@BruceMirken
Cops in LA would joke and threaten to murder young Black people in the exact manner as George Floyd was killed. No one believed Black people about this.
The "star" witness in the OJ case was a cop that bragged about him and his friends murdering 12 people this way, until civil rights organizations banned them from using the chokehold so they couldn't pretend that it was an accident anymore.
"When I came on the job all my training officers were big guys and knowledgeable, some [n-word]'d get in their face, they just spin 'em around, choke 'em out until they dropped."
"No, we have to eliminate a choke hold because a bunch of [n-words] down in the south end of L.A. said this is bad."
"We stopped the choke because a bunch of [n-words] have a bunch of these organizations in the south end, and because all [n-words] are choked out and killed -- twelve in ten years. Really is extraordinary, isn't it?"
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109900618571552744