Originally Posted by
rufflesmuncher
It was never about George Floyd. It was about every person in America being treated differently based on their skin color. You don’t cage people up, threaten with gun violence and expect peace and solidarity. How can you think this was over one person? What about Breonna Taylor? What about all the other people since this happened that have been killed by police for being a different race? What about all the ones from before? That’s total crap. It can’t be over George Floyd, he just happened to be the last straw until serious action was put into place. He may not have been an exemplary person, and made his mistakes. But he didn’t deserve to die. There’s a reason the capital punishment was removed, even that idiot that shot up the church - his death penalty was rescinded. Surely a cop shouldn’t have that power either? Regardless, a change needs to happen and if this is the way it happens (although unfair to the innocent bystanders) then so be it.