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 !

                                                                       

    

Floyd, fair trial or not ?

 As I've stated in other posts the trial of officer Chauvin will almost assuredly be unfair.

It's impossible to find jurors that haven't formed some kind of opinion about it, no matter what they say.  Plus the fact of serious riots on the horizon if they find to acquit.

From what I've seen so far, officer Chauvin did nothing illegal. The restraint he used did not cause the death of Mr. Floyd. Resisting arrest along with a drug overdose caused Mr. Floyd's death. Mr. Floyd was complaining of not being able to breath before they even tried to get him in the unit to transport do to the reaction of the drugs and the restraint has been used many times to handle a large suspect that is combative when the need to calm them down to protect all persons is needed. 

That restraint would not have restricted the airflow on Mr. Floyd enough to cause a problem especially considering the upper body size and strength of Mr. Floyd.

Once again the suspect, through his own actions, caused his fate. DON"T RESIST !!

But now comes the problem, to find in favor of the prosecution and avoid a riot or find in favor of officer Chauvin and face sure destruction at the hands of Antifa and the like, even though the city awarded millions to the family to keep the riots at bay.

If the finding is guilty of anything, the police will most assuredly stop trying to place anyone that try's to resist in jail, rendering the hole force, save for traffic division, useless and since they have already defunded them, should fit right in with their overall plan to turn Minneapolis into a "survival of the fittest" city.  

We need to let the police do the job they are trained for and teach those outside the force how to behave when or if a confrontation occurs.

 And if you have never had to restrain anyone you have no business pointing fingers at a law enforcement officer when he does, without knowing all the information. Seeing just one side will never give a clear view of what actually transpired and you will almost always be wrong. Don't second guess !