Newly-released bodycam footage of the arrest of George Floyd reveals he was in a blind panic when officers drew guns on him. His revelation that he had been shot in the past suggests he was suffering from a form of post traumatic stress, which would explain his resistance to the officers' attempts to detain him.
The following is disturbing to watch, and one wonders what the outcome would have been had the police not been so quick to point their firearms at an unarmed man.
Begin at the 11:00 mark.
More wood for the fire, Lorne. The more these horror stories assault our conscience, the harder it becomes for me to grasp how this all ends. The BLM revival meets the rise of white supremacy, the bungling of the pandemic and the very real prospect the next wave will be far more devastating, the climate emergency in all its dimensions sidelined, to the point of obscurity. What I fear most is that our resilience has faltered at the very moment when most needed. How this plays out is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteThe situation is undeniably dire, Mound. it does seem we are almost at the point of no return.
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