This was excerpted from the March 30 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe.One is unfolding in the courtroom where a jury will decide whether former police officer Derek Chauvin is culpable in Floyd's death after pinning him to the ground with a knee on his neck.
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have resorted to raiding party hotspots in a desperate whack-a-mole attempt to slow coronavirus transmission. Meanwhile, hospitals across the country are full to the breaking point, with patients kept in corridors and supply rooms, and stocks of oxygen and sedatives for intubation running low."It is absurd, man, it is wrong.
StCollinson husca America had an atrocious human rights record
StCollinson husca Of course it was wrong what he did but to an extent weren’t they trained to do that in some situations? If it wasn’t allowed to begin with we might not be here.
StCollinson husca Floyd would not have died had he been a normal, regular person, who was not taking drugs, or breaking the law.
StCollinson husca They knew each other.
StCollinson husca This is such poor journalism. This court case is not about the USA. This court case is about whether this police officer should be held liable for the death of George Floyd. The evidence is being examined and eyewitness accounts are only one small portion of the process.
StCollinson husca Cops must be accountable, at a practical level, not just in theory.
StCollinson husca According to CNN and widely held concept within US itself rascism is there in US system. But US and CNN often blame countries like SriLanka who have no such record( SriLankan few skirmishes were the result of minority provocations ).
StCollinson husca He died of a drug overdose. The guy was a meth head & criminal.
StCollinson husca If Mr. Floyd had a heart attack, wouldn't he have died differently? Wouldn't his body have flinched some with a heart attack? Whether he was being held down by 3 men. His head at least? With Covid19 he could have had compromised breathing so when he was saying couldn't breathe..
StCollinson husca This isn't about the justice system. It's about one man.
StCollinson husca I think CNN can not get real ground news because you can see photo surrounding with military terrorists. UN WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
StCollinson husca Then u hear some arrogant & spiteful neocons in Washington DC coming hard on poor nations like Zimbabwe to lecture them about, rule of law, human rights and freedoms and democracy when they live in a chronically defective and dysfunctional society
StCollinson husca As an Australian watching from afar I’m speechless about what’s going on in the US, we have similar issues but not the violence to the extent of some of these attacks, hard to think this is happening in 2021, I thought we are better than this abuse, I was wrong. Tragic
StCollinson husca It is also a trial of the system.
StCollinson husca Quit referring to it as the Floyd case. Floyd isn't on trial here even if it is the defense strategy. It's the Derrick Chauvin case.
StCollinson husca First of all FakeNews CNN, George Floyd didn't die while under arrest. He was MURDERED by white & asian psychopathic COPS. America, the media, the courts & gov't are all anti-black institutions. This INJUSTICE system is on trial & is likely get away w/ savage cold MURDER again
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StCollinson husca It's the Derek Chauvin trial/case. Reporting otherwise is systemic racism. CallItWhatItIs ChauvinTrial MurderedInCustody
StCollinson husca So I guess we don’t need a trial, huh. Why bother with legal niceties.
StCollinson husca People who created the word WHITE just to look different from others cant love or care for you, it is all fluke. Their skin is more of yellow not white but they choose to force the word WHITE on people to look like saints but some of them have the heart of devil.
StCollinson husca The judge was a jerk to the Emt gal. Such crap! The cops that did this should be getting the book thrown at them!
StCollinson husca YES! AND JUSTICE BETTER BE SERVED! Please.. distracted? Not! ... split second decision? After 9 minutes? NOT! Had him in the cruiser already and NEEDED to remove him and THEN claim he was hard to control?! NOT!!! WRONG AND GUILTY AND YOU *KNOW* it!
StCollinson husca It is more like a media trial. It will adversely affect the judge and jury. cnn and other media outlets should allow the judicial system to work freely. ChauvinTrial RealCandaceO CortesSteve
StCollinson husca So will it be a fair trial?
StCollinson husca Is not the main thrust of the defence that the accused felt threatened by the group of dark skinned people around the alleged crime scene, the majority of whom were pleading with him to stop? Tweaking the deep American nerve associated with racist xenophobia & paranoia?
StCollinson husca CNN should try and report facts once in a while, the Knee to neck didn’t kill him.
StCollinson husca A criminal died on drugs. Justice means freedom to Derek Chauvin
StCollinson husca George Floyd and derek chauvin worked security at the same night club where derek chauvin observed Mr.Floyd with a white female that he was in a relationship with. This is why George Floyd is dead.
StCollinson husca It most certainly is!
StCollinson husca That’s right and we ready. They better get this one right.
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StCollinson husca He didn't 'die while under arrest.' He was murdered.
StCollinson husca Family already toke the money if they really cared about justice they would have waited.
StCollinson husca In this court, justice should be the only outcome away from any political manœuvre.
StCollinson husca *[Chauvin] case. George Floyd is dead. This a murder case involving a murder suspect named Derek Chauvin
StCollinson husca He had a big ass nose, he could breathe.
StCollinson husca How about let’s be fair now. A repeat offender who resisted arrest. Who/then lef to accidental homicide by the responding officer.
StCollinson husca Well this article seems to throw out the idea of innocent until proven guilty. It’s titled more like how fast can we hang this white cop.
StCollinson husca Too bad it doesn't matter guilty or not he's already been pre judged and if the poor and oppressed don't get what they want they will burn and pillage again. So sad they know no other way
StCollinson husca More amazing this trial isn't over and he's behind bars for life.
StCollinson husca That judge already seems biased on the defense's side. What was that crap all about at the end, demeaning Genevieve? I have watched many court cases, aren't seen crap like that! System is already rigged to get a not guilty verdict. Genevieve rocks though
StCollinson husca There will be justice. Manslaughter. If Floyd wasn’t high on drugs causing shortness of breath and heart failure as indicated then yeah it’s first or second degree. You can’t prove the knee is how he died. Why it’s manslaughter. That’s justice. Cops life is over either way.
StCollinson husca We cannot bring back George Floyd, but we can prevent another tragic incident. George Floyd had an option to just take a seat. To save future lives, please listen to me. Resisting arrest is pointless. There is nothing gained. Please stop.
StCollinson husca When will the racism end,the cops that were there should all be charged with chavin,if he is not found guilty we have no justice system
StCollinson husca horrible
StCollinson husca The system have already failed, by a long shot. Just look at the BLM movement. if it happened in any developing country, it will be labelled human right issue, or even 'genocide'.
StCollinson husca We need GUN
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StCollinson husca A shame that Floyd overdosed, he didn’t deserve to die
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