From the very start of the year, we dove deep into the systematic racism that plagues society- how it serves to help certain groups and exploit others. We know that George Floyd has not been the only victim of this flawed system but thankfully, due to one brave bystander, the entire devastating situation was filmed.
I won’t write too much on this topic because I would like to hear your opinion on this matter. 20 sentences or more please and thank you 🙂
You can read more on this matter in the below articles:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/20/us/derek-chauvin-trial-george-floyd-deliberations/index.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/20/guilty-verdict-chauvin-trial/
Please respond to the questions below:
- What is your opinion / reaction on Derek Chauvin’s guilty charge?
- Do you think, to play devil’s advocate, that Derek Chauvin is receving too much of a backlash? That there were many others who have done what Chauvin has and gotten away with it – who continue to do what Chauvin has done and get away with it?
- Moving forward, do you think that things will change for non-white communities? Do you think that attitudes towards multiculturalism and diversity will be positively affected because of Chauvin’s actions?
Good morning or evening. I’m going to try and make this as unbiased as possible so yeah noice. So, what happened? On May 26th, 2020, Derek Chauvin decided to kill George Floyd because he was on “drugs.” and he thought he was resisting arrest. Obviously, he did not get away with this at all and he was quickly convicted of 3rd degree Murder and 2nd degree Manslaughter which is a maximum sentence of around 25 years ago, a week later the 3 officers with him were charged and he was increased to 2nd degree murder. In March 2021 the trial began, with a well diverse jury. The Prosecutor was Eric Nelson a black man who argues that Chauvin’s behavior caused this since he was treating Floyd with no respect whatsoever. Meanwhile his lawyer who I forgot his name claimed that Chauvin’s actions were justified. The trial went on for about a month with questioning and debates in the end, he was found guilty on all 3 charges and sentencing is supposed to happen in 2 months for now he will be held in jail with no bail. Aftermath most politicians were happy however they do not believe this will cause any good things to justice sure they found him guilty. But a court case doesn’t necessarily stop racism. Obviously, some right-wing politicians were insanely unhappy and treated this as a declaration of war. You may wonder the max sentence well it is 40 years for 2nd degree murder 3rd degree is 25 years and 2nd degree Manslaughter is 10 years
Now my thoughts well I think this should’ve happened and it happened because well Eric Nelson presented his case well and his lawyer failed to think why it was justified. This was clearly something that had been done and most people were really happy that he got convicted and it may help it may not I don’t know. Well, the truth is many who did kill “Black victims” did actually get convicted. However most people are mad is the treatment of black and white prisoners. White prisoners get treated better then black in well most cases. Charges fired is not really racially biased in my opinion and it can be justified purely based on crime, in most US States but states with very bad discrimination laws could easily be racially biased. Obviously, this isn’t ok so that is probably the main reason they are mad. However, it is debatable whether Derek Chauvin was clearly killing him for racial reasons The truth is that a court case can’t kill racism and people who did not like Derek Chauvin’s verdict are probably just going to be even more racist than they had before so there is that. However, I do believe it helped a little and that the US would be calmer than before, after Derek Chauvin’s court case there are several people who like it and dislike it, this is politics at his finest. THE END!
Hello, my name Is Alan and today I will be talking about Derek Chauvin’s guilty charge and giving my opinion about it. So if you don’t know about it well, its basically about a police officer that knelt on a black guys neck and just knelt on top of his neck for about 9 minutes and ended up killing him. And year later he was sent to court, and was found guilty for second degree unintentional murder, third degree murder, and a second degree manslaughter. And I know I don’t watch the news at all but based off of what I read I think that he should have a pretty bad punishment. And so far it says that he might be getting a 40 year sentence in jail, and a bunch of other longer times in jail for his other degrees of murder. And I think the way the police officer acted was really dumb because 1. why would he kneel on someone’s neck and expect him to live, or he knew that he was going to die and think that he would not get a punishment. And 2. what kind of training did he take to think that someone would survive if you knelt on their neck for 9 minutes. And 3. Why did his punishment take a whole entire year for him to go to court and get his punishments resolved. And im glad that Derek finally got to court to find his punishment. But then again I don’t understand why he did not go to court earlier because the way I see it the moment he did that after some time there were protesters everywhere and it was also in the news, so I don’t why it took so long for him to go to court. And also big murderers for example have been caught with no questions asked and went to court. But no it took Derek 1 year for him to go to court. And I think most of the reason it took him so long was because he was a white police officer that killed a black man. And also there are other white police officers that also killed black people on purpose. But imagine if you were a white police officer that is not racist, what would happen to them. Because people might think that he is racist just because he is a white police officer, and imagine if he or she killed a black person but it was actually valid. Then people might riot and stuff because they would think that he is a racist police. If I was on the other side and If I thought that Derek was good than I would think that what Derek is receiving is way too much because what the court and people are thinking is to give him a 80+ years of prison and that is basically a lifetime of jail, and just think that if I was him that would be very sad, and maybe he did not kill him intentionally, or he just knows something about what the black person did that know one else knows. So I think that he is receiving to much hate and that less years in prison would be better because the embarrassment would be enough. I think that white police officers are receiving to much hate from people whether if they are bad or not. And I think that Derek’s case does not help matters against other white police officers. And since this case was really big and yes I think that thoughts against white police officers will change big time. And all this situation really does against the hate for white police officers is that people will not trust them as much and if they do something just a little bad by accident then people will think that as assault because people will not trust as much. And so in conclusion I think overall this situation will hopefully bring more peace for the whole world. By: Alan.
My opinion, and reaction on Derek Chauvin’s guilty charge. My opinion on Derek Chauvin is that I think he is guilty, because he kneels on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed, and he said he cannot breathe, but the police officer did not stop for nine minutes so I think he should be punished, so this is some of my opinions about Derek Chauvin. My reaction is very angry, mad, sad, shock, so this is some reactions about the death of George Floyd.
Derek Chauvin is getting too much backlash because other police offices have killed black people too, so why only Derek Chauvin is getting in trouble, and other police offices are just getting away with it, so I think ever police offices that killed a black person should get in trouble too.
I do not think, so I think later it will change but I do not think right now, but if the white people treat the black people equal than the world will be peace again, so I think so it will change and there would not be non-white communities, and there will be all kinds of communities in the world. I do not think the attitudes towards multiculturalism and diversity will be positively affected because of Chauvin’s actions, because it needs a lot of people too change not just only one person, so I think one day it will change, but I do not know when.
1. I am no white, no trump supporter, but a Chinese born Canadian who believes in justice. I believe that everyone deserves the same rights, the same opportunities, and the same rights t live. I am not blind. I saw the videos of George Floyd’s death. The second I saw the video there was no doubt in my head that Derek Chauvin was guilty. Any living being with enough common sense can tell Derek Chauvin should not have done what he did. His sentence is not enough. He killed an innocent live, let him repay. Give him the time to think about the pain he had caused on the Floyds, his family, those others out their who were also in pain. They said George was drunk the only one drunk is him and all the other police there. I. CAN’T. BREATHE. Which word does he not understand. Stuff some common sense into the man before he becomes a police. Gosh!
2. I think Chauvin deserves what he got. Yes, a loot of pressure is put on him, but suck it up, buttercup. He deserves it. Okay lets get this straight I’m not saying the people that were hurt in the past are not important, but the past is the past. We can’t change that anymore. But you know what we can do, focus on the future. Together we can change the future. One voice can make a difference, but all together we can make more than just a difference we can change the world.
3. Of course it’s going to change. However, there will still be down times. I hope that it will make a impact and this become history. I’m not white, I’m part of the LGBTQ+ community. Why wouldn’t i what change. I’m willing to put all my effort into this. I believe life is amazing and it will walk down great paths. Together we can make a change. We fought so hard, why shouldn’t get justice. Life is can be reasonable. We can get what we deserve.
As we may all know, George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin last year. As the issue has finally been found guilty, it certainly should’ve been announced earlier. Although Derek Chauvin was punished with 40 years of jail (maybe less), people still had tried to cover up the incident by saying the murder was “unintentional” and that he seemed like a “reasonable officer”. In the past, there were even rumors that he died because of heart disease or drug overdose but, was proved wrong by Dr. Jonathan Rich who testified for the prosecution. To be honest, my first opinion and thought on Derek Chauvin’s charge was that he deserved it. Certainly, he should receive punishment for what he did to George Floyd but to be honest, I’m quite surprised yet, not surprised of the decision made in the court. First of all, it’s rare to ever see Black Americans receive equality in the court but, on the other hand, evidence was recorded by a bystander that encountered the whole situation so, it is also hard to make excuses towards the film and to ignore such clear evidence of murder.
I certainly do not think he received too much backlash. On the other hand, I think he got it quite easy because in some other countries, jail may not be the case for punishment. Furthermore, I believe this backlash is a way to give out a warning to those who may intentionally do harm in the future and that BLM is finally taken into consideration. Yes, compared to others who were able to get away from it, he had it hard, but this only proves that inequality is still out there and that there are still actions to be taken. Although on the surface, it may seem that Derek Chauvin had received his punishment, this result rarely happens on the court when matter about BLM is discussed. Just like what George Floyd’s younger brother, Philonise Floyd, had said when the court concluded: “As an African American, we usually never get justice.”, again, this only shows how unfairly Black Americans are treated, but looking at the big picture of the whole entire perspective, it surely does seem as if Derek Chauvin was to be taken the entire blame for the whole BLM situation, when many other victims suffered due to their skin color. In other words, it seems as if the court sacrificed Derek Chauvin, in order to end the matter of many other cases that occurred in the past.
For non-white communities, I seriously can’t predict if Chauvin’s action will make a difference in their lives, but there definitely will be change for the Black Americans. First, I believe after the success of the court’s decision, it will bring up the BLM awareness to more people, especially the kind of relief many Black Americans share upon the results. Also, it will make it harder for those (communities) that want to turn a blind eye towards the BLM civilization since it would be harder, in the future, to avoid these kinds of protests when more people support it. Like what I have said, I can’t predict what the future would look like but, to make BLM possible, there must be change to how people support, see diversity, and multiculturalism. Of course, this is no easy task, since changing one person’s perspective is hard enough, let alone the entire world. But yes, having equality in the court, may be the first step or hope for those who aren’t treated fairly and are supporting the BLM civilization.
the “he” in “In the past, there were even rumors that he died because of heart disease or drug overdose but, was proved wrong by Dr. Jonathan Rich who testified for the prosecution.” was is supposed to be directed at George Floyd.
To start things off, in my opinion I do think that he does deserve this. I don’t really feel bad for him but that’s probably because I don’t know him at all. He could’ve been a good or bad man. Either way, I know that that’s what he deserved. Although it has been pretty long ever since that happened. But the only thing that matters is that the problem was acknowledged and they are trying to solve and finish this problem. I believe though that he did deserve the karma.
Although Chauvin has killed someone, it wouldn’t make sense that he would deserve the karma that other men got away with. It was their own choice to kill people and that’s their Karma, it wouldn’t make sense. These things have happened for such a long time. Definitely when Chauvin was just a kid or just not even born. He never forced people to kill and he wasn’t the first killer ever anyways. In my eyes, although there are BLM protests, I feel like people are focusing this on cops. I guess I get it from the fact that multiple people have died because of cops, but people are mainly just pointing out the fact that the cop or person is white. Which is pretty racist, isn’t it? Cause people are being more cautious about white cops or just cops in general. In my opinion that is racist. But don’t you think that racism was the reason why so many people have died just like George Floyd? People have killed just like Chauvin. But not all of them were even cops. I’m not going to hide that fact that some police have killed people. But I’m also not going to say that other people who aren’t cops have killed because of racism.
In my opinion, I don’t think it’s wrong to believe. I think that things will work out for white communities. I honestly just think that this world needs a lot of forgiveness and healing and just a lot of common sense for people. And to answer the other question, I don’t really know how Chauvin has helped any other way but helping others notice that racist people who act like him still exist and we have to do something about it. Which then led to things like BLM protests to help even more people notice this. But on the other hand Chauvin has now shown a bad picture to the cops. But once again, that really isn’t him when I see it. Yes, he killed George Floyd but he never had every police officer on his side. I think that that’s mainly other people’s minds saying stuff like that.
1: My reaction on Derek Chauvin becoming guilty was weird to me, because I knew it would come, there was so much proof he was guilty also the video even showed it showed him doing murder and he thought it was okay, and because a person was filming, we caught him and when I mean we I meant everyone who protested for George Floyd and for his justice all of us not really us but we helped him get caught and him getting the all the charges he got was deserved because of what he did.
2: First, yes and no because he made George Floyd lay down and then put his knee on his neck FOR 9 MINUTES, he knew George Floyd would die from that and he heard everyone saying stop Hes dying, and he can’t breathe he even said I can’t breathe, and the officer didn’t care at all so no he didn’t receive too much backlash if he thought for even a second, he would know how irresponsible that is and dumb but now my yes part I don’t think we should put all the blame on him I think we should put more blame on less known cases so we can help more with giving people the justice they deserve. This person didn’t really get away with murder, but Alton Sterling was a 37-black man at the time he was selling DVD’s and CDs at a store when he was tasered and pinned to the ground he got shot 6 times and while that was happening the other officer threated to shoot him in the head. The reason I picked this one is because one got fired and one got suspended for 3 days BUT NO CHARGES WERE FILED.
3. Yes, it’s just starting to change for good right now people are protesting while we sleep for rights and justice and because of the George Floyd case oh that just awakened gen z who knows what we will do but we have the biggest hope to help because we were taught hat black people were good and not all old people were so we are the hope, the shooting star in earth for justice and equal rights.
Well in my opinion I think that Derek Chauvin and I think that the charge is fair, and I know someone is going to say that he should have life in prison, but I can understand why they want him to go to life in prison because he killed someone. (The day it happened) well it started as any day would, but I was on break, and I saw it as anyone did just someone killing someone but in just a few weeks it got very heated, and protests start to happen, and more cops and protesters started and most of the world felt what George Floyd’s family and some really did not care at all and I was one of those people I did not care much but as time went on I start to actually care for the community. I think that Derek Chauvin is not fully has fault the second cop behind him should take 50% because he was there and did not stop him to kill George Floyd and that is my reason why Derek Chauvin I think is a good charge for him. (Derek Chauvin) .Of course the day it happened there was a lot of backlashes the day after and people started to go on a rampage and started to fight back to cops and cops did not hit them back in till they started to push them, and the cops turned in to riots and water guns turned to pepper sprays and things turn in a matter of days it was chaos and I started to get texts from my friends and now to this day I don’t really stand next to BLM because I feel that we need cops for are safety and with or without cops the world would be like a war. And now I think that the Floyd family has got their justice and now I think that this is half over. Bet 100% it well happen again and the backlash will be even bigger to be honest with you it well keeps repeating repeatedly. Yep of course non-white communities will get hurt again and I think it’s not going to get any easier from now on and they are just going to fight back again and it’s going to restart, and I can’t blame them for that because it has happened repeatedly, and people fight for them but if it does always happen people are not going to support it as always because it going to happen, and people are going to know. And for Chauvin’s actions are very hurt full for non-white communities and that charge that he will get should teach him a few stuffs and before you know it. And its just that some people may not know anything from that time period and that just sad for them because for them they just are thinking of getting out and just doing stuff like that again.
About a year ago, a man named George Floyd died after a police officer had kneeled on his neck. The police officer who did the kneeling, Derek Chauvin had been proven guilty in court. There are many opinions on this situation, and I will tell you mine.
I don’t know what to think about the outcome of this trial. Some people believe that the trial wasn’t fair, because the jury could have been scared because there was a mob of people waiting outside of the court. I think this could be the case as there were many riots before, so the jury could have thought that something bad could happen if they don’t please the mob of people waiting for the results. People also say that they don’t know if Chauvin actually killed Floyd because of other factors. Floyd apparently had health issues, a lethal dose of fentanyl, and was near a car’s exhaust port when he was kneeled on. George had also stated that he couldn’t breathe before the kneeling.
Personally, I don’t think Chauvin acted well. I think Chauvin shouldn’t have kneeled on Floyd, and he should have restrained him in a safer way if neccesary.
I don’t think that this situation was due to racism. Chauvin and Floyd had known each other for a long time. It could have been possible that they had not liked each other. There is also no evidence of racism. People had just assumed it was racism because Chauvin was White, and Floyd was Black.
Will racism be stopped because of this case? I don’t know. I am unsure if racism is even an issue. I haven’t heard of many major cases of racism that make sense to me. Maybe there is a problem that we don’t see, maybe there isn’t. I think that if people want racism to stop, they have to push for changes in the legal department. People should stand up and speak.
In summary, I think that there could have been some error in the trial. But I also think that Chauvin should have acted differently. I don’t think the Chauvin/Floyd case is racist though, as there is no evidence. For racism to really stop, people will have to push for laws to be made. I hope that one day we can have peace for everyone.
I agree with the charges laid against Derek Chauvin and the other three officers, more specifically I agree with the unintentional murder charges of George Floyd. After watching the videos and reading news articles it shows Floyd saying “I can’t breathe” he was saying this because the officer Chauvin was kneeling on his neck, preventing him from being able to breath. At one point the officer yelled at him to get up while keeping his knee on his neck, how would you expect him to get up? Police officers are supposed to protect and serve, he did not protect George Floyd, he abused his power. When I was watching some of the videos, I was shocked to see how people in power treat other people so poorly. It was so disappointing because there were three other officers standing by and not helping, not protecting and not serving the people and community. Officers Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao are all guilty, these three officers were charged with aiding and abetting officer Derek Chauvin.
I don’t think Derek Chauvin is getting too much backlash, even though in the past people have gotten away with it and continue to get away with it, that doesn’t make it right. The George Floyd case shows a system that’s starting to work, and it needs to continue as change needs to happen. Prejudices and stereotypes need to filter out of police officers training (and everyone), this would be one step towards change and to prevent misuse of power. Police officers are often called to deal with harmful situations; harmful to them and to others. The way police officers deal with situations varies, based on their experience, training and the conflict that they are called to deal with. There are several cases where police officers or other people in authority have used excessive force to deescalate situations, without trying other forms of conflict resolution such as mediation or even pepper spray. It sometimes appears that police officers are not trained in those forms of conflict resolution techniques. Crimes like what Derek Chauvin and three other officers did and face no charges or penalties include the case of 12-year-old Tamir Rice who was shot and killed by officer Timothy Loehmann and was free of all charges. There was also the case of Sandra Bland in 2015 where dashcam videos revealed excessive use of force in what was meant to be a routine traffic stop. The injustice needs to stop.
I hope this will help non-white communities since this has been going for way too long. The guilty verdict and charges against Derek Chauvin and the three other officers provide justice that’s been a long time coming. The cases of Tamir Rice and Sandra Bland are some of the examples of the injustice that has happened. The George Floyd case is historic and provides non-white communities with hope and empowerment that their voices are being heard and justice will be served. It’s not going to happen overnight, of course it will take time to fix the 400 years of prejudice (pretty juice) and fear that non-white communities feel.
Hey guys! As you probably have heard Derek Chauvin was found guilty, FINALLY. His sentencing is held 8 weeks from now, his recommended time in prison is 12.5 years for each second-degree murder and third-degree murder, and adding on to that, four years for manslaughter(or as I prefer human slaughter). To be honest, in my opinion, they took way too long to find him guilty for killing an innocent man. George Floyd got murdered on May 25th,2020. That is almost a whole year! Eleven months to be precise. It’s so disappointing to know that if it was a white man instead of George Floyd, Chauvin would have already been found guilty in probably a month. So many protests happened for George Floyd yet they still took a whole year to get his murderer arrested? And it makes me tear up to know that as his brother, Philonise Floyd said, “As an African American we usually never get justice.” Like really? Nobody should ever have to say that! What tops everything off is how Biden is literally turning George Floyd’s death into a campaign. I also find it very surprising that a witness from when George was killed, thinks what Chauvin did was reasonable and he died because of other personal issues. What I don’t understand is that Eric Nelson was there, he saw George Floyde say multiple times he couldn’t breathe because Chauvin was pressing on his neck with his knee. Yet still, Eric thinks, what Chauvin did was reasonable? How can one be that utterly stupid?
This is why I also think that not all because you can’t put everyone under the same category but, the average people won’t change their racist, sexist, discriminating mindset. Some people are just too close-minded and still believe what Chavin did was okay. Some people are still going to believe that white people are superior and a higher rank to black and colored people, which sorry but I don’t understand and I also refuse to understand because frankly, it makes zero sense.
I do think the majority of people won’t try to change. But some people might also start to understand how racist our society is and how unfairly black people are treated. I think that as much as black people stand up for themselves more people will start to. Because in the past black people were made into slaves things “started” to get better whatever that means, but nothing was ever good for them. Colored people were always treated horribly and were told that that’s how our world works, if you aren’t white then you aren’t worthy of human rights. But after George Floyd passed away, wait no got murdered, I think that the people that thought this is how our world is, are starting to realize just because this is how our world is doesn’t mean it’s right. Just because this is our world doesn’t mean it okay. I’m not black but I am brown so I kind of do understand how horrid this planet is. People have said racist comments to me, but I always thought it is what it is. After learning about all these protests and how people are fighting for justice, I realized this is not okay. It’s not what it is because it’s not acceptable.
That also leads to how some people think that Chauvin is getting too much backlash. In my opinion, he is not, Chauvin deserves every single year in prison. He killed an innocent man. A man who was just getting something from a store and ended up being murdered for doing absolutely nothing. That day someone lost their brother, father, and son. Lots of other people have done this and some have gotten away with it. But that doesn’t mean Chauvin can’t get punished. As much as how I would like for every person that has harmed a single innocent soul to be found guilty, that’s not possible. But arresting Chauvin will have an effect on our society that it is not at all okay to make the same action Derek Chauvin did. If we just let Chauvin go because other people that made the same mistake weren’t found guilty, there would be no justice for George Floyd’s death, more people would be encouraged to do the same Chauvin did because he got away with it, and it would totally just take away the fact of how someone got killed. Someone lost their life because of one stupid idiot.
In conclusion, I think they should have taken way less time to finally find Chauvin guilty but he deserves every single bit. And we can finally have some justice for George Floyd and all of the other black lives that were harmed.
I was felt very weird, confused and shocked, because how did that an insane, racist, white, police officer didn’t get arrested for the entire time. I didn’t noticed about racism’s and Black Lives Matter until l was grade 7, so l was felt very weird, confused and shocked, it feels like l had very hard lesson that l did know about and had new lessons. If Derek Chauvin was black person and killed white people he would get already killed, l think this is so unfair. If l was black person and when l heard Derek Chauvin got arrest l will be so happy and cry. When I saw Derek Chauvin getting arrested l felt “Take the L” to Derek Chauvin. Also when Derek Chauvin heard that he was guilty in trail he was very confused, this means he thought he will be not guilty before the trail, when he killed George Floyd and now he was found to be guilty. This can also mean he is not relating non-white people as a people, because he killed a person and he isn’t think he is guilty, this means he isn’t thinking he killed a human. Also I was very happy that Derek Chauvin got arrested, because this means police and police officers killing non-white people will be found guilty not like before. I was also afraid of racism that ignores peoples death because they are non-white peoples, so l was so happy when Derek Chauvin getting arrested. At last why didn’t they arrest Derek Chauvin at first time he killed people and took time to find him guilty, imagining before racism wasn’t taboo it scares me. I think arresting and expiate his guilt only Derek Chauvin is not good, because there is more insane, racist, white, police officers and the police like Derek Chauvin, has to be arrested and expiate their guilt too. Arresting and expiate his guilt only Derek Chauvin is same as arresting and expiate their guilt only one person from the bad group that has more than one million people. If there is a police officer like Derek Chauvin this world will be filled with unfairness, so they needs to arresting and expiate their guilt all people like Derek Chauvin. I think there will be person that are insane, racist, white person like Derek Chauvin will still exist, because all people that are racist will always think killing non-white people is not guilty and people changes easily and doesn’t change that easily, so in the future racism would still exist or not exist. Things that l can do is just wish to change. Maybe in the future non-white person will be treated better than before, because like I said before Derek Chauvin got arrested, this means killing non-white people will be found guilty not like before and non-white people has a lot of power that they didn’t had before like voting government, Black Lives Matter and equality, also there are given a voice to talk. Also in the future racism will be a big taboo, because even now racism is taboo, so in the future racism will be big taboo. I would just wish in the future, non-white people will get treated better than before, because like l said before people can change easily, but sometimes people doesn’t change that easily. But maybe non-white peoples doesn’t needs to get afraid by white people and live happily. There might be still racism of killing non-white people, but that will be never be ignored never like before!
P.S. To Ms.Panesar
Thank you for making questions of the problem of racism like this and Thank you for teaching me about racism and BLM, because l didn’t know about these things.
I think that Derek Chauvin’s guilty charge was fair enough for what he did, but not entirely.
What Derek Chauvin did was more than irresponsible, he had killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck after he repeatedly said that he couldn’t breathe, which caused Floyd to suffocate and die, or did it?
On the image of Derek Chauvin kneeling down on Floyd, we see that his head is incredibly close to the exhaust pipe. It is possible that he died not from Chauvin, but from the deadly gases that evacuated the car. As it turns out, Chauvin actually knew Floyd personally, and he didn’t particularly like him. If it was a different officer, they would’ve probably done something if they heard Floyd say that he can’t breathe.
While researching a bit more about this, I have found a video which clearly shows that it wasn’t just Chauvin at the arrest. There were 3 other officers by the names of Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thou, kneeling on Floyd. So as it turns out, it wasn’t just Chauvins fault that he died. The three were all charged with second-degree murder.
I think that Derek Chauvin is getting way too much attention when there’s other people who have done the same thing as him and just gotten away with it. For example, the 3 other police officers who were with him and just made things worse got away with it. Chances are, this is probably your first time hearing about them.
Also, they should have had the trial in an undisclosed location so that there wouldn’t be a mob of people outside the courtroom waiting to kill the judge.
So in conclusion, I do believe that what Chauvin did was wrong and the consequences of it are fair enough but what he did is getting way too much attention.
1. In my opinion Derek Chauvin charges are worth it because he knelt on George Floyd for 9 minutes and not the infamous 8 minutes and 46 seconds and the fact that he didn’t even let the innocent man breathe is basically just killing a man and being racist. If I were a judge the charges against him would be 10-20 years in prison but since I’m not a judge we will have to watch the news. To be honest this police officer isn’t even a murderer at this point he is a maniac trying to be a some guy who is both a cop and a criminal at the same time.
2. I think Derek Chauvin here should deserve what he has done to Mr. Floyd even though George Floyd used a fake bill he did not deserve what happened to him instead he could have gotten a fine. But part of me wants to say Derek Chauvin does not deserve this because no one deserves harassment or what looks like harassment. Many protesters are going crazy this event happened almost a year ago and still no one had done anything to help African Americans.
3. I don’t think anything positive would happen besides the BLM protests which have made people realize to never judge a book by it’s cover because it ain’t cool. With so much racism happening in America I feel like racism needs to end. Not only it affected many people but many others are getting discriminated against the colour of their skin.
Overall I think Derek Chauvin should pay for the awful things he had done for the past 10 months.
Honestly, when I heard that Chauvin finally got charged, I was very relieved that something had actually been done. I won’t lie, I didn’t think any of the former police officers would get punished since nobody ever took action in the past, so I just assumed that they would do the same thing this time. Genuinely though, I’m very glad that this time around, some justice has been served, because this proves to me that we are progressing in getting equality. Sure, there’s still a lot of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. in the world, but at the very least, some things are actually changing. My second thought on some of the details regarding Derek Chauvin’s trial was that Chauvin didn’t get punished enough. I mean, yeah, it’s a good thing that he faces charges and jail time, and it does bring some satisfaction to the George Floyd case, but I just felt he wasn’t given as much time in prison as he deserved. He killed a man. An innocent man, just because he was black, and he only has to spend eight weeks in prison. However, now that I’ve read the articles, I feel a lot more confused on whether Chauvin’s jail time is going to be increase. If it does, good. If it doesn’t, at the very minimum, something was actually done.
To answer the second question, I honestly feel like people are putting all the blame on Derek, and not looking at the big picture. Yes, Derek Chauvin definitely deserved backlash for what he did, but people aren’t really blaming any of the other police officers who did the same thing as Chauvin. There probably are hundreds of cops who committed the exact same crime as Derek and have gotten away with it unscathed. I don’t think it’s fair to other victims of police brutality that people only care about the George Floyd case, or other cases that are as big as his. I’m not saying that they shouldn’t care about victims that are known more, I’m just saying that they should also consider the fact that these aren’t the only police brutality incidents. Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone, but I feel like a large chunk of the world don’t really look at the entire image.
I imagine that in the future, coloured and non-white communities will be more positively impacted due to the events involving the police. In my opinion, I think that more human beings are starting to recognize that racism is a big problem, and it needs to be resolved. My reasoning behind this is because the cause of most of this violence is the police. People who we are supposed to be able to entrust our lives with. People who we should be able to rely on. If this were “regular” citizens and not the police, I genuinely think that this would not have been as large as it is right now, because brutal acts like the incidents most likely happen every day. Yes, people would probably be angered by it, and it may spark protests, but not as much because the humans behind the cruelty aren’t authority figures or “heroes.” Hopefully, more and more people will begin to accept others for who they are, not because of what tone their skin is. For the second part to this question, yes, I do think that some attitudes will change because of what Chauvin has done. I’m sure that it has opened a lot of people’s eyes and made them realize what kind of danger non-white people (especially black people) have to endure every single day. Personally, I had no idea about the dangers that black people had to go through daily, so I really hope that people will learn about this and change their opinions to fight for justice.
I am surprised and happy along with many other emotions, that Derek Chauvin was guilty of all three charges of murder. I am surprised because well, almost every single white police officer that killed a black or coloured person got away. Just like what Astronaut Neil Armstrong said; “One step for people, one giant leap for humankind.” (edited version)(original one was “One step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”) I thought that another white police officer would get away with a murder. But no! Derek Chauvin was guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. I think that Derek Chauvin is taking all the blame right now and that the other three police officers Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao should take some of the blame too. Even if they were only on George’s body because they were also applying force and helping Derek Chauvin.
I think that Derek Chauvin deserves the backlash but I think that there might be maybe (just maybe) too much backlash towards Derek Chauvin. Sure it was Mr. Chauvin that was kneeling on George Floyd’s neck and killed him, but Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were also helping Mr. Chauvin with the murder. Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao were also kneeling down on George Floyd, just not on the neck but on his body. I am not trying to defend Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and Tou Thao but George Floyd was reported to be drunk. Although Floyd did try to use a counterfeit bill and refused to get into the vehicle. One thing I don’t understand is that in one part of the video it shows George Floyd saying he can’t breath, then Derek Chauvin tells him to “get in the car.” George says “ok” but Derek Chauvin still stays on his neck. So, George Floyd is supposed to get in a car with 1 or possibly 4 people on him…
I think so. But, as Keith Ellison said “I would not call this verdict justice,however, because justice implies true restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step towards justice.” and what many other people say is that Derek Chauvin is guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. I am hoping that Derek Chauvin’s sentence will show people the racism and inequality for black and coloured people. But then again to many police officers have gotten away with a murder. And apparently, some of the officers including Tou Thao had been known for other crimes. Overall I am happy that Derek Chauvin is guilty or three degrees.
1) My opinion on Derek Chauvin being charged guilty is quite complex . While I am glad that he has been charged guilty – he did murder a man after all – it makes me wonder how many other people there are in the world that have done the same thing, or considerably worse, even, and left court unscathed. It makes me think about all the people who suffered fates similar to George Floyd, and will never get the justice they deserved. If George Floyd was white, would Derek Chauvin have restrained him, have put his knee onto his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, torturing him? Probably not. As George Floyd’s younger brother, Philonise Floyd, said, “I was just praying they would find him guilty. As an African American, we usually never get justice.” This explains the prejudiced view our society sees African Americans through. Again, if George Floyd was white, this case would be vastly different. But, he isn’t.
2) Derek Chauvin, in my opinion, has definitely received a well-deserved punishment. Yes, there are many many people out there who commit crimes equally as severe as Chauvin’s, but go unnoticed. However, we can hope that people, inspired by the brave bystander who recorded the tragic event of George Floyd’s death on their phone, will now stand up to the discrimination that people like George Floyd face on an every day basis, that people will record these events as well, and have these wrongdoers proven guilty. It’s not that Derek Chauvin has been punished harshly, but that others who committed crimes similar to Chauvin’s have been punished lightly, or not at all.
3) I do think that things will positively change for non-whites, now that Chauvin has been charged guilty. Now that everyone knows that what Chauvin has done was very wrong and also quite discriminatory, many will start to see the injustice African Americans face, pretty much every day. People will start to make a bigger difference, and fight for equality between all races, like it should be. As Biden said to George Floyd’s family, “Nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now there’s some justice,” and, later on to the nation, “Nothing can ever bring their brother or their father back. But this can be a giant step forward in the march towards justice in America.” George Floyd did die, but at least we gave him justice. It’s only fair we do the same for the others.
1) My opinion for George Floyd’s death is that not only Derek Chauvin should be charged guilty but also the other polices that have caused minor effect on the incident. This crime told me that many polices aren’t trusted in their jobs since they are many innocent deaths that were killed. Of course, this doesn’t mean that all polices are bad, it’s just some polices like Derek Chauvin aren’t worth this position to protect the citizens. But I’m not surprised that he’s guilty I’m surprised is that he continued doing it until he died. And He said Something to the people that trying to help George “I have power and u don’t.” That word really disturbing in my mind till now.
2) Despite the fact, that Derek Chauvin is now found guilty, he had once said, “I have power, you don’t” to those who supported George Floyd. What he said, till now, still really disturbs me.
3)Yes, he is receiving more backlash compared to other polices but, that doesn’t change the fact that he killed an innocent man so, yes, he got it unfair compared to others but, if he didn’t receive punishment from the court then it will be unfair to George Floyd. Unlike George Floyd many other people died without an explanation, or regained justice for themselves. Therefore, I think all the people that died without an explanation should be held a justice. `1`
4)Yes, it will change for non-white communities because this incident will give people a warning. They will also think that. be careful. Don’t act right away because they might misunderstand you instead, you’re helping them you might be die and might go to jail. Yes, they will be affected because as I said it might they might take it as a warning. But not also that because of Derek Chauvin actions they might not be able to do things that they like, and they might also think that are they going to live tomorrow as they go through, they’re life. (In short non-white might take it as a warning.)
5)In my opinion outside of the box like thinking of what my teacher told us like there’s a girl who want to kill the old woman and the police shot the girl. As I think of that I feel like what I’m writing now is not make sense but for some reason yes, it’s made sense or I’m missing some information of what I’m telling right now.
6)As I think of it, I should explain what I think of that girl and what I think of Geoge Floyed. I know that there are a lot of police that are good and there are police that only using their power as police to show off their power. But I also know that the police are just trying to save the old woman. And I know that he’s a good man. And he’s doing he’s job to protect people and I get it. But as for George Floyed the policeman’ killed the black man without any explanation and why he had to kill him. If I compared them, I would say that some police are doing their job properly and some are not doing their job properly.
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BLOG POST 7
We all know George Floyd, right? The African American man who was killed by a white police officer in May of 2020? Well, his killer Derek Chauvin was arrested with second degree murder of all three charges. Here are my opinions on this topic……
1. Honestly, I am very surprised that they were found guilty because of every other police officer that has been found not guilty for killing an African American for absolutely no reason whatsoever and in some cases, there isn’t even a trial, and it is messed up. Although he does deserve to go to jail for what he did to George Floyd.
2. He does deserve the backlash. He killed an innocent man for no reason. Emmett Till, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, and unfortunately many more were killed for one thing. Having a different skin colour. These people’s killers didn’t even go to jail and Emmett’s Till’s killers weren’t even police officers. I do think something like this might happen again because I think that there’s always going to be that one person that’s going to be racist, sexist, or homophobic. At least who ever does will think twice before killing an innocent African American.
3. As I said before I do think that there’s always going to be that one person who after everything calms down starts it all over again. It’s like when you put out the fire then an even bigger fire appears. That’s what I feel like this is but maybe I’m wrong I am not so sure.
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Derek Chauvin was finally found guilty after many, many months, almost a year after George Floyd was murdered. First, I am absolutely elated that we finally get some justice and that the cop finally got what he deserved, but now I am more determined than ever that there will be a change to the systematic racism. I am also disgusted at how long it took; I’m upset at how long he’s being sentenced for; he should be in there for life. On top of that, so many people actually believe he’s innocent that he shouldn’t be put into jail for what he did to George Floyd. Even in court, a witness defended Chauvin saying that “his force was reasonable” ad that he was “distracted by hostile bystanders”. Derek Chauvin even said that it was because of his pride that he didn’t release George Floyd, he said that the people around him were telling him to stop and that he didn’t want to be bossed around. His pride cost a life. The thing I almost hate the most is that Biden has decided to make a statement about how great of a president he is through this situation, he’s trying to win people over by using Floyd’s death, this is just rude and insulting. If the police were black and the victim was white, things would have been very different, the cop would have gotten a much, much worse punishment, and it wouldn’t have taken a year. So yes, I’m glad, but also much more aggravated than before.
Derek Chauvin isn’t getting too much backlash he is getting exactly what he deserves, it’s just that when compared to how much backlash that other murderers get, he’s getting a lot. But it’s that the other murderers aren’t getting enough backlash it’s not at all that Chauvin is being hit too hard. Why has society normalized murder to the point that we don’t even know when someone is murdered, we don’t take the time to mourn or feel bad, most of the time, we’ll just say how it’s tragic and move on. That’s not the way we should react to a person being killed, only when it directly affects us do we actually do something. All that I’ve just said is just focusing on the fact that he’s a murderer, not even if he killed Floyd because he was black. And why is it that it’s only now that we do something about systematic racism, why only have this much backlash on Chauvin? Other police that has murdered based on the colour of skin deserve this too. This much backlash is to be deserved, but we can’t just target him, we need to find justice for all the other innocent souls.
I think that after some justice has been served, other people from other non-white communities will become more hopeful and more persevering, they know now that this is a start and maybe it’ll help finally bring equality. But we also know that there is still more justice to serve, the cops with Chauvin weren’t sentenced even though they should be. Maybe the non-white communities will become more united and stronger. I think they will, people of different backgrounds have been fighting for so long, they never get what is fair or what should be given to them. This is how I think George Floyds justice will impact non-white people and those who support things like BLM, #stopasianhate, etc. For the rest of them who think Chauvin is innocent, (aka, Karens) they will become worse, they will treat black people even worse, they will probably be so prejudiced that if they see anyone who is black, they will think that they are part of BLM and hate them for it. They might even act this way to other groups of people, they will blame anyone but Chauvin. They will most likely feel personally violated and take it out on others, on anyone who isn’t like them. So on one hand, the non-white community will feel rejuvenated and more hopeful, but those who are racist things will get worse, but those who didn’t care in the first place most likely have not much has changed. Overall, this whole situation is a mix of emotions.
I feel like Derek’s guilty charge was understandable as manslaughter was if it was an unintentional kill which Derek seemed like he didn’t do. Second and third were also understandable as it was a fatal murder onto George Floyd. But I do feel like Derek has gotten a lot of backlashes even though people of color have been discriminated for so long. Derek has done a single manslaughter with a clean crime history and 19+ years of being police doing a fatal mistake. When we see his body cam, we can see that George Floyd has resist but he wasn’t even moving, and the police officer didn’t hear George’s struggle which could have been easily fixed if Derek lifted his knee. But the amount of backlash on him in one video is too much because we see news about a lot of people’s death but no one speaks it’s like an ad it happens multiple times but no one pays attention as much while George Floyd’s death was more impacted because he was famous (does not mean Hes bad) which also affected white people who might done nothing but because of their looks people will start affecting them even more worse but can change if people choose to not hold blame. In my opinion Derek’s guilty charge is reasonable and backlash was too much, and people can positively change but can also affect for the worse. yes i frgot and ”woke up at 1”
After over a year what people call “justice” to George Floyd’s killer was sent served. Do I think the officer got what he deserved. Yeah 100% but it should have happened 12 months ago and should have been in prison the day of the killing and should have spent the night in goal anc the next week he should have been found guilty. But what is done is done ans what I mean by that is, I am fully aware that many came before George and will follow after I think we need to put our time and energy into getting the word out there that we can’t just blame people and think we are making a change. When I say this I am not saying that George did not deserve justice but I think we to stop going after his killer as the main problem. And in 100 years even if we tried we will not put a complete end to racism because some people are so stuck up that they will not change but that also does not mean that we give up. People will open there eyes to this situation but not everyone will change so because as I said before many will come after and maybe we can still sign petitions to speed up the process but if we don’t look and the big picture which essentially is racism as a whole then we can tackle it faster and make a bigger impact. In a perfect world this would mean to have a charge that takes place when coming to these type of attacks and not only have it in the law book but to also have it put a real sentence and faster to get them in prison. But that might take a while so we can have Federal announcement about anti-racism acts and then teach the police ( not to blame them for EVERYTHING that is regarding racism) but they have a big impact on family’s and the community and try to redeem themselves as safe and that we can all work together. And to end this all off I would like to say things take time and I don’t think that “non-white” communities will change completely but I and just making a guess and we will only know in the future.
I would like to thank Ms. Panesar for allowing me to look at these types for problems at a different point and allowing the class to learn and go with these topics.
I’m at a loss for words. I’m unbelievably happy that all the people that have fought for the justice of the murder of the innocent man George Floyd, have gotten what they wanted. I am filled with joy, but at the same time, I know that this is just a stepping stone to improving our world and getting rid of prejudice to people of colour. In my opinion, all the charges Derek Chauvin was found guilty of were all correct, and he got what he deserved. He killed George Floyd. He killed him. And it took a year to finally get justice. It was the people that decided the outcome of this case though. It was the people who fought for justice and peace. And it was the people who got it. The death of George Floyd marked the beginning of his legacy in my opinion, and the moment the jury made the their final decision, was a historical moment for people across the world.
There are definitely factors of George Floyd at the time of his death that make you wonder if Derek Chauvin kneeling on the mans head was not the only story. But when you look even further into the fact that scientists found drugs in his system, people usually just think George Floyd was on hard drugs, but when you look at the bigger picture, you realize that they were very small traces of drugs in his system, so he most likely took them weeks ago. But I do believe that there will be many people that believe that all white cops are bad cops, all because of the wrongful cases of police brutality towards African Americans. But that is not the case. There are more good white cops than bad white cops in the police force in my opinion. But people only see the bad white police officers, because of what “they” did, and continue to do.
As I previously stated, I believe that the justice we’ve gotten for George Floyd’s death is only a stepping stone to end police brutality towards people of colour. What I mean by this, is that just because we got justice on this single case of police brutality, there have been countless before it. This is definitely a historical moment, that will bring some change, but it’s only a matter of time until we see another black man or women, or kid, murdered by a white officer, for no cause. We need change, and we will get it one way or another.
Derek Chauvin, the one who murdered George Floyd was finally found guilty. He’s going to be sentenced to prison in about 8 weeks from now. Chauvin is charged with second degree murder, third degree murder, and as well as manslaughter. Honestly, just think about how relieved Floyd’s girlfriend and family members must have felt when he got these charges. Did Derek Chauvin deserve the guilty charges? At least in my opinion, yes. To start off why, Chauvin was not even supposed use the Conscious Neck Restraint, nor the Unconscious Neck Restraint on Floyd, which ended up killing him. The Minneapolis police department (The place where Derek Chauvin worked.) clearly states, “The Conscious neck restraint may be used against a subject who is actively resisting.” Did Floyd use violence against the police officers? No. I personally believe that Chauvin should have been fired either way even if he didn’t murder Floyd. Now, people may ask, “Are the guilty charges really reasonable though?” To me, the charges seem completely reasonable. Why do I think the second- and third-degree murder charges are reasonable? Well, it’s really up to what Chauvin thought at the time. Was he really planning to kill Floyd? Was he just being racist against him? Or was it actually unintentional? Or was it all? No one knows exactly why, but even so, what did Chauvin expect? He held Floyd down with his knees on his neck, while Floyd constantly yelled and gasped for air, “I CAN’T BREATHE!” Floyd literally went UNCONSCIOUS after 8 minutes of not being able to breathe, but what did Chauvin decide to do? He decided to keep on applying pressure on his neck for another minute. Think about it, did Chauvin really think that Floyd would be able to escape while he’s unconscious and handcuffed at the same time? While Floyd was still kind of conscious, Chauvin, the POLICE officer, really just sassed and played with Floyd’s life. Chauvin asks Floyd, “What do you want?” Floyd continues to say, “I CAN’T BREATHE.” Chauvin responds with his knees still on Floyd’s neck, “Well, get up, get in the car, man.” Chauvin knows himself that there’s nothing that Floyd can do when he’s still on him.
As we know, Chauvin has been receiving a lot of backlashes lately. I wouldn’t say that he doesn’t deserve them, but shouldn’t people also notice many other cases where people have done things like Chauvin, but still get away with it? Why are people who died like George Floyd not being recognized as much? Those killers could be getting away with it right now, if people only focus on Chauvin. What if, just what if, the Hennepin County Courthouse used Chauvin as a sacrifice in order to calm down the protests for Floyd?
I think things will gradually change for non-white communities. Racist police officers/people will probably be more aware that they can’t just treat multiculturalism people worse than white people, seen by the consequences that Chauvin has faced. (Which will stop some racism.) On the other hand, like what Ms. Panesar said, police officers might be afraid to kill a multiculturalism person even if it’s needed at the time, due to the backlash that they may get. Either way, I hope people can understand that multiculturalism people should be treated equally to white community.
In my opinion Derek Chauvin is one of the many racist dudes is the world. First, he uses excuses like “oh he was on drugs” to kill George Floyd. Even if someone was on dugs you would not be allowed to kill them unless maybe he. Derek Chauvin was keeling on George Floyds neck for exactly 9minites and 29 seconds and was found dead. While Derek Chavin was keeling on his neck there where many bystanders and 3 other police officers watching. There where a few people who where brave enough to film parts of it. I think that police have too much power with citizen. They also us the power to their advantage too much. But there are a lot more people who threaten or even kill people in color because they are colored. My opinion is that Derek Chauvin has received the punishment that he was supposed to in other words it was fair. Also, if you didn’t know he was charge second degree murder, third degree murder and manslaughter. I also think that other people who have done similar thing they should receive the similar punishment. This will decrease the death of colored people because they might be scared of going to jail or something like that.