(W:#1334)(W:#1250)George Floyd memorial statue in New York City defaced again

[calamity]

....What a great role model for Americans to follow

What on earth makes you write something that stupid?

 

[calamity]

We'll memorialize people who contributed something of value to the society they lived in.

Have you ever heard of the word "Martyr"?

Look it up.

 

[trixare4kids]

Another article:

"Floyd worked there as a security guard.

Outside Harbor Light, staff and residents gathered to remember one of their own.

“Floyd was a security guard, I actually trained Floyd,” said Darlene Phillips.

Phillips says Floyd helped brighten the lives of his friends, family and community during his time on earth."

George Floyd's Coworkers Memorialize Him At 'Place That Got Him On His Feet'

At the Salvation Army Harbor Light Service Center, staff and residents took time to honor George Floyd Tuesday.

minnesota.cbslocal.com

George Zimmerman did the same for a living. Worked as a security guard... Yet, some are still demonizing him for brightening the lives of his friends, family and community. Are you one of those people?

 

[TurtleDude]

Just those of racists traitors.

it is funny watching some of the woke folks on the left who can muster so much anger against people who have been dead for 150 years while they lionize street thugs

 

[calamity]

More irony from you. You used the broad brush and are now trying to move the goal posts.

It doesn't wash.

No, he nailed ya in your lies...some of the many you spew daily.

 

[calamity]

it is funny watching some of the woke folks on the left who can muster so much anger against people who have been dead for 150 years while they lionize street thugs

Racist statement of the day nominee ^

 

[Overitall]

Most likely, Floyd's fentanyl intoxication would probably be the culprit for triggering his claustrophobia. Plus, he willingly passed a counterfeit bill.

I won't bother digging into the "weeds" of the Flyod case details but I don't recall if there was an official diagnosis of claustrophobia in his medical record. He had a trouble life which ended in a sad way, but it doesn't justify a statue. It cheapens the real purpose of statues that honor those who contributed to society by the actions they took during their lifetime.

 

[SkyFox76]

A jury said otherwise.

He even went further with hopes some conservative group would take up Chauvin's cause to reverse the injustice he was handed.

I would hope some conservative group with money gets behind this. This is an injustice that should be reversed

 

[AmNat]

Have you ever heard of the word "Martyr"?

Look it up.

St. George, martyred for eating Fentanyl and passing fake currency.

 

[Luce]

Most likely, Floyd's fentanyl intoxication would probably be the culprit for triggering his claustrophobia. Plus, he willingly passed a counterfeit bill.

That is not a death penalty offense, and even if it was, police are not a judge, jury, and executioner.

His crimes prior to his death have no bearing whatsoever in the manner of his death.

 

[Atomic Kid]

Most likely, Floyd's fentanyl intoxication would probably be the culprit for triggering his claustrophobia. Plus, he willingly passed a counterfeit bill.

There you go again Trix playing fast loose with the truth. Medical experts testified that the level of fentanyl in his blood was so low that it could not have been a factor. The cause of death was asphyxiation. He was murdered. Period!

 

[trixare4kids]

No amount of panicking from you can change the fact that numerous conservatives are still furious the murderer Derek Chauvin was held accountable.

Next time, write the above instead of writing with the broad brush then...
"Conservatives are still furious Derek Chauvin was held accountable for murdering George Floyd, we know."

 

[TurtleDude]

That is not a death penalty offense, and even if it was, police are not a judge, jury, and executioner.

His crimes prior to his death have no bearing whatsoever in the manner of his death.

perhaps even if the police knew he had a habit of resisting arrest but his life of crime certainly cuts against making a hero out of that piece of shit

 

[TurtleDude]

There you go again Trix playing fast loose with the truth. Medical experts testified that the level of fentanyl in blood was so low that it could not have been a factor. The cause of death was asphyxiation. He was murdered. Period!

He was the victim of a homicide. In my opinion, murder was a stretch

 

[Overitall]

Another article:

"Floyd worked there as a security guard.

Outside Harbor Light, staff and residents gathered to remember one of their own.

“Floyd was a security guard, I actually trained Floyd,” said Darlene Phillips.

Phillips says Floyd helped brighten the lives of his friends, family and community during his time on earth."

George Floyd's Coworkers Memorialize Him At 'Place That Got Him On His Feet'

At the Salvation Army Harbor Light Service Center, staff and residents took time to honor George Floyd Tuesday.

minnesota.cbslocal.com

Anecdotal evidence from family and friends is hardly enough to justify a statue in his honor. If that was the case everyone of us will have a statue erected in our honor.

 

[Tigerace117]

Next time, write the above instead of writing with the broad brush then...
"Conservatives are still furious Derek Chauvin was held accountable for murdering George Floyd, we know."

It literally means the exact same thing bud.

 

[Luce]

perhaps even if the police knew he had a habit of resisting arrest but his life of crime certainly cuts against making a hero out of that piece of shit

Um, nope. Nothing Floyd had done justified the specific manner in which Chauvin killed him.

And again, you seem to be conflating "murder victim" with "hero".

 

[Luce]

He was the victim of a homicide. In my opinion, murder was a stretch

You say that, having seen the video?

 

[trixare4kids]

threatening to murder a pregnant woman by shoving a gun into her belly is hardly a "minor crime"

As I remember the Minneapolis chief of police tried to whitewash Floyd by not reporting on his criminal convictions.

 

[Overitall]

That is not a death penalty offense, and even if it was, police are not a judge, jury, and executioner.

His crimes prior to his death have no bearing whatsoever in the manner of his death.

Yea but the topic isn't about his death but whether what he did in life was deserving of a statue.

 

[SkyFox76]

George Zimmerman did the same for a living. Worked as a security guard... Yet, some are still demonizing him for brightening the lives of his friends, family and community. Are you one of those people?

As I've mentioned before on other threads, I didn't follow that story much at all. Once in awhile I see references to it, but nothing that makes me interested in learning more. I'm not sure why you think providing OIA with positive ways George Floyd touched people's lives has any relevance. It's what he requested.

 

[calamity]

Yea but the topic isn't about his death but whether what he did in life was deserving of a statue.

Why?

 

[trixare4kids]

Um, nope. Nothing Floyd had done justified the specific manner in which Chauvin killed him.

And again, you seem to be conflating "murder victim" with "hero".

You seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill, connecting dots from TD's statement that aren't there.

 

[trixare4kids]

As I've mentioned before on other threads, I didn't follow that story much at all. Once in awhile I see references to it, but nothing that makes me interested in learning more. I'm not sure why you think providing OIA with positive ways George Floyd touched people's lives has any relevance. It's what he requested.

Yeah, like I really believe that...

 

[TurtleDude]

You say that, having seen the video?

yeah, reckless homicide. If his intent was to cause Floyd's death he would have just shot the guy. He knew people were filming him