You're messing with the narrative. What journalist is going to dig too deeply into this? Right now the narrative is that Chauvin had a David Duke complex, that Floyd was a great guy, that Chauvin killed Floyd for no reason other than that Floyd was black, and that your average cop thinks like Chauvin and arbitrarily kills black men all the time. Guys like LongestHorn crap their pants and call you a racist if you take issue or have any doubts about any facet of that narrative even if your position is supported by evidence.
If you're a journalist and you dig into this, what if you find something out in these guys' histories that doesn't necessarily justify the killing but diminishes the dominant narrative? For example, what if Floyd banged Chauvin's wife or girlfriend? What if Floyd had previously assaulted Chauvin? That wouldn't justify the killing by any means, but it would undermine the narrative that racial animus drove Chauvin. Do you want to be the journalist who makes BLM, 99 percent of mainstream media, and almost all of social media look stupid? Most of these people think like LongestHorn does. You'll lose your career.
Somebody might look deeper into this, but it won't happen anytime soon and almost surely not before the election. For the time being, we're going to bask in righteous superficiality and ignorance.
Last edited: Jun 10, 2020