George Floyd and MPD Officer Derek Chauvin likely knew each other. They both worked security at the same club up until a few months before Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd:
That certainly puts a new twist on things. Rather shocking, and calls into question Chauvin's motives. Could it have been premediated?
It may well have been a killing based on a personal grudge rather than racism, but the media prefers to go the race-baiting path, then cover the riots that ensue. It's good for their bottom line.
@OwlInASack It could very well be both racism and personal animosity. By the sounds of it, the charges are weak. The autopsy sounds fishy.
@bingst The autopsy sounds very fishy. I can get behind it not being an asphyxiation issue, honestly that is not the risk I saw most prominently from the video, but occluding the carotid artery for as long as that officer's knee was on his neck and preventing blood flow to the brain could damn sure cause a lethal stroke.