Subj : Re: It's a start
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sat Oct 15 2022 23:18:11

On 15 Oct 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 GD> JT> George Floyd wasn't armed. The person who killed him
 GD> JT> was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to prison. 
 GD> George Floyd did not follow to Police instruction, as he did not get
 GD> into the squad car as instructed. I do remember that the reason he gave
 GD> was because he stated that he was claustrophobic but he also had 4x
 GD> lethal dose of Fentanyl this could of been the reason for his impaired
 GD> judgment.

He did have fentanyl in his system, but not "4x lethal dose."

 GD> The ford van that he drove to the corner store was also
 GD> cramped as well. So the fentanyl could of been the reason his judgment
 GD> was impaired.

Claustrophibics can have different responses to familiar vs. strange places.

 GD> Pressure with knee to the neck should of never been used.
 GD> Police everywhere should be held accountable for choke holds, or a knee
 GD> to the neck due to the high threshold of cutting off an airway. I no way
 GD> condone or have ever have condoned the killing of this man, and it may
 GD> be of some interest for you to know that neither did President Trump. I
 GD> do believe that this tragedy has promoted change within police
 GD> departments.

Still, when was the last time you heard of a white guy that didn't follow
directions dying from a knee to the neck?

 GD> JT> GD> I wish that none of those names were on that list, we all 
 GD> JT> GD> might be at least a little more united than we are today.  
 GD> JT> JT> Indeed, we might. So why not try to change things? 
 GD> So how do we start?

Well, we bring attention to the disproportionate number of police brutality
incidents committed against black people, for a start.

 GD> I am still Conservative and your still Liberal. Neither of us are going
 GD> to change but I am more then willing to listen to ideas and to formulate
 GD> positive changes. I think it is very possible to be greater than the sum
 GD> of our parts to put an end to the division. This is going to be a
 GD> herculean task because there will be those that will resist and I am not
 GD> talking you or myself or for that matter anyone else within the Fidonet
 GD> community. As I have been suggesting I do believe this begins with
 GD> accountability and responsibility.

Let's both get "Black Lives Matter" t-shirts then, and maybe some yard signs
as well.

Jeff.

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