Looked over the several vids of the Floyd incident. When Floyd is first arrested across the street, he seems very calm. When Chauvin's patrolcar pulls up and they want him in his car, he panics. Eventually they get him to the ground and Chauvin kneels on his neck until he's dead. Not just dead but, IMO, Chauvin knew he wasn't revivable or revivable with brain damage.
Why? I know Chauvin is a racist bastard but why kill a guy you knew from a place you worked together for many years? I don't buy the story that Chauvin worked outside and Floyd work inside so they didn't "know" each other.
And what about the people who were in the Mercedes SUV with Floyd? I haven't heard from them.
This doesn't make sense. I've disliked a couple of coworkers in my career but not enough to savagely kill them. Some of them even owed me a chunk of money. And in front of witnesses? Beyond strange. "Racism" doesn't cover it.
There's a scenario going around that the nightclub these guys worked at was a money laundering operation and passed a large number of counterfeit bills. Floyd was accused of passing a fake bill. I've gotten a fake bill before and unknowingly accidentally tried to use it. No problem from the police.
What if Chauvin was an enforcer? He knew Floyd was problematic and knew Floyd was a risk. And some in that police crew knew it was risking a lot of payoffs to have this liability walk. So don't let him walk?
This may sound a far fetched but it makes more sense than a racist cop killed some random guy for jollies. I admit this still could be the case but again, why do it front of witnesses in broad daylight? Especially when you're one year away from a 20 year pension?