I agree that nobody is saying the murder is justified. That quote was in reponse to Adonia saying that we should look into Floyds past. I know Floyd has a criminal history. That is irrelevant to why he is being remembered. That unjustified murder and what it represents is why he is being remembered. His past does not change that. That is what I was saying.
His suspected criminal actions justified arrest. Nobody denies that.
Was the colour of his skin a factor in why Chauvin killed him? We will never know. Chauvin would never say that out loud and racists never think of themselves as racist. They always have some other justification.
But for those watching the video, it represented decades if not centuries of oppression. Whether it was just police brutality generally, police brutality against blacks in particular or even more general systemic injustices, the video triggered a floodgate of anger. And that is understandable given the blatant disregard for life and abuse of authority in the act. This is so soon after other high profile cases hitting the news where race was clearly involved and you have the trigger for an emotional response.
That is just what makes the narrative an anti-black pack of lies, a loser through and through.
Using as cases for protest, incidents gone awry where an arrestee was a violently bad character sends the wrong message, undermines whatever righteous cause they might have.
When their protests murder an innocent black, their narrative becomes a damned lie.
When their protests kill multiple blacks, who barely register a blip in the narrative, statistics.
They violently kill their own at a high rate, but care nothing about that.
Not all black lives matter to Black Lives Matter. They are a shameful disgrace to the race.