I Told You So !

 I hate to be an "I Told You So" but,

Back in April of last year I posted about the outcome of the Chauvin trial and now it's almost over.

An officer doing his duty is now going to serve 22 years in prison, if he lives that long inside, and that's just on one charge. There may be more time added after the other 3 officers have their day in court.

For what ?  Because he spent to much time applying a suppression hold to calm a suspect to keep him from harming himself or others. Understand I don't condone what he did ! He spent to long on Mr. Floyd's back and mishandled the whole situation in my opinion but, that didn't kill Mr. Floyd, the large amount of drugs consumed just before arrest to keep from being charged with possession, and resisting arrest killed Mr. Floyd.

In a more perfect world the officers would have realized that the suspect was suffering from a possible drug overdose and called for a medical evaluation before or maybe in route to booking, but that would entailed the suspect not resisting and riding along to the hospital, which Mr. Floyd clearly was not going to let them even put him in the unit and that was what caused his death. Resisting arrest almost always ends with the suspect being hurt or killed and usually for a small charge that certainly isn't worth it.

Now the rest of us are less protected than before, and will be that way for a long time, as almost no one in their right mind is going to want to be in law enforcement. If it continues to the conclusion that some would like to see, we will be back to the wild wild west with everyone packing heat and survival of the fittest. Is that what we want ? 

If only we could except responsibility for our own actions and stop blaming others for our short cummings, learn to face the fact when we get caught breaking the law that resisting is futile and will only make things worse, and stop blaming the police for doing their job because it interferes with our idea of how we want to live, will these altercations get better outcomes. 

                                                                    STOP RESISTING !