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Im happy and all but it still does not sit right to me how they had a whole trial, when there was solid EVIDENCE from the beginning and they still decided to have trial. This system really needs to do better. George Floyd did resit at first but then he listened. there was no need to be on his NECK. none of this should've happened.

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this is  interesting because they don't have any justifications for what they did, and if they were to speak out, they would be accused of being innocent. if he was armed, they would have fire even though he doesn't , unless he was lifting his weapon to do harm but at the end he was armed and they still did what they did .

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My thoughts on last week's verdict is grateful but not satisfied because although Chavin is serving time a life is still lost so there's no victory. I don't have my hopes high for Wrights case because although i'd like for justice to be served the system truly doesn't believe a crime was committed. Black women as a whole arent protected in the media because not only are we black, but were also women who are looked at as the weak of the sex's, so its hard to have support when there's a disconnect within the community and outside

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My wifi was out but I do believe that if George Floyd was armed when he was detained, then there would be a whole new verdict because they would probably classify him as an actual threat instead of a potential one. The only thing that would not change if he had a weapon, is what the police officers did to him. Breaking the law does not automatically equal death.

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I think we should reform the police special I think now we need to take a step back actually see the right and wrong in every situtation You are protecting yourself but also others as well and the answer is not to just shoot its address and fix not to kill

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The verdict would've been wrong because if Floyd would've had a weapon it would have given the police and justice system the reasonable doubt if the cop isn't wrong simply because that is his lawyers job. George Floyd's justice comes from the uproar and the simple video posted surrounding his death.

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I feel as if the justice system/police system is far too corrupted that by those that should be holding the law at a higher and more demand on themselves then anything else, however there use the excuse of the badge as a way to feel powerful in their mundane lives.

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If George Floyd was armed then it would be like the Ma'Khia Bryant situation where he would get shot and then the police would be changing the narrative to describe how they were threatened since he was armed and that would justify killing him. Floyd wouldn't even need to have the weapon out to be killed, but since he's dead the narrative could be changed in anyway

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I feel like the verdict was not as justified as it should've been because one the murder was a white police officer who within law has a lot of loopholes when it comes to getting away with suspicious acts. 1) this case shouldn't have take up almost a year just to get justice because the proof was on a video but sometimes the same law meant to protect us are the same ones caging us. Yet again History repeats itself.  

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I feel like the verdict was not as justified as it should've been because one the murder was a white police officer who within law has a lot of loopholes when it comes to getting away with suspicious acts. 1) this case shouldn't have take up almost a year just to get justice because the proof was on a video but sometimes the same law meant to protect us are the same ones caging us. Yet again History repeats itself.  

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It would be different because if he was armed they would give them a reason for them to shoot even though they shouldn’t unless he was rising his weapon to cause harm, but since he wasn’t armed they don’t have any reason’s for what they did even though they wanted to speak out they would be looked guilty.

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Had George Floyd been armed, the verdict would have been different. It would serve as a justification for why one of the officers were "threatened or scared". It would also justify the narrative of black people being dangerous and scary

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im not too surprise nor shock, i just feel like this isnt change nor justice because he was charged with "manslaughter" but this isnt stopping blacks from getting killed or profiled

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If George Floyd had been armed the point of view would of been justifying his death due to a weapon.I feel like even if there is a weapon there is no need to shoot when their are other forms  like tasing to stop someone if their actually being a threat which most of the time their not.Death of innocents doesn't justify the police protecting themselves if there are multiple forms without the need of violence.

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I have mixed feelings about last weeks verdict because like what leah said about adam, derek chauvin getting proven as guilty isn't justice. Everybody knows that chauvin is guilty and although this is a good start to helping get things better we aren't at where we need to be.
I do and don't think things will be the same for Daunte wrights case because we now have people who are gonna stand up and fight against this brutality at whatever cost but things could happen where just like Georges killer the same thing could happen. I think we should reform the police because the way that some of the officers go about doing certain things i think that they may have lost sight of what they're supposed to do just because of a fear that they started by pulling out a gun as their first resort. I wouldn't say abolish because there obviously are cops that are actually good but by abolishing police i feel like that would cause anarchy there would be no one there to stop any crimes from happening and that would not only increase the amount of black deaths but the amount of deaths in general.

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Im not too shocked about the verdict because that's what's expected. I also really think DW case will go the same way, because the officer's case is nonsense. How can you be an officer for 25 years and mix up a gun and a taser. I know people will argue for her side, but its still  not right.
For MaKhai, it's said that black women are the most targeted. Then in Makhai's case she had a weapon which gives them an excuse to "kill her." Being a women of color, it's a lot of harder to be, in America.

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I feel like if i am a cop in these certain situations and i know about everything that's going on in the world right now and i am aware that i don't do well under pressured situations first off i shouldn't be a cop now second i would take into consideration that i am the one i  control because this man does not have a gun or any weapon and I do, that being said anything that happens any further that contradicts this knowledge shows that i am a racist or just a person that wants to play god with peoples lives and these are not people that should be in law enforcement and i feel that these officers should start paying for these deaths in blood and not jail.