More riots next year ?

Could we be in for more rioting next year ?

The apparent murder of George Floyd by Officer Chauvin of the Minneapolis police department may still be causing problems in several communities in America next year.

The video that was released at first depicted a blatant suffocation of a cuffed suspect in custody by an officer who appeared to have no regard for the suspects life. I like most everyone who viewed the video was outraged at the officers who did this and the ones who allowed it to happen.   BUT!!!

Recent release of body cam videos and testimony of an officer on the scene paints a different picture.

 Let me paint a picture based on what I saw and heard, that answers some questions I had from the beginning. Some of this is conjecture as I was not privy to radio traffic nor discussions between the officers on the scene except what the videos picked up.

As stated at the beginning, officer Chauvin and his partner took a call [ probably a BOLO} about Mr. Floyd trying to pass a bogus bill on a shop owner and since officer Chauvin knew Mr. Floyd from working security with him at a local club, he had an idea where he might be hanging out and headed in the general area. They did in fact encounter Mr. Floyd and pulled him over for an interview about the call.

At this time according to officer Chauvin's partner they determined that Mr. Floyd acted as though he may have been high on something and the video shows he was reluctant to get out of the car when asked. At that time he was arrested, cuffed and removed to stand beside the building while the officers searched his car. This is where the original video picks up. Mr. Floyd was squatting next to the building when an officer helps him up and starts to escort him to the unit. The next scene Mr. Floyd is on the pavement beside the unit with officer Chauvin's knee on the back of his neck for 8 minutes.

To the best of my knowledge this hold, if you will, has never caused death when used and only restricts air and blood so that the person will be calmer and can be controlled easier. Looking at the new video it's plan to see that Mr. Floyd is larger and heavier than any of the officers present plus he has a record [ of which they would have known when they called dispatch for wants and warrants check ] and Mr. Floyd resisted being placed into the unit which caused him to be wrestled to the ground in the first place.

Ad to that the autopsy states that he did not die from lack of oxygen but from complications from ingestion of drugs and you can see that as bad as it looked to begin with, after more evidence has been presented and that information will all come out at the trial in March of next year, that it will be very difficult to bring back a guilty verdict against officer Chauvin. Mr. Floyd died because he resisted arrest and even though the medical cause was drug overdose he may still be alive had he not resisted.

Unfortunately, this scenario plays out in most cases of officer /suspect altercations and the sad thing is that less than 1 % of resistance ends up  with the suspect getting away and most of those get arrested again. does not seem like it's worth it to me, Just say'in      

Based on what we have seen this year that tells me next year is going to be a mess in the more liberal states and cities in the country.  I pray that calmer heads will prevail.    Dutch