Was it just that he was being held in a prone position or was it perhaps complicated/exacerbated by you know, the cop kneeling on his neck? I mean surely that was the main contributing factor to Floyd’s death at the cops’ hands, wasn’t it? Not just that he was being held on the ground? This long article seems to avoid any details while using the comparison to amp its message.
News story about deaths from prone restraint that starts off with the story of one where the officers were laying across their victim’s back, not standing on his neck - kpbs.org/…/deadly-restraint-despite-decades-of-wa…
Another news site has been doing a long running research project on this that started pre-George Floyd and has accumulated dozens of instances of prone restraint killing people - www.9news.com/…/73-a4ae192c-ceb6-4815-9e72-2f8a80…
I mean… Yay kind of? For profit health care should absolutely be a target for attack.
If enough people die then maybe there can be change. Oh, who are we kidding. If a few congressmen and their families are slightly inconvenienced, there will be hell fire and change. Otherwise thousands can die and nothing will happen.
White males from privileged backgrounds for "the win". Too bad for Florida because it's been proven over and over that a diverse organization has a strong competitive and productivity edge. At least the white boys will have somewhere to strut.
Honestly, Americans could stand to eat a little less than they have been. Like yes, skipping dessert. Americans gained what, an average of 40 pounds during the pandemic? And those pounds never went away either. Personally, I went from 165 to 180. >:(
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