I am about to write a blog that some of you
will definitely not like, BUT before you start giving me your opinions, I would
like you to read it with an open mind. We have all heard the story George
Floyd died while pinned to the ground by an officer with his knee on Floyd's
neck. I have seen the videos and the officers involved should
definitely be held accountable for the murder. Id he was in fact in medical
distress as one of the reports claim, they should not have been cutting off his
breathing in any way. I would call that excessive force. No one
should die like that. Thing is there are always 2 sides to the story.
Other videos show he did in fact struggle with the officers when they first
tried to arrest him. Which brings me to the next question? Why was he
being arrested in the first place? The report said he appeared to be
under the influence. I feel an autopsy should have been done to determine the
actual cause of death. It does not look at all good from the first
video stand point, but sometimes pictures do not tell the whole truth.
I am not in
any way trying to make excuses for the officers this was a death that should
never have happened. I just think if you are going to tell the
story TELL IT ALL not just the parts that make George Floyd look like a victim, because there is a
possibility IF HE WAS IN FACT UNDER THE INFLUENCE that what ever he was on
could have been responsible for his death and not the sufficing. The only
reason i bring this up is he kept saying I can't breathe, and one time i was in
the hospital, I told the doctor I could not breathe, and he told me yes I can breathe,
because if I could not breathe I could not talk. Everyone knows air has to go
through your voice box to speak. If he could not breathe he would have no air
to go through it to make the words. I definitely think before the officer’s
trial an autopsy should be done to make sure what killed him. That knowledge
could make a big difference in what charges the officers were charged with. If
the autopsy said it was an underline health problem that killed him the charge
would not be murder it would be manslaughter or excessive force.
I
saw his memorial suffice on the tv today. It was nice for his friends and family,
but I cannot help but wonder if they are making a martyr out of someone that is
not a hero. I know there is good in everyone, and they should be remembered for
the good they do in their lives. I will give you an example: We had a man that
lived in my neighborhood that sold drugs. Everyone knew it, but no one turned
him in ,because he was a nice guy. Anytime we were raising money for parties
for the neighborhood children he donated a large amount. Did that make him a
saint NO! But it did show he had good in him, and many people in the
neighborhood were sad when he got shot and killed about a block from my house.
They were sad not because he was a saint or a hero, but deep inside they could
see he was a caring person IN HIS OWN WAY. Was his way the law abiding way NO.
But he was not all bad, just as I am sure Mr Floyd was a good man, but it could
be he was not showing his good side at the time of his death.
Now
lets jump to a different subject that has stemmed out of all the protest over
this death. I saw where they are taking down a statue of Robert E Lee. That is
a good thing, because it should never have been put up. Not because of it being
racist per say but more because he was on the losing side in the war. Who does that?
erect monuments to the leader of the losing side. One thing people need to
realize though. Getting rid of all the symbols of the south in the civil war will
not change the fact it happened. A smart person once said he who forgets
history is condemned to repeat it. OK I am done for now lol.
