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Demovictory9

(32,462 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 05:06 PM May 2020

crowd begins 9 minute kneel for how long George Floyd was made to suffer

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crowd begins 9 minute kneel for how long George Floyd was made to suffer (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2020 OP

I can't imagine having a living person under my knee that long, slowly dying. erronis May 2020 #1

Incredibly moving. crickets May 2020 #2

Wearing masks and keeping their distance. brer cat May 2020 #3

speaks volumes. stillcool May 2020 #4

erronis

(15,306 posts)

1. I can't imagine having a living person under my knee that long, slowly dying.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 05:13 PM

May 2020

And doing that vile act consciously, willingly, on purpose.

Is that what policing is about? Hurting and killing others?

I thought it was about protecting all of us. Perhaps the most vulnerable being protected the most. Not your tribe, your race, you family. All of us.