Cal Thomas: The George Floyd narrative troyrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from troyrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It is difficult to change a narrative once it has been established in the publicâs mind.
A narrative was firmly fixed by the media, activists, and rioters prior to the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which opened Monday. Chauvin is charged with murdering George Floyd.
Many people have seen the nearly nine-minute video of Chauvin pressing his knee on Floydâs neck while Floyd pleaded, âI canât breathe.â
What they may not have seen, and the jurors should view, is a much longer treatment of the scene that begins with a store owner approaching a police officer, claiming a man, later identified as Floyd, had passed off a counterfeit $20 bill. The owner points to a car across the street. He says the man is in it.
Cal Thomas: The George Floyd narrative
Watch the video, read the medical examiner s documents, and see how the original narrative was wrong. Will jurors succumb to political pressure and the threat of more rioting, or will they examine the entire video and make their decision based on evidence?
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It is difficult to change a narrative once it has been established in the public’s mind.
A narrative was firmly fixed by the media, activists, and rioters prior to the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, which opened March 29. Chauvin is charged with murdering George Floyd.
Many people have seen the nearly nine-minute video of Chauvin pressing his knee on Floyd’s neck while Floyd pleaded, “I can’t breathe.”
Police Inspector, Brother Claimed They Were Town Watch When They Chased and Beat Man With Autism, DA Says – NBC Bay Area nbcbayarea.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nbcbayarea.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Philadelphia Police Inspector James Smith and his brother, Patrick Smith, a former Philadelphia police detective, are charged with assault after police say they chased down a man with autism and beat him.
The man was thrown into a pillar and then the ground in a Northeast Philadelphia shopping center parking lot in August 2020, police said.
The Smiths were off-duty at the time and claimed they were members of a town watch, police said.
A Philadelphia police inspector and his brother claimed they were members of a town watch when they chased down a man with Asperger syndrome in Northeast Philadelphia and beat him, investigators say.