Lost in all this fear hate war mongering are two things. Boy Floyd who got snuffed to start the most recent round has handcuffed and lying face down in custody when the Law killed him. Sat there and felt his pulse stop. And, the fact that useless piece of human shit was there, with fentanyl in his system, passing counterfeit money. And he was stupid enough to stay in front of the Liquor store 20 minutes after the store employees confronted him. He sat there in his car.
So which is worse ?
Neither of these are the excuse to incite what happened in this country since. So, where is the movement to hold accountable the shit stirrers ?
lets assume all the things are true about Floyd. Is it worth a death sentence? Not by our current laws.
He was (because he was cuffed) in the care of the government. They have a responsibility to preserve life.
He was not 'innocent' but all of expect that if we are taken into custody, that the police will keep us safe. It is required by law.
The biggest forest fires were usually caused by the smallest of flames. To have the Floyd case ignite so many people, they were dry tinder ripe for ignition.
Look at how a football player kneeling (on the advice of a decorated war veteran) during the national anthem stirred people to boycott games, and be enraged over something that was symbolic. The reaction to that leads to the protests over Floyd. Your dog taps the door to go out, you ignore him, he shits on the rug.
I separate the protesters from the violent folks. The cost of protest is minimal and generally done by folks who believe they are disenfranchised. The violent folks are opportunists. They don't have a side and if they weren't on one side they'd be on the other.
Floyd was, at minimum, an addict turned criminal. Not a good citizen. The policeman in this instance showed judgement that is well beneath any standard.
The result, LOTS of unhappy people.