THIS POST MAY BE A LITTLE PREMATURE BUT I WANT TO GET THIS OFF OF MY MIND. I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH A WOMAN THAT WAS INTERVIEWED BY CNN REGARDING GEORGE FLOYD. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH. THE WOMAN WORKED AT A LOCAL BAR IN MINNEAPOLIS. SHE DIVULGED THAT MR.GEORGE FLOYD AND OFFICER CHAUVIN BOTH WORKED AT THE SAME BAR, AT THE SAME TIME, AS BOUNCERS. I KNOW THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN CNN BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY LIVE NEWS COVERAGE IN ENGLISH AVAILABLE HERE. EVERY OTHER NEWS SOURCE IN ENGLISH IS VIA U-TUBE. THE WOMAN STATED THAT GEORGE FLOYD AND OFFICER CHAUVIN HAD A HISTORY AND DID NOT GET ALONG. I WRONGLY ASSUMED THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE PRESENTED AT TRIAL. ( at least as of today, it has not been presented). MAYBE SOMEBODY MISSED IT. PERHAPS CNN NEEDS TO REVIEW ALL THEIR EARLY INTERVIEW CLIPS PERTAINING TO THIS CASE. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT MOVES TO POSSIBLE MOTIVE IF TRUE. THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE ASKED MYSELF REPEATEDLY REGARDING THE BEHAVIOR OF EX POLICE OFFICER CHAUVIN. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THERE WAS REAL HATE AT WORK THE DAY GEORGE FLOYD DIED.
IF BOTH MEN WERE WORKING AS BOUNCERS, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME COMPETITION BETWEEN THEM. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO WORK “SECURITY” SIDE JOBS TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY. I KNOW IN LOS ANGELES, IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH ALL THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SITES THAT ARE FILMING AWAY FROM STUDIO SETS AND 100 OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE SECURITY IS REQUIRED. THE WOMAN I SAW INTERVIEWED WITHIN JUST A FEW DAYS OF GEORGE FLOYDS’ DEATH, CLEARLY STATED THAT MR. CHAUVIN AND GEORGE FLOYD DID NOT GET ALONG. I MAY BE PREMATURE BRINGING THIS UP. I THINK IT MORE LIKELY THAT THIS EVIDENCE HAS JUST NOT BEEN PRESENTED YET. I DOUBT THAT IT WAS “MISSED”. I AM NOT TRYING TO CREATE A PROBLEM FOR ANYONE BUT A FAIR TRIAL REQUIRES FULL AND ACCURATE EVIDENCE. I KNOW WHAT I SAW AND I KNOW WHAT I HEARD AND I REMEMBER IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDED SO DAMNING TO ME THAT IT STUCK IN MY THOUGHTS.
IT IS NOT EVIDENCE THAT SHOULD BE IGNORED………BUT IF IT IS GONE, IT IS GONE. IT IS IMPORTANT.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MURDER ONE and MANSLAUGHTER.
I RESPECT POLICE OFFICERS. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE EX-POLICE OFFICERS. IT IS NOT A JOB I COULD EVER DO AND THAT IS WHY I RESPECT GOOD COPS. THE POLICE DO “STICK TOGETHER”. THEY KNOW THE DANGER AND THE THREATS TO THEIR LIVES. THEY ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE HYPER LITIGEOUS SOCIETY THAT EXISTS IN THE USA.
I HAVE FAITH THAT TRUTH WILL PREVAIL . IT WILL NOT BE A HAPPY DAY. WE CAN HOPE FOR A JUST AND FAIR DAY.
marc