@MisuseCase
This thread is fully true for #SaltLake County protests in #Utah. Our people were beaten and intentionally shot by "nonlethal" rounds that still pierced the skin because the cops wanted to hurt unarmed protesters.

For months police stalked and harassed them and the prosecutors threatened them all with felonies for breaking glass, spilling paint, and even "shifting their weight" in a way cops saw as scary.

And, of course the GOP and general public believe the propaganda that the protesters "burned down cities" and "faced no consequences".
#utpol #GeorgeFloyd

@cwebber Watching a young woman get #SnatchedUp by masked "cops" is likely to be a #GeorgeFloyd type of catalyst.

Speaking about #DonaldTrump: Mariann Edgar Budde criticized the use of police and National Guard to forcibly clear protestors from Lafayette Square ahead of the president's pose for a photo op in front of St. John's Church in June 2020, amid the #GeorgeFloyd protests in Washington, DC, calling it a "[use] as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus."

@chad #AdolfMusk and Ben Shapiro want #Donald to pardon the man who brutally killed #GeorgeFloyd. #DerekChauvin, a white cop, had arrested Floyd, a black man, for using a counterfeit $20. He knelt on Floyd's neck and back for over nine minutes, fatally asphyxiating him. And #ABDanielleSmith is sharing the limelight with him? WTF is wrong with you Danielle? #BenShapiro is a #donaldToady. You’re sharing the stage with him? And Alberta taxpayers are footing the bill. #ElbowsUp

For 4½ mins, Gen #CQBrown spoke, in stark terms, about his life as an African American fighter pilot.
“I’m thinking about how full I am with, with emotion, not just for #GeorgeFloyd, but the many African Americans that suffered the same fate as George Floyd,” he said, a…tremor his voice. “I’m thinking about protests in my country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, the equality expressed in our declaration of independence, in the Constitution, that I’ve sworn my adult life to support & defend.”

Against a dark background, a solemn Gen #CQBrown, clad in fatigues, stared into the camera, & said this: “As the commander of Pacific Air Forces, & a senior leader in our #AirForce, & an African American, many of you may be wondering what I’m thinking about the current events surrounding the tragic death of #GeorgeFloyd,” Gen Brown began. “Here’s what I’m thinking about.”

Gen #CQBrown electrified the #military rank & file on June 4, 2020, when as Pacific Air Forces commander, he released his 4-min video, which he called, simply, “What I’m thinking about.”

On the streets of some cities, #BlackLivesMatter protests were raging over the killing of #GeorgeFloyd by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck while Floyd was handcuffed & lay dying facedown.

Days after #GeorgeFloyd’s murder, Gen. #Milley, wearing his Army fatigues, accompanied #Trump in a walk across Lafayette Square near the White House for a photo op after an *aggressive* [brutal] clearing of a peaceful #demonstration. Milley was widely criticized for allowing Trump to drag him into #politics.

Milley publicly apologized, saying, “I should not have been there.”

Trump was furious. “Why’d you do that?” he asked Milley, per Trump ofcls at the time.

In the 4-min video, Gen #CQBrown reflected on his experiences as an African American pilot in the Air Force.

The killing of #GeorgeFloyd also blew up the relationship between #Trump & General Brown’s predecessor, Gen. Mark A. #Milley.