About the nation. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black americans and black men in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human. We cant stop here. We can and we must do more to reduce the likelihood of tragedies like this will ever occur again and this takes acknowledging and confronting head on systemic racism and the Racial Disparities that have existed in policing and our criminal Justice System more broadly. Thats the big lie, systemic racism. Did joe biden always believed the nation was racist to its core . Did he believe this when barack obama and he were elected not once but twice in a historic election . Did that do nothing to remove this stain on our nation . What about the 1965 Civil Rights Act . Does joe biden really believe he presides over a country where Law Enforcement is essentially a racist killing machine . Who knows . Even if hes not the one making the calls on this he is mouthing the words . But do not think fo
Crowd, the group of people that have gathered around and were watching affected the officers in their use of force . So i kind of go back to the Situational Awareness issue is that, yes, the officers are dealing with mr. Floyd, but theres also other factors for them to consider. And in this case the crowds started to grow in size, started to become more vocal. So now officers are always trained to deal with, right so what threat is the biggest threat . Is the suspect on the ground in front of me in handcuffs that we have relatively controlled or is it the unknown threat posed by the crowd that could go from verbal to trying to interfere with my arrest process in a matter of seconds . Did you factor that into your analysis of this case . I did. How so . I could see that officer chauvins focus started to move from mr. Floyd to the crowd. To one point i think officer chauvin felt threatened enough he withdrew his pepper spray canister and gave verbal commands to the crowd to stay back, so
Situational awareness issue, is that, yes, the officers are dealing with mr. Floyd, but theres also other factors for them to consider. And in this case, the crowd started to grow in size, started to become more vocal. So now officers are always trained to deal with right, so what threat is the biggest threat . Is it the suspect on the ground in front of me in handcuffs that we have relative control or is it the unknown threat posed by the crowd that could go from verbal to trying to interfere with my arrest process in a matter of seconds. Did you factor that into your analysis of this case . I did. How did it how so . I could see officer chauvins focus started to move from mr. Floyd to the crowd. To at one point i think officer chauvin felt threatened enough that he withdrew his pepper spray canister and gave verbal commands to the crowd to step back. So, just to kind of wrap up, could you summarize the final opinions that you have made in this case . I felt that officer chauvins inte
The shooting happened April 2021 as Derek Chauvin was on trial in Minneapolis on murder charges in George Floyd's killing. Wright's death sparked several days of protests.