Tou Thao was convicted of manslaughter charges for his part in George Floyd's death in May 2020.
  • Tb0n3
    341·
    2 年前

    Entirely political. Police do the same thing all over but because it was a black man on cellphone video the entire black community rioted and burned everything down for a month. Should they have been convicted? Probably. Was it deliberate? Most likely not. Dude was hopped up on fentanyl.

      • Tb0n3
        216·
        2 年前

        Oh sorry my bad. What I meant to say is he was high on drugs and had an extensive criminal history. He started the encounter by fighting the police. Don’t fight the police.

        • philpo@feddit.de
          9·
          2 年前

          Neither point is any reason to even remotely justify what happened to him. Not even one bit.

          • Tb0n3
            114·
            2 年前

            Why not? If somebody fights against you as a cop you’ll be less likely to let up and allow them room to escape. Most people would be fine in that situation. It was kind of a freak accident.

            • philpo@feddit.de
              6·
              2 年前

              No it wasn’t. It was manslaughter at least.

              But that’s enough fish for you,troll.

              • Tb0n3
                113·
                2 年前

                Why do you think I’m a troll. I just disagree with you. And does manslaughter get you 20 years?

                  • Tb0n3
                    17·
                    2 年前

                    I said nothing about being deserved or not, but sometimes actions have consequences which nobody wants but happen anyway due to circumstances nobody predicted. Sure are a whole lot of people now saying how they can’t breathe but still not a whole lot of them dying.

        • Warfarin@lemmy.world
          113·
          2 年前

          Sadly the left adore the race baiting politics of this stunt

          They need this to feel virtuous. They ignore all the evidence of saint fentanyl and his drug journey