Derek Chauvin trial begins today

Families call for UN to launch inquiry into police killings of Black Americans

The families of 165 victims of police brutality in the US are calling on the United Nations to set up an independent inquiry into the ongoing scourge of police killings of Black men and women.

With the support of more than 250 civil society groups from around the world including the American Civil Liberties Union, the families are hoping to engage the UN in efforts to rein in police violence against African American communities. The families call for an “independent inquiry into the killings and violent law enforcement responses to protests in the US”.
The letter to the UN comes two weeks after an alliance of leading human rights lawyers from 11 countries accused the US of committing crimes against humanity by allowing law enforcement officers to kill and torture African Americans with impunity. The lawyers’ 188-page report found the US in frequent violation of international laws, including police murders and “severe deprivation of physical liberty, torture, persecution and other inhuman acts”.

 

FBI Data Proves Police Officers are NOT Racist Killers

Expanded Homicide Data Table 6

 

‘They kill the person twice’: police spread falsehoods after using deadly force, analysis finds

On the day of George Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis police published a short press release titled “Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction”.
The news alert on 25 May said an unnamed man “appeared to be suffering medical distress” and died soon after at a hospital, making no mention of the officer kneeling on his neck.

 

I think the comparrison is an injustice to clowns

 

Finally Justice for Atatiana Jefferson?

 

The most appropriate music I could find to accompany the decision of the court !!!

 

His actions make no sense. He destroyed his life and that of an aspiring doctor.

Tatiana Jefferson, 28, earned a degree in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana, and sold medical pharmaceutical equipment from home while studying to apply to medical school.


Aaron Y. Dean

 

[QUOTE="hotwater, post: 9113132, member: 8108"]His actions make no sense. He destroyed his life and that of an aspiring doctor.

Tatiana Jefferson, 28, earned a degree in biology from Xavier University of Louisiana, and sold medical pharmaceutical equipment from home while studying to apply to medical school.


Aaron Y. Dean[/QUOTE]


His actions ??? - pure and simple racial hatred !!!

 

Police told his family he died in a car crash. Video footage shows he died in their custody
If I was Black and saw blue lights in my rearview mirror, I'd run too.
Who knows; if you stop, they might put you in a chokehold, shackle your hands & feet, and then repeatedly taser you and beat you to death.

 

'You Shouldn't Be Able To Breathe,' Police Officer Told Man Before He Died
“Help me, they’re going to kill me!”
And they did.

 

A medical examiner later ruled his death a homicide, but a grand jury declined to charge any of the officers involved.


Don't tell me, - it was all 'white' Grand Jury !!!

 

Prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for Derek Chauvin; defense requests probation (nbcnews.com)

 

The same Louisiana State Police unit whose troopers stunned, killed Ronald Greene on body-cam video during a deadly 2019 arrest is now under internal investigation by a secret panel over whether its officers are systematically targeting Black motorists for abuse.
The panel was set up in response to Greene’s death as well as three other violent stops of Black men: one who was punched, stunned and hoisted to his feet by his hair braids in a body-camera video obtained by the AP, another who was beaten after he was handcuffed, and yet another who was slammed 18 times with a flashlight.
“You’d be naïve to think it’s limited to two or three instances."
AP: Louisiana police unit probed over Black driver arrests

 

Anyway Chauvin gets sentenced on the 25th, a week from Friday. I imagine this thread will go from cold to hot then!

 

It was originally set for the 16th of June but it was pushed back until the 25th. - well that sucks.

 

Gives the present prison population more time to get into shape, ready to beat the crap out of him !!!

 

Since he was a former police officer it's standard practice to initially isolate him from the general prison population,
slowly lifting those restrictions over time since he can't stay in isolation forever.

When that happens I'm sure they'll welcome him with open arms..........lol..

 

So sentencing is scheduled for 12:30 pm EST today. Hope it's stiff enough, a lot of people around the country are prepared to riot!

 

I want to write him a letter to tell him that he was wrong. I want more than anything else for him and other police too to understand that behavior, mentality, and the training which promotes it, or at least enables it, are also not acceptable.

If nothing else, I certainly hope that this verdict and sentence can lead to positive change in policework and training.


With that, I'll chime in... If you can demonstrate that Chauvin's behavior was not acceptable without giving him 30 years, and also demonstrate publicly that he understands that fact - and that he won't be working as a policeman again, I feel like a lighter sentence is acceptable.

BUT

should we get the impression that he's off scot-free, I think fires should burn. It's not ok - not if George Floyd were high, or abusive, or anything, no. Only if the lives of officers are at stake is lethal force authorized. And while that's important to remember, it cannot be the be-all and end-all of our legal proceedings when conduct is questionable.

Here, conduct IS definitely questionable. Are police ever authorized to use lethal force? Yes, they are. Was this that? No, I don't think it was and neither did the jury.



Now, that's my opinion. What do we do though when a jury's verdict is guilty and the crime is second degree murder? Well, it ain't probation...


Sorry Derek. You do the crime, you do the time.