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The video is very damning. No doubts about that. It was unnecessary force, for an unnecessarily long amount of time and it was ‘probably’ influenced by racism and the officer’s personal experiences. But George’s physical condition and violent record does play a role here as well. And I don’t think it was right to have the trial where an…
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The video is very damning. No doubts about that. It was unnecessary force, for an unnecessarily long amount of time and it was ‘probably’ influenced by racism and the officer’s personal experiences. But George’s physical condition and violent record does play a role here as well. And I don’t think it was right to have the trial where and how they did. No one gained anything except for the establishment who now gets to militarize the police some more and weapons manufacturers. Oh, and the media off course. Lots of ratings! But you and I didn’t gain shit from all that injustice.
Well, SOME exposure.