Editor’s analysis : The George Floyd Story

America has seen yet another death of a young black male at the hands of a white police officer.

Police were called to a convenience store in Powderhorn, a southern neighborhood in the Minnesota, after George Floyd had allegedly used a $20 bill which the employee identified as a counterfeit.

Somehow this led to Floyd’s neck being brutally knelt on by a man who had sworn to protect the people of Minnesota, including George Floyd.

The incident was filmed by a bystander and has since been reposted and seen on various social media platforms.

In the video Derek Chauvin can be clearly seen kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. Floyd continuously pleads “I can’t breathe ” and calls out for his mother.

Even after Floyd became unresponsive, there was no attempt by Chauvin to check on Floyd for 2 minutes 53 seconds.

Most social media companies are doing their best to remove the video off their platforms as they say it breaks violent conduct guidelines

There is no excuse that Mr Chauvin can give that Chauvin can give that justifies his actions. He was complete and utterly wrong.

To continue to keep his knee on Floyd even after Floyd said he couldn’t breathe is a complete disregard to human life and so I believe Derek Chauvin should have been charged with Second Degree Murder.

Protests

The state of Minnesota along with several other states has been lit up in flames by protesters

People everywhere in the US of all races have united for one cause. The black community in the US have had enough, they no longer want to be belittled by police. They no longer want to die in the hands of police brutality.

Regarding the looting, Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz said

The situation in Minneapolis is now about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great city.

(Source: bbc.co.uk)

I hate seeing comments like these by politicians as it does nothing but fuel problem at hand. Saying such a thing when people are mourning over the atrocities committed toward black citizens will only make more and more people want riot.