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George Floyd – Black Man Treated Like a Dog by White Policeman in the USA

The FBI is investigating the death of George Floyd, black man who was pinned on the neck by a police officer and later died in custody. Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison joins The Beat with Ari Melber’s breaking coverage on the latest from the FBI and the protests. While the officers involved have yet to be charged, Ellison argues a “quick arrest” might “make people feel better about justice” it is “important” for investigators to “take the time to make sure that these charges, if they are brought forward, stick.

‘Haunted’: Minnesota Attorney General responds to death and investigation of George Floyd

 

1,656 responses to “George Floyd – Black Man Treated Like a Dog by White Policeman in the USA”

  1. Rick ross300 Avatar
    Rick ross300

    https://youtu.be/lv1KcwD0MuU

  2. Rick ross300 Avatar
    Rick ross300

    https://youtu.be/SYiNIy9j5fw

  3. Rick ross300 Avatar
    Rick ross300

    https://youtu.be/us9oSAuzHzo

  4. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined a group of hundreds of evangelicals marching Sunday as the tenth day of demonstrations took on themes of faith and prayer

    Washington Post
    ++++++++++

    Romney trying to be on the right side of history

  5. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) marched Sunday alongside hundreds of evangelicals protesting racism and the death of George Floyd, as the crowd around them eventually swelled to more than 1,000 in the nation’s capital.

    The former presidential nominee said in an interview that he wanted to find “a way to end violence and brutality, and to make sure that people understand that black lives matter.”

    He is the first Republican senator known to join the demonstrations in the city. President Trump, who last week declared himself “your president of law and order” retweeted a letter from his former attorney John Dowd that referred to the protesters as “terrorists.”

    Under a beating afternoon sun, protesters around Romney waved signs with biblical phrases and chanted: “Do justice! Do justice!”

    Washington Post

  6. lawson Avatar
    lawson

    Waru watched your video I was surprised to hear her say Trudeau went down on one knee for George Floyd……..my full expectation was, any dealings your putz would have with a black man he would more likely be on two knees.

  7. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    That’s no way to speak about your boyfriend, my friend..

  8. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    The image Lawson, the image….lol

  9. Lawson Avatar
    Lawson

    didn’t his ilk look the other way so that land could be stolen

  10. John Avatar
    John

  11. John Avatar
    John

  12. David Avatar
    David

    This time around were the KKK resurrect …

    Editor of Alabama newspaper calls for the Ku Klux Klan to ‘night ride again’

    The editorial in the Democrat-Reporter weekly in Linden railed against Democrats who “are plotting to raise taxes” in the state.
    By Minyvonne Burke

    The editor of a newspaper in Alabama wrote an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan “to night ride again” against Democrats who “are plotting to raise taxes” in the state.

    The editorial, titled “Klan needs to ride again,” appeared in a Feb. 14 print edition of the Democrat-Reporter in Linden, a weekly newspaper covering Marengo County.

    Goodloe Sutton, editor and publisher of the newspaper, confirmed to several local media outlets that he wrote the editorial.

    “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off,” he told the Montgomery Advertiser. “We’ll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them.”

    Image: Goodloe Sutton, a newspaper editor from Alabama
    Goodloe Sutton, a newspaper editor from Alabama, presents the International Press Freedom Award to Ruth Simon, on screen, in New York on Nov. 24, 1998.Stan Honda / AFP/Getty Images file

    In the editorial, Sutton writes that the Democrats and Democrats in the Republican Party “do not understand how to eliminate expenses when money is needed in other areas.”

    “This socialist-communist ideology sounds good to the ignorant, the uneducated, and the simple-minded people,” he wrote.

    The editorial led to outrage after it was shared on Twitter by Chip Brownlee, a journalist for the Alabama Political Reporter. Brownlee told NBC News he is familiar with the Democrat-Reporter and decided to post a picture of the editorial because he “thought other people needed to see it, too.”

    “As an editor, seeing that type of dangerous language in a newspaper is disturbing,” he said. “I think sunlight is the best disinfectant.”

    The editorial also caught the attention of Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., who called on Sutton to resign.

    “OMG! What rock did this guy crawl out from under? This editorial is absolutely disgusting & he should resign -NOW,” Jones tweeted. “I have seen what happens when we stand by while people-especially those with influence- publish racist, hateful views. Words matter. Actions matter. Resign now!”

    “For the millions of people of color who have been terrorized by white supremacy, this kind of ‘editorializing’ about lynching is not a joke — it is a threat,” she tweeted. “These comments are deeply offensive and inappropriate, especially in 2019.”

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/editor-alabama-newspaper-calls-ku-klux-klan-night-ride-again-n973066

  13. John Avatar
    John

    David
    June 7, 2020 9:21 PM

    The editor of a newspaper in Alabama wrote an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan “to night ride again” against Democrats who “are plotting to raise taxes” in the state.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Democrats against Democrats, the Ku Klux Klan is a Democrat organization!!!

    Goodloe Sutton needs to bone up on his history!!

  14. David Avatar
    David

    And in a bygone era WHITE people owned slaves and lived on plantations What is your point?

    >

  15. John Avatar
    John

    cpilgrimeaqaolcom
    June 7, 2020 7:39 PM

    I have consulted with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other groups. I have seen no evidence among the ADL Reports that ANTIFA is a “terrorist” organization, or has ever been charged in any courts in the USA with killing anyone. As I have told conservatives, ANTIFA has never killed anyone. Nor has “Black Lives Natter”. Nor has Rev. Al Sharpton or other activists.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++

    So who killed the black police captain at the BLACK LIVES MATTER protest or the ANTIFA riot/looting spree?

    To which does Stephen Cannon belong?

    https://fox6now.com/2020/06/07/david-dorn-shooting-arrest-murder-charge-announced-in-killing-of-retired-st-louis-police-captain/

  16. John Avatar
    John

    Democrats are a failure.

    Invoking their glory days is a waste of time.

  17. John Avatar
    John

    This is the opinion piece referred to above.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-new-nihilism-11591225713

  18. John Avatar
    John

    Rick ross300
    June 7, 2020 7:04 PM etc.

    Confederate statues to come down

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    The politicians in dysfunctional America are willing to try anything to get reelected, anything to appease the voters.

    Giving a bunch of airheads what they think they want is one way.

    We will see if it translates into votes in November.

    It is really pathetic.

    What do Confederate Statues have to do with George Floyd?

  19. John Avatar
    John

    Complete incompetence in New York

  20. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    @John June 7, 2020 3:12 PM “If you think about it, when Trump stands four square against abortion.”

    How do you know this?

    How do you know that Trump has never been party to an abortion?

    Promiscous as he u=is, do you really believe that he has never caused an unintended pregnancy?

    If so I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you.

  21. John Avatar
    John

  22. John Avatar
    John

    de Blasio is an idiot.

  23. Cuhdear Bajan Avatar
    Cuhdear Bajan

    And you John, and Freedom Crier too.

    If you love black babies so much how come wealthy and Christian as you both claim to be, and with plenty of time on your hands how come you have never gone to the Child Care Board and said to them “give me one or two of those little black babies, I will take them home and raise them to health, happy adulthood.?”

    What has stopped you?

    Besides your hypocrisy?

  24. John Avatar
    John

    Cuhdear Bajan
    June 7, 2020 10:35 PM

    And you John, and Freedom Crier too.
    If you love black babies so much how come wealthy and Christian as you both claim to be, and with plenty of time on your hands how come you have never gone to the Child Care Board and said to them “give me one or two of those little black babies, I will take them home and raise them to health, happy adulthood.?”
    What has stopped you?
    Besides your hypocrisy?

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    I am a male.

    What do I know about nursing babies?

    Have you ever tried it?

  25. BAJE Avatar
    BAJE

    ‘Everything is under perfect control’: Trump says he ordered National Guard to leave DC

    President Donald Trump said in a tweet Sunday that he had ordered the National Guard to withdraw from Washington, D.C., after calling them in response to protests in the capital city that occasionally devolved into vandalism, looting and clashes with police.

    “I have just given an order for our National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., now that everything is under perfect control,” Trump tweeted. “They will be going home, but can quickly return, if needed. Far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated!”

    Protests have taken place in Washington, and across the U.S., since George Floyd, a black man, died after a Minneapolis police officer held him down with a knee on his neck. The president has called for a tough response to the protests in order to “dominate the streets” and has threatened to call in active-duty troops to quell unrest in cities where local authorities were unable to do so.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/everything-under-perfect-control-trump-162724830.html

  26. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    BAJE
    June 7, 2020 11:38 PM

    Trump’s announcement was after the fact, after city mayors had already told the national guard to leave.

    It was a save face on his part.

  27. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Rick ross300
    June 7, 2020 7:46 PM Even though Nelson had his black boyfriend ”kiss me Hardy”.

  28. Crusoe Avatar
    Crusoe

    Rev Al Sharpton and Rev Jesse Jackson are wonderful examples of dignified opposition to oppression. The world now needs youngsters to take over that mantle form them.

  29. robert lucas Avatar
    robert lucas

    @ David June 7, 2020 2:32 PM
    Powell seems to be incapable of getting facts correct. Powell got up before the UN and made an ass of himself with the weapons of mass destruction. He helped start the war in Iraq( he should be tried as a war criminal).He is a toady; he went and presented a case for a cause that he knew was built on fraudulent grounds. Now he is talking about Trump breaching the constitution. As Bill Barr said on faced the nation on CBS yesterday, Trump has the constitutional authority to used troops to quell civil unrest.

  30. robert lucas Avatar
    robert lucas

    @ Hal

    I noticed that some disturbances took place with the BLM demonstrations in the UK. Seems BLM (UK) want to follow BLM(US) and descend into chaos.

  31. robert lucas Avatar
    robert lucas

    Minneapolis councilors have voted to abolish the city’s ‘toxic’ police force after the death of George Floyd.

    We will see what will happen in due course especially with the black on black killings and robberies.

  32. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Robert

    Plse sit down and I will explain, if you do not get it ask again: Police brutality and harassment of black people has been going on since the end of the war, the arrival of Windrush. A large number of people have died in police custody, many have been shot and killed; part of this harassment is detention under the mental health act (if you are not a criminal then you must be mad).
    It does not matter who you are, being black is enough. A few years ago there was a police roadblock in Peckham, in South London, and police were stopping black derivers and basically asking them for details. A car with four black men came down. They were stopped. The young police officer asked them to get out of the car, the driver pulled out his Scotland Yard warrant card; the young officer hesitated, but pushed on by asking each one to get out of the car and each one pilled out a warrant card. He eventually told them to go.
    It was summer and by this time there was a crowd of mainly young black guys. And they started shouting at the police. It was a good example of how lots of hard work to create a better relationship between police and young black people was destroyed within a couple minutes of racist policing.
    The incident with George Floyd, his savage murder, is from the same mindset of the slave driver killing a slave, of a white barrister in Barbados beating a young black man for walking in his area, of a white barrister showing his bottom to a judge and not being reprimanded.
    Racism is a virus, there is a pandemic of it in the UK, it is not exclusively an American thing. It is behaviour driven by privilege, by entitlement, by knowing nothing would happen, and if, by chance there is an outcry, then money can smooth it.
    @Robert, at your age it is unlikely you will change your mind. All I can ask is that you think about what young people all over the world – except in Barbados – have been protesting about.
    @Robert, you went to a school where the most vile and obnoxious of people, Stanton Gittens, was headmaster. We now have a government that represents this social behaviour. That was and is class. Gittens succeeded a white headmaster, a Welshman, the architect of the school culture we now all celebrate. Think about it.

  33. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

    What kind of cuntry has statues of Slave Traders in it’s shitty city of iniquities
    you may as well put up statues of the Devil
    the protestors have the spirit of God in them

  34. Lawson Avatar
    Lawson

    I think the point is Anderson cooper”s family owned slaves and you have given him a pass why is it difficult to give us straight white people a bit of slack.

  35. 555dubstreet Avatar
    555dubstreet

  36. David Avatar
    David

    @Dr. Lucas

    This is a useful link.

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/16/colin-powell-cia-curveball

  37. John Avatar
    John

    robert lucas
    June 8, 2020 5:18 AM

    Minneapolis councilors have voted to abolish the city’s ‘toxic’ police force after the death of George Floyd.
    We will see what will happen in due course especially with the black on black killings and robberies.

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    They will get worse of course

    .https://m.facebook.com/TakeBackThisCountry/videos/869238866899883/?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php&_rdr

  38. David Avatar
    David

    Do you understand what is being requested?

    The crux of the matter is that serious reform is required and in the democratic process people will put forward different proposals all with a view to improve what exist. It is a wip.

    >

  39. John Avatar
    John

    David
    June 8, 2020 8:04 AM

    Do you understand what is being requested?

    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Specify in one sentence what is being requested.

    Meanwhile, ruminate on this clip.

    https://m.facebook.com/mediaresearchcenter/videos/292609895461182/?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php&_rdr

  40. John Avatar
    John

    Legal considerations in prosecuting Chauvin et al.

    Not as simple as the evidence suggests.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/derek-chauvin-set-to-make-first-court-appearance/ar-BB15bRqi?ocid=spartandhp

  41. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    Apologies if I am behind the curve, but has the president made a statement on the George Floyd affair yet, and especially about the banned march on Saturday organised by David Denny?

  42. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    SATURDAY JUNE 13TH

    https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/246000/bid-stage-protest-march-saturday

  43. Greene Avatar
    Greene

    @Hal

    you have demonstrated a lot of patience with Robert. i commend you for it. that is all i have to say about that

  44. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Wuhloss, Black John, the exposure is real 😉

    https://www.facebook.com/mjane.goddard.3/videos/340140253633084/?t=9

  45. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    The elite thieves in Barbados love to add the word royal to everything they tiefing, it is a pattern, so since the cousins in the Palace love to add the word royal to everything too….one must ask, what do they know about all these THEFTS OF LAND and ESTATES etc from the people of Barbados, cause it’s very clear that the local THIEVES who are at the top of government and the judiciary had no problem attaching their names and the word royal to these THEFTS as though they are invincible and untouchable…yes we noted they STOLE EVERYTHING and have people in Canada and everywhere else claiming ownership, everyone except the local people these properties belong to….

  46. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Greene

    Barbados is a complex nation. Things are never what they seem. Most often the very actors in the pantomime are not even aware they are acting. A young pop group in South Korea has donated $1m to Black Lives Matter – and the fans went out and doubled it immediately.
    Our president, who will speak for three hours on why ice melts in heat, has remained silent. The silent talker. I have said on numerous occasions that Mottley is head and shoulders above her Cabinet. Has any member of the Cabinet spoken out about George Floyd? Is it not strange that all 26 should remain silent at a time when for the last two weeks or so the entire liberal world has been torn apart with anger at what happened in Minnesota?
    Does it not surprise you that a professional protester such as David Commissiong was absent from the march on Saturday. Coincidence?
    Despots are often elected charismatic leaders, it is not new. Read Plato’s The Republic. Plato was not a democrat. I know some people do not like us learning from Europeans and North Americans, but read How Democracies Die, by Levitsky and Ziblatt. It is a good guide to how states are captured by bullies. Can you get more undemocratic than telling people they may work but not get paid. The last time that happened was during slavery.
    For those who think it cannot happen here, when the jack boots march through your sitting room will be too late to protest.

  47. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Something has to be done about this situation in Barbados where they steal properties from generations of people, it is not normal, fair nor legal just like the racism and oppression they allow to be practiced and cannot continue, they only do it because the court system has been corrupt from the 1960s and nothing has ever changed..but the world is now being enlightened about this little island where evil is practiced against the people….so yes, the marches to dismantle all that evil emanating form those in the parliament and the judiciary against the people must begin…how bout that.

  48. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Commissiong will return with his bullshit fraud scam when he is no longer holding an empty shite post of ambassador to caricom or some such, cherry picking what to protest about without making any real changes to benefit anyone outside his family of crooks………the people are waiting for him.

  49. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Interesting article, those lived in UK in that era may know about this.

    https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/paul-stephenson-bristol-civil-rights-698560

  50. Sargeant Avatar
    Sargeant

    If wunnah think that Bajans are strange fish to be die hard Trump supporters who will brook no opposition to his policies and go out of their way to castigate and denigrate those who object to him; Leh me tell wunnah a short story. I knew people who were vociferous supporters of the England and Australian cricket teams that toured the WI rather than cheer for their Caribbean brothers. Many of those people couldn’t find either country on a map and needless to say had never visited them.

    It is bred in the bone.

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