The Downplaying of the Mississippi Goon Squad
Pretending Their Actions Were Limited to a Single Event
Now and then, police officers do something so wrong that they get thrown under the bus when discovered. They lose the protections officers generally receive when committing the most heinous offenses. Police Unions don’t stand up for them; they get fired instead of being placed on administrative leave (vacations) with pay. Qualified immunity no longer protects them from civil litigation, and they face trials where they are judged by the people they usually have disdain for.
Such was the case for Derek Chauvin after placing his knee over the throat of George Floyd for 9 minutes and 26 seconds, not the 8 minutes and 46 seconds initially reported. The video evidence against Chauvin is so damning that no attempt to spin the story or blame the victim was enough to appease the millions of people who took to the streets in protest. The goal became to limit the damage and p…
