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Originally Posted by Yamer
However, I personally believe that there was greater disregard by Chauvin for the action and attention around him because of who George Floyd was, including the color of his skin. That doesn't necessarily mean a direct, overt act of racism, but I think it illustrates a systemic problem that infects and/or is too easily manifested in police like Chauvin.
Yes, people of all races and creeds are killed/murdered by police all the time. In this specific case I believe race played a factor in the actions and result. That is just my personal opinion, and proving that in court is going to be very difficult.
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My bad - here's the video properly posted.
I hear what you're saying, I just don't know how you can consider that belief to be justified. In the above video, if exactly the same things happened but the man who died happened to be black, you'd have to draw the same conclusion about racial bias contributing to a disregard for his life. That should give you at least some pause.
At the end of the day I think this is most likely correct, subject to the caveat that there are obviously going to be exceptions:
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Police use excessive force and kill people of all races all the time. The race related component is the rate of interactions as opposed to the death. If the interaction with a white guy went down the same way, which it does, all the time, I don't see it playing out any different.
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