are the cause of death. Everything else is irrelevant to what I said.

Actually it's perfectly relevant.

Only for people who cant separate a bad act from all the idiots reacting to it. Nowhere did I argue about democrats, race baiting, kneeling, or any of the other crap you tried to tie to my post. All I posted about is the fact that drugs were not the cause of death. So yes, all the other things you said are irrelevant to my post.

ok

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Oh I'm not saying I don't agree with that. I definitely do. I just don't personally care about George Floyd, Terry Timpa, or anyone else I don't know that dies.

a reply to: LSU2018

Personally? Not so much, I don't know them. But empathetically for what happened? Yeah.

Man it's nothing to do with good or bad, and in reality both terms have been bastardized to that group which holds the power.
Dude made a mistake in 2005 wow. great. yeah stupid #ing mistake but a mistake none the less. Did it deserve death? No.
Those deemed unworthy by an unworthy system are used to progress the national narrative and all you complacent and complicit bastards don't have a right to even speak about it unless you're willing to actually stand up and try to make a difference.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I just thought people using a death in that manor was upsetting you, so it should make you feel better.

You don't have to believe me, I get that, but surely you saw where football matters was pressured into changing their name due to it being a perceived slight at BLM? That's anecdotal as well, but Its something you've had the potential to see.


Maybe it's not happening in your area but every day I'm seeing posts calling people out and bombarding their work with requests to fire them for perceived racism. In some cases it's legit racist commentary. I still dont agree with trying to ruin someone's life over words, but atleast in that case they have reason to be offended.


This has went way past being about George Floyd, so many are using his death to further cancel culture and stomping out dissenting opinions. It's very much become a political tool which is purposely dividing people. If people can't talk openly and honestly no amount of understanding will come of it. which is bad for every one of us.

originally posted by: odzeandennz

originally posted by: BlackProject

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: BlackProject
Sorry but just like putting a £1 towards a charity, it's a drop in the ocean if everyone isn't doing it, it changes nothing.

Spoke like a true quitter using someone else's death for a false equivocacy.

Like I said, you don't care about Timpa.

I shall leave if there with yourself, intelligence certainly isn't your strong suit.

Point is Timpa's case should be much higher up the scale than Floyds case of police brutality and serious neglect, yet here we go again it does not fit the narrative.

and why exactly aren't you bringing this case to light? why aren't you protesting? why aren't you looking for justification for this man's death if you care so much?

you just don't want the attention going to some people.

Your questions show that you are missing his point. The George Floyd riots/protests are fueled by an entire organization and the MSM--not any one person. BLM and the MSM are using their recourses to highjack the Floyd murder to their own gains... not for any legitimate justice.

originally posted by: TheLead
I just thought people using a death in that manor was upsetting you, so it should make you feel better.

You asked about their personal agenda. You forget already?

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

It's possible, I've forgotten a thing or two in my time, but I'm not really sure what your asking? That's in what manor I'm talking about, making a point or personal agenda, if that's what your referencing.

a reply to: BlackProject

Am I right that everyone seems to have stopped protesting the lock downs and changes to business because of this.

a reply to: FlyingFox
Oh dear, but that was funny!

originally posted by: Gothmog

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Gothmog
Unfortunately for you , that was the proper spelling back in the day.

Sure it was.

Oh, unless you're some sort of super geezer:

One particularly vexatious argument concerns the lack of uniform spellings between British and American English. The simple reason for this is that England and America went their separate ways before anyone became unduly rigorous about spelling words the same way every time. The firm nailing down of language happened in earnest during the 1800s, on both sides of the Atlantic, and thanks largely to the reforming zeal of American lexicographer Noah Webster, it was with markedly different results in the U.S. than in Victorian Britain.

Seeking to wrest control of the language from the British ruling classes, Noah wrote three books that aimed to make a tidy pile of that mess we were talking about. One on grammar, one on reading, and one on spelling. His first—originally titled The First Part of the Grammatical Institute of the English Language, then The American Spelling Book, then The Elementary Spelling Book—became the standard text book from which American teachers taught spelling for 100 years, and it was from reprints and reissues of that original text that Noah began to subtly refine words, spelling them according to how they sound.Source

Still not taking the challenge.
Done here.

No one gives a # where you were born dude. Now what???