Floyd trial: This is superficial

but doesn't their expert look exactly like Robin Williams doing a role with an Irish accent? I'm being distracted by this...

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Floyd trial: This is superficial (Original post)	flotsam	Apr 2021	OP
Agree	obnoxiousdrunk	Apr 2021	#1
It's the Chauvin trial, actually.	vanlassie	Apr 2021	#2
Thank you, I am tired of people calling it the George Floyd trial	Bev54	Apr 2021	#3
Thank you.	a kennedy	Apr 2021	#4
Interesting.	Ms. Toad	Apr 2021	#5

Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 10:29 AM

obnoxiousdrunk (2,742 posts)

1. Agree

It is superficial.

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Response to flotsam (Original post)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 10:50 AM

vanlassie (4,980 posts)

2. It's the Chauvin trial, actually.

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Response to vanlassie (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 11:03 AM

Bev54 (7,392 posts)

3. Thank you, I am tired of people calling it the George Floyd trial

George Floyd is not on trial he was a victim, his murderer is on trial and it should aptly be referred to by the name of the person on trial.

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Response to Bev54 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 11:05 AM

a kennedy (26,840 posts)

4. Thank you.

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Response to Bev54 (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 8, 2021, 11:48 AM

Ms. Toad (31,023 posts)

5. Interesting.

From a legal standpoint, you are of course correct.

But from the persepctive of people who have asked (generally) that we stop using the name of the perpetrators of hate-based violence, calling it the Floyd trial also makes sense. It emphasizes the person who was murdered, rather than the murderer. When I hear it referred to as the Floyd trial what comes to my mind is seeking justice for George Floyd.

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