I can't breathe . . . Minneapolis police kill a man in broad daylight

[Anonymous]

It was sanctioned murder.

https://www.ajc.com/news/did-george-floyd-and-derek-chauvin-know-each-other-worker-says-they-did/ljRJcFGDMp3H1LBBqcebKN/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot

David Pinney, a former co-worker of both men, told CBS News the two men often “bumped heads” while on shift together at the El Nuevo Rodeo restaurant, which converted its dining room to a dance floor at night with live Mexican music.

“It has a lot to do with Derek being extremely aggressive in the club with some of the patrons, which was an issue,” Pinney said.

It was already known since last month that both men worked at the venue, but before now the connection was believed to be only coincidental, and that the men did not know each other.

But Floyd’s family has continued to speculate whether the May 25 incident in which Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes may have stemmed from some prior personal grievance.

Pinney’s revelation that the two men actually knew each other is now adding to those suspicions.

“He knew him,” Pinney told CBS, adding that “we interfaced with the officers” and that Floyd knew Chauvin “pretty well” and would have recognized him on the fateful day of his arrest.

Maya Santamaria, the owner of the business who first revealed the connection between Floyd and Chauvin, told CBS that she thought Chauvin was “afraid and intimidated” by black people.

[Anonymous]

These threads have a way of revealing how the police culture in the US (not other western nations) views members of what they see as the underclass. It's pretty darn depressing.