Originally Posted by
pjohns
The Derek Chauvin trial, of course, is not yet over; but I believe that he is probably guilty of murder--and will very likely be convicted.
But one has to wonder: If the opposite were the case--if a black policeman had knelt upon a white suspect's neck for around nine minutes, resulting in his death--would there be the same intensity of outrage that we are now seeing?
Or does this current situation just fit some pre-determined narrative: viz., that this country is infected with "systemic racism"--and has been from the beginning--which would just not work in reverse?
It is probably something to think about...