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Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli said Sunday that he does not believe that George Floyd's life would have been spared if he were white.
Floyd, a black man, was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month. His death has sparked nationwide protests against racism and police violence.
Asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if he thought Floyd would still be alive if he were white, Cuccinelli said, "No, I don't think he would."
"What I heard in that eight-and-a-half minute clip was someone who was a bully, who is abusing his position of authority and power in the law," Cuccinelli said in reference to a video of Floyd's death.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ken-cuccinelli-says-he-believes-even-if-george-floyd-had-been-white-his-life-would-not-have-been-spared/ar-BB15aHew?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20200608_2_2
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)hence, no factor of racism involved in the murder.
Well, THAT certainly makes a difference, doesn't it?
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)marie999
(3,334 posts)Does anyone have stats on people who died while being arrested or after arrest by race? Such as chokeholds or shot while handcuffed.
ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)He's a drone! He said all the right things, then boom! He says something as stupid as this!
Kahuna
(27,311 posts)Grins
(7,218 posts)The store that called the cops over an alleged $20 bill said:
- Getting counterfeits has happened in the past.
- When it happens it is their POLICY to call the police.
- The city/state has a law on the books about KNOWINGLY passing counterfeit money.
So there must be records.
How many calls?
How many arrests?
How many arrested were white?
How many arrested were non-white?
How many wound up dead?
Of the dead how many were white?
Care to meet me Vegas and put it all on the line on the answer to that one...?