cambridgeshire canary 6,510 Posted March 12, 2021 https://news.sky.com/story/minneapolis-city-council-to-pay-27m-settlement-to-george-floyd-family-12244130 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,263 Posted March 13, 2021 Any particular reason why you've posted this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted March 13, 2021 I think all footie fans should have to leave their name and address varified by a bill no older than three month, so that racist can be weened out of our stadia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fen Canary 691 Posted March 13, 2021 Why is it racist? By all accounts George Floyd was a disgusting human being, however that doesn’t excuse the way he was killed by the police, which is why the government has paid compensation to his family and the officer involved is up on a murder charge. You could argue morally that maybe the family could pass some of that money on the victims of his various crimes when he was alive, but that’s a completely different argument. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,799 Posted March 14, 2021 I see this as a piece of false economy. Put it this way, in Scandinavia being a police officer is a profession that takes a lot of training, whereas training periods in the US depend on a few factors, but are invariably far shorter. There was a video on YouTube doing the rounds of an arrest of a drunk in Norway and you just know if the drunk had been in the USA he'd have been shot or brutalised. In other words, they're far better trained at de-escalating nonsense. In the USA they're more likely just to be trained to shoot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted March 14, 2021 humans are not far removed from chimps, and society at present makes 'becoming disgusting' possible. I do not compare the UK to a polarised country, but we are marching to the same tune here. Wait until furlough ends and millions get very hungry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites