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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFloyd trial: This is superficial
but doesn't their expert look exactly like Robin Williams doing a role with an Irish accent? I'm being distracted by this...
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Floyd trial: This is superficial (Original Post)
flotsam
Apr 2021
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obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)1. Agree
It is superficial.
vanlassie
(5,681 posts)2. It's the Chauvin trial, actually.
Bev54
(10,070 posts)3. Thank you, I am tired of people calling it the George Floyd trial
George Floyd is not on trial he was a victim, his murderer is on trial and it should aptly be referred to by the name of the person on trial.
Ms. Toad
(34,086 posts)5. Interesting.
From a legal standpoint, you are of course correct.
But from the persepctive of people who have asked (generally) that we stop using the name of the perpetrators of hate-based violence, calling it the Floyd trial also makes sense. It emphasizes the person who was murdered, rather than the murderer. When I hear it referred to as the Floyd trial what comes to my mind is seeking justice for George Floyd.