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There was a struggle to get George Floyd out of his car, and again into a police vehicle. Bodycam footage from the police, or a statement from them, has not been provided. We don't have the full facts.

We know that George Floyd was a repeat criminal, with a record of armed violence, who was being arrested for another criminal act.

Having a knee on his neck so long? Police incompetence.

You know what else is police incompetence, by the same police force? The death of Justine Damond: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Justine_Damond

Killed by a Minnesota police officer fast-tracked through cadet training for diversity reasons.

Where were the protests for her? Why is it just regular police error when a white Australian woman dies in the USA, after having done nothing, but a huge injustice and evidence of massive inequality when a man with a history of violence, in the process of resisting arrest, is killed by the same incompetent police force?

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