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crowd begins 9 minute kneel for how long George Floyd was made to suffer (Original Post)
Demovictory9
May 2020
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erronis
(15,328 posts)1. I can't imagine having a living person under my knee that long, slowly dying.
And doing that vile act consciously, willingly, on purpose.
Is that what policing is about? Hurting and killing others?
I thought it was about protecting all of us. Perhaps the most vulnerable being protected the most. Not your tribe, your race, you family. All of us.
crickets
(25,983 posts)2. Incredibly moving.
brer cat
(24,605 posts)3. Wearing masks and keeping their distance.
That is very moving. I can't imagine what he suffered for those long 9 minutes.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)4. speaks volumes.
What a long time that is...a lifetime.