Current Events > Derek Chauvin and George Floyd's Death - Racist Motivation?

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Can anyone here say with certainty that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer responsible for George Floyd's death, was motivated by racism in his actions that led to Floyd's death? If yes, how do you know?

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knee on a black mans neck for 8 and a half mins with hands in his pocket like it was nothing

CADE FOSTER posted...

knee on a black mans neck for 8 and a half mins with hands in his pocket like it was nothing

And what evidence do we have that he wouldn't have done the exact same thing to a white man?

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There isn't any evidence it was purely racially motivated. Could have been personal as apparently they may have knew each other from both working at the same bar.

Nothing to say it would be any different if floyed was white but this cop clearly did not give a single care for human life that day.

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Dusk_ posted...

There isn't any evidence it was purely racially motivated. Could have been personal as apparently they may have knew each other from both working at the same bar.

Nothing to say it would be any different if floyed was white but this cop clearly did not give a single care for human life that day.

It's terrible, what happened, but I don't see why everyone just assumes racism when one guy is white and the other is black.

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Vindris_SNH posted...

And what evidence do we have that he wouldn't have done the exact same thing to a white man?

he literally didnt do it to a white man and killed a black man

is this seriously how dumb the alt right rhetoric has become?

This being the question you ask says more about you than I think you know.

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How many white guys you know that were killed by the police over a supposed fake $20?
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*countless stories about police brutalizing black people*

"bUt HoW Do YoU KnOW?"

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Vindris_SNH posted...

It's terrible, what happened, but I don't see why everyone just assumes racism when one guy is white and the other is black.

Decades worth of information regarding police and the brutalization of black bodies is what we're going on.

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Mezcla posted...

*countless stories about police brutalizing black people*

"bUt HoW Do YoU KnOW?"

xD

its beyond stupid

the alt right is just hilarious

Individual racist motivation doesn't matter; it's not the point.
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Antifar posted...

Individual racist motivation doesn't matter; it's not the point.

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Vindris_SNH posted...

Can anyone here say with certainty that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer responsible for George Floyd's death, was motivated by racism in his actions that led to Floyd's death? If yes, how do you know?

Nearly half a millennium of precedent.

I'm amazed at the lack of critical thinking going on here. People just assume it had something to do with racism and act on it. I want the proof that this particular guy was motivated by racism. Defaulting to "IT'S RACIST!" is just intellectually lazy.

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Antifar posted...

Individual racist motivation doesn't matter; it's not the point.

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chauvin has a history of assaulting, shooting, and killing minorities

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He has multiple victims. How many were white?

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KStateKing17 posted...

He has multiple victims. How many were white?

Not aware of any other victims. Can you share a link?

Diogeknees posted...

chauvin has a history of assaulting, shooting, and killing minorities

Source? It's hard to find things right now with all the articles.

Antifar posted...

Individual racist motivation doesn't matter; it's not the point.

Then what's the point?

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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-29/chauvin-shootings-complaints-minneapolis-floyd

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KStateKing17 posted...

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-29/chauvin-shootings-complaints-minneapolis-floyd

Seems most of those were probably justified? And I still don't see where it says his actions were based on racism. Still confused why people are reacting to this as if it's all about racism. I see police brutality, but not racism. Just because the officer is white and the victim is black? Doesn't do it for me, sorry.

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Vindris_SNH posted...

Doesn't do it for me, sorry.

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Vindris_SNH posted...

Then what's the point?

The long term ramifications of this country's history of oppressing and terrorizing black people, including but not limited to:

Slavery
Failed reconstruction
Jim Crow
Redlining

have never been addressed, leading to systemic inequity and the black population making up a disproportionate amount of the poor population. Poverty correlates greatly with crime, thus black people are more likely to be brutalized by police simply because they were born black.

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Dusk_ posted...

There isn't any evidence it was purely racially motivated. Could have been personal as apparently they may have knew each other from both working at the same bar.

Nothing to say it would be any different if floyed was white but this cop clearly did not give a single care for human life that day.

Yeah, this is an odd case.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending/minneapolis-club-owner-george-floyd-ex-cop-derek-chauvin-both-worked-security-club/TC5SDA3VBRC7XNGO74HRN4OYEQ/

I'm not convinced it's a just random racist act #9418. He's a cop who knows he's being filmed and his profession isn't respected yet he still took the knee on a guy he knows for 4+ extra minutes after he was unconscious. That makes no sense to me.
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The problem is that the officer treated Floyd like he was subhuman and that there is a pattern of this from LEO in the US

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Vindris_SNH posted...

Seems most of those were probably justified? And I still don't see where it says his actions were based on racism. Still confused why people are reacting to this as if it's all about racism. I see police brutality, but not racism. Just because the officer is white and the victim is black? Doesn't do it for me, sorry.

After multiple times, dismissed complaints and his latest incident, it makes you wonder how honest the reports are and how far passed his boundaries did he go.

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Vindris_SNH posted...

I'm amazed at the lack of critical thinking going on here. People just assume it had something to do with racism and act on it. I want the proof that this particular guy was motivated by racism. Defaulting to "IT'S RACIST!" is just intellectually lazy.

@Vindris_SNH

I do understand what you are asking. We are all too close to see it. Take a time machine into the future if you want to see it.

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