Another bad apple (George Floyd case)

[StarRaider]

“You ain't a real rioting looter if you don't vote for me"

fyp

 

[Chris4Vols22]

How many times can they get caught doing this sort of thing before you start questioning them?

Yeah, any moderately intelligent person questions the news. Unintelligent people generally make statements such as yours.

 

[lawgator1]

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Trump thinks Posse Comitatus is a porn star.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Some people are simply sheep that have no life experiences outside their bubbles

Oh the irony lmao.

 

[rjd970]

I’ve been no fan of CNN, especially the last couple of months. Even their reporting on Minneapolis has been over the top.

But that crew getting arrested was wrong, in every way you look at it. Blaming the crew and defending the police even in the face of plain as day video just goes to show you that some people are going to believe what they want, literally no matter what.

 

[Bigun]

Now this would really get ratings up......

 

[golfballs]

Is there any responsibility placed on the police chief (who is black) or the Mayor who appointed him (who is a Dem)? Is it possible that if residents of a city want to change the way things are they quit voting for the same people?

 

[happy-go_vol]

In order to get to their car, they would have to break through the police lines or building that were surrounding them. Don't you think it'd be foolish to do either of those things? All the cops had to do was tell them where to go. They were basically begging them in order to be compliant.

The police no longer tell people why they're being arrested. Thatcis pretty scary.

 

[golfballs]

When the looting starts the shooting starts

 

[rjd970]

Is there any responsibility placed on the police chief (who is black) or the Mayor who appointed him (who is a Dem)? Is it possible that if residents of a city want to change the way things are they quit voting for the same people?

Been asking that for years on a national level with Congress from both parties.

 

[volbeast33]

This is what my cynical side suspects.

Yep..... what I believe happened.... cops told them to stay out of the area multiple times resulting in them being threatened to be arrested the next time it happened.... the cnn crew came back in the area with planned talking points.... waited till a certain point and started their talking points..... probably muting out what the cops are saying bc we don’t really hear much beside the reporter talking.

 

[KB5252]

Maybe so . . . but it's incredibly stupid to arrest a member of the media - live on the air - given the context of what is happening. The optics are horrible.

I agree with this. I think it very possible they were asked to leave prior but to arrest them was stupid. I can also understand the reasoning for police to want them or if specific areas. They likely want to keep routes open for quick deployment and fallback. News outfits with cameras attract protesters and create bottlenecks often times. Plenty of blame to spread around.

Either way it's a horrible look at the worst possible time PR wise for that department.

 

[ETV]

Now this would really get ratings up......

Armed or for surveillance purposes only?

 

[golfballs]

 

[golfballs]

It’s amazing how Trump causes these things to happen in Dem-controlled places

 

[McDad]

Yep..... what I believe happened.... cops told them to stay out of the area multiple times resulting in them being threatened to be arrested the next time it happened.... the cnn crew came back in the area with planned talking points.... waited till a certain point and started their talking points..... probably muting out what the cops are saying bc we don’t really hear much beside the reporter talking.

Cops may have been under orders to not make any statements on camera other than "under arrest".

 

[rjd970]

When has anyone come out and said they refuse to prosecute the officer that killed Floyd? WTF?

 

[Volsfaninva917]

When has anyone come out and said they refuse to prosecute the officer that killed Floyd? WTF?

I think the opportunity to prosecute came years ago in a different, unrelated situation

 

[golfballs]

When has anyone come out and said they refuse to prosecute the officer that killed Floyd? WTF?

https://nypost.com/2020/05/29/amy-klobuchar-previously-declined-to-prosecute-cop/

 

[Rickyvol77]

When has anyone come out and said they refuse to prosecute the officer that killed Floyd? WTF?

It was from a previous incident. Although I’ll defend Amy here because the officer was 100% in the right on that incident. He shot and killed a man who had stabbed several people and attempted to shoot him with a shotgun

 

[TrumpedUpVol]

When has anyone come out and said they refuse to prosecute the officer that killed Floyd? WTF?

This was in the past for unrelated incedents.

 

[KB5252]

Been asking that for years on a national level with Congress from both parties.

Human nature is to deflect blame, people don't like to consider they are part of the problem. People also dislike change so they stick with what they know.

 

[rjd970]

I agree with this. I think it very possible they were asked to leave prior but to arrest them was stupid. I can also understand the reasoning for police to want them or if specific areas. They likely want to keep routes open for quick deployment and fallback. News outfits with cameras attract protesters and create bottlenecks often times. Plenty of blame to spread around.

Either way it's a horrible look at the worst possible time PR wise for that department.

Yep..... what I believe happened.... cops told them to stay out of the area multiple times resulting in them being threatened to be arrested the next time it happened.... the cnn crew came back in the area with planned talking points.... waited till a certain point and started their talking points..... probably muting out what the cops are saying bc we don’t really hear much beside the reporter talking.

Cops may have been under orders to not make any statements on camera other than "under arrest".

..."it very possible", "I believe", "Cops may have been"...

SMH - it's all on video and was taped live....anything else is conjecture and reaching for the narrative you want.

 

[rjd970]

I think the opportunity to prosecute came years ago in a different, unrelated situation

Ah. Makes sense. I thought there had been some sort of statement about the Floyd case.

 

[KB5252]

I

..."it very possible", "I believe", "Cops may have been"...

SMH - it's all on video and was taped live....anything else is conjecture and reaching for the narrative you want.

I admittedly don't know one way or the other. But I can't imagine something didn't lead up to this though. Still think it was stupid to do, achieved nothing and makes them look even more incompetent.