kaen
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Mr. Floyd is a victim of a cop out of control. His actions with the store employee are not the issue here. Making this about the way he could have avoided interfacing with the cop takes away from the fact that the cop killed him. It is not "Mr. Floyd made a bad choice and should have known that an interaction with police was going to potentially harm him." Mr. Floyd might have said, "Call the police. I didn't give you the bill. " for all we know. Let's not make him the bad actor as it is all too familiar when a person of color is killed--let's look at their past, let's dissect their actions when the big egregious action is right in front of us. Mr. Floyd deserves better. IMHO.
There are many reasons to not take the bill from the store employee, including that it might not have been the bill he gave them.
Mr. Floyd is a victim of a cop out of control. His actions with the store employee are not the issue here. Making this about the way he could have avoided interfacing with the cop takes away from the fact that the cop killed him. It is not "Mr. Floyd made a bad choice and should have known that an interaction with police was going to potentially harm him." Mr. Floyd might have said, "Call the police. I didn't give you the bill. " for all we know. Let's not make him the bad actor as it is all too familiar when a person of color is killed--let's look at their past, let's dissect their actions when the big egregious action is right in front of us. Mr. Floyd deserves better. IMHO.
There are many reasons to not take the bill from the store employee, including that it might not have been the bill he gave them.
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