The International Civil Rights Center & Museum in downtown Greensboro marked the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death with a public statement that called for reflection, renewed resolve, and continued action in pursuit of racial justice.
John Swaine, the museum’s CEO, said the anniversary “marks five years since the murder of George Floyd on a public street in Minneapolis – an extended moment that stunned the world and ignited a fresh global demand for social justice, official accountability, and human dignity.”
In the statement, Swaine honored Floyd not just as a symbol but also as a person – “a father, a brother, a friend, and a man whose life mattered.”
Swaine drew a direct line from Floyd’s final words – “I can’t breathe” – to the struggle against systemic racism, comparing the impact of Floyd’s death to the infamous Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.
On May 25, 2020, 46-year-old Floyd, a Black man, was killed in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer who was later found guilty of murder. Floyd was arrested after a store clerk accused him of buying something with a counterfeit $20 bill. Floyd was in handcuffs when Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes and pressed Floyd’s face into the street. Before losing consciousness, Floyd called out for his mother and began repeating the now famous phrase, “I can’t breathe.”
The Memorial Day weekend statement from the civil rights museum reads, “May 25, 2025, marks five years since the murder of George Floyd on a public street in Minneapolis – an extended moment that stunned the world and ignited a fresh global demand for social justice, official accountability, and human dignity. On this solemn anniversary, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum stands in remembrance, reflection, and renewed resolve.”
It adds later, “George Floyd’s unjust and tragic death laid bare the enduring realities of systemic racism and police brutality that Black persons have faced for far too long. What positive picture could counter this recorded nightmare? …. Well-intentioned communities have been spurred finally to commit to bringing about lasting affirmative change in the civic lives of all persons, where none are excluded from full and equal respect, or common fairness. As of today, after the most recent five years of on-and-off endeavor, a significant amount of work remains to be done, and we need to take a closer, more critical look at our progress.”
Swaine wrote that the museum was built on “the legacy of inventive resistance and sustained resilience” and that civil rights leaders see the anniversary not just as a time to mourn and reflect on Floyd and on peaceful struggle, but also as “a call to action.”
Swaine also wrote that the anniversary should be used to encourage strategic attempts to end racism in this country and he also spoke of the courage of the Greensboro Four who sat at the F.W. Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro on Feb. 1, 1960.
That responsibility, he said, “demands that we continue the visionary work of civil and human rights in the present day.”
Swaine added, “In the five years since that devastating day in Minneapolis, we have witnessed both progress and disappointment, along with further pain. We have seen communities come together to do the tough work, to change policies and to open doors for all of their members and, as true builders and sustainers of the social compact, to encourage the people to engage in conversations about race and justice — carefully cultivating the beloved community that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. yearned for. Yet, we know that constructive change is fragile to achieve and to maintain, and that the arc of history does not bend toward justice on its own. It requires our hands and feet, our minds and voices, along with the earnest efforts and persistent commitment to build America better than ever. Thus, each step forward may advance what we might imagine can come next, confirming and enhancing what has been gained, thereby lifting us to the next stage.”
In the statement, Swaine and other museum officials said that the museum is a place of truthfulness, education and empowerment.
“We are committed to honoring the stories of the past while equipping new generations of young people with essential tools of understanding civil rights values as we meet the challenges of today and beyond. We invite you to join us — not only in a significant observance of remembering George Floyd, but also in honoring him and his legacy by striving to build a future where the cruel indifference to life that he suffered is never repeated.”
The museum is hosting in-person programs to commemorate Floyd’s legacy. Details are available at www.sitinmovement.org.
One event, on Friday, June 6, will be “George Floyd: Five Years Later – Documentary & Public Forum.”
George, the patron saint of fentanyl, died of complications of a drug overdose while resisting arrest. His unfortunate demise was capitalized by communist marxist organizations to influence useful idiots to disrupt life in the USA and sponsor domestic terrorism.
The court of law strongly disagree.
which one? how many are there? consider the court of public opinion ‘informed’ by media ‘influencers’ ?
I prefer the court of law. Sad that conservatives no longer respect the law.
oj simpson ‘court of law’ ? the jury shopping law ? the judge shopping law ? the ‘you get what u pay for’ law ?
There is a jury selection process. But no jury shopping. You get what you get with x number of rejections. What are you going on about?
All those drugs that he ingested is what killed him, not “murder”.
Chris you really are a moron. Defense attorneys pay good money to people to help them shop for the right jurors
A lifetime petty criminal who was resisting arrest after trying to cheat the convenience store clerk by passing a counterfeit $20 bill.
But… but…. “It’s Waycism!”
I won’t lose any sleep.
Are you one of those that says something like this but then defends the woman shot during the capitol riot? Most conservative are hypocritical so wouldn’t be shocked.
What..???
You need psychiatric help, buddy.
he needs an ontologist !
Are you equating George Floyd’s life with Ashley Babbitt’s life? Seriously?
Yes. She was given plenty of commands to stop, she was breaking into Congress during a riot through a barricaded door. Funny how with white people the conservative drop the ‘ol ‘just comply’ line.
But you be you
Chris she was unarmed she should not have been murdered
You, Chris, are are a despicable and unprincipled political whore.
This woman who was unarmed, and rashly murdered was a veteran who served honorably. She had no criminal record.
George Floyd was a POS. He contributed nothing to our community. He just tore it down.
Do you believe that Floyd’s and Babbitt’s lives lived, not deaths, are comparable?
I beleive Floyd was contained and cuffed before he was killed and Babott was attacking g when she was killed. Context and circumstances clearly say there was no excuse for killing GF while AB killing should have been avoided, in the context she was tragically killed in a valid police shooting.
Funny how conservatives flip the narrative when the color of the individual changes.
Q. How many chances did ol’ Saint George Floyd get?
A. a. Too many
b. More than enough
c. More than he deserved
d. All of the above
Chances at what? He was cuffed, penned to the ground and then killed. Doesn’t seem like he was given much of a chance at all.
George Floyd wasn’t fit to kiss Ashli Babbit’s shoes.
Chris he had a chance not to commit the crime, he had a chance to get out of his friends car when was asked to, he had a chance to be cuffed when told to, he had a chance to get into the Police car when he was told to, he had a chance to stop resisting when he was told to, but no he chose to resist and fight with the officers for over 10 minutes, he had all these chances before he was placed on the ground. Please old wise one How many more chances do you think he deserved
Chris why don’t you respond to the question about “chances”. Are you afraid
Hypocritical is wanting to align yourself with anything to do with George Floyd, the woman beater criminal drug addict. He is not representative of the African American Community that anyone wants to be a part of. Not the fake media George, the real George. Take 5 minutes and you can unwind from these lies.
The entire thing was driven by media and so many lies are spoken as truth.
These lies damage Democracy.
It’s not about George Floyd. It’s about police ignoring his calls for help that he couldn’t breathe while kneeling on his neck long after he was cuffed and contained and in no way a threat to that officer’s life. That utter disrespect for life that has no place in law enforcement. THAT is what it is about.
But you be you
i was taught as a medic that if they can talk they ARE breathing . . . & NEVER attempt mouth to mouth resusc when they are conscious because it will > stress.
That is a pile of BS. Have you never seen someone talking (strained voice) having an asthma attack? Its scary….but they can communicate but no they can’t breathe….not sufficently to live. An no you dont give mouth to mouth with an asthma attack victim yet they could very well die from lack of breathing.
Chris. . .have you noticed that George Floyd’s “can’t breathe” quote has become commonplace by thugs in the hood?
Chris are you shocked that George floyd was a career criminal with over 20 arrests, convictions and multiple jail sentences he was a habitual drug user, lived his life as a thug.
Live like a thug Die like a thug.
Ashley Babbit was none of those things.
She was unarmed when she was Murdered
I am shocked how people think it is ok to kill a man that has been subdued, cuffed and laid on the ground while calling for help because he couldn’t breathe. That lack of respect for human life is disgusting and it is even more disgusting that you think that is ok. Thankfully the courts agree with me that it wasn’t ok.
He was unarmed and posing no threat to life of the officer that killed him.
Ashley Babbit was actively breaking through a barricaded door and ignored orders to stop. I don’t agree she should have been killed but under the circumstances it was reasonable to expect she was a danger to the congressmen and women still in the chambers as she was breaking in. All because she believed a lie told over and over by a cult leader.
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I am heartened to read that “Chris” believes that “lack of respect for human life is disgusting”.
I too am pro-life.
And her name was Ashli Babbit. Could you at least get her name right?
Yet you think it ok to kill George Floyd. I told you that you were hypocritical like most conservatives these days.
* * I said no such thing. You love to misrepresent other people’s positions so that you can denigrate them, and put them down.
Why do you hate so much?
Direct quote from Austin “George Floyd was a POS. He contributed nothing to our community. He just tore it down.”
….and he claims I hate so much. LMAO
Floyd was actually trying to contribute. Held two jobs actually but lost them during the pandemic and sadly fell back into drugs. He even used to volunteer for helping wayward youth after he finished serving his time in prison. Funny you don’t mention these things in your angry rant against Floyd as some means of justifying his murder by a police officer after he was cuffed and constrained on the ground and being a threat to no one.
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George Floyd WAS a POS.
We all agree on that – except you and your mentally ill Leftist cult members who believe he was a hero.
But I never said it was okay to kill him – SO STOP MISREPRESENTING MY POSITION.
You really are a sly lying little weasel.
Chris, do you mean the unarmed white woman shot by the black capital police officer? The unarmed white woman that served her country in the United States Air Force? The Black Capital Police officer who had been reprimanded several times including once for leaving his service weapon in a public restroom? The same black COP that has yet to be charged? The same unarmed white female veteran who was murdered by a black cop on camera clearly unarmed with her empty hands clearly visible? The same unarmed woman who’s family just won a lawsuit against the government for the WRONGFUL MURDER of their unarmed white female family member by a black capital police officer? If those roles were reversed or if it had been ion Portland and were one of Soro’s paid Antifa thugs you’d be screaming like a little schoolgirl with a spider on her shoe or as I like to say, like a typical libtard.
The unarmed woman who broke through a barrier via a broken window and ignored multiple warnings to stop. Yup. That woman. If you do that into my house, you will get shot too. Would you let someone brake into your house by focrce and wait and ask if they were going to harm you? I bet not. While tragic, it was a justified shooting given the officer was protecting men and women of congress in the face of a violent riot.
My point stands. If you claim she was a victim and yet claim Floyd who was cuffed and penned to the ground before being killed had it coming then you are a hypocrit.
Not complicated.
It’s “break”, not “brake”.
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“Professor Chris” has difficulty with basic English. It’s a symptom of low intelligence.
The sorry little wanker thinks he’s a genius when he’s actually as thick as a brick.
thank for your catching my typo. I make many of them. My ADHD doesn’t help much in that area.
Maybe the 3 officers trying to arrest him should have just shot Floyd after all he was actually fighting them. They had a right to feel that their life was in danger and they were trying to protect themselves or their fellow officers. What do you say to this scenario Chris. Do you think they would have been justified as you say the Capital Police officer was.
Chris , you would be correct in your comparison if Ashli had shot herself in the neck. However ol Saint George Floyd did kill himself by ingesting drugs! Either that or Ol Saint George had a Chrystal ball next to his Chrystal Meth because his very first words to the police officer standing beside the car ol Saint George was behind the wheel of were…. (See the actual body worn camera footage) Wait for it….. I CAN’T BREATHE! To which the officer responded, “just calm down man, it’s not that big a deal” Ol Saint George repeated several times, I can’t breathe and nary a soul had so much a put a finger on ol’ Saint George at that point , NO ONE! HE DIED OF AN OVERDOSE YOU DUMBASS! Ashli Babbitt on the other hand was MURDERED! You said her murder was a justified shooting however as you like to defend your martyr with… the court of law disagrees.( see 5 million settlement) BTW, it wasn’t the law that wrongly sent Derek Chauvin to prison, it was a cowardly jury of ol Saint George’s peers as if finding 12 cowardly scoundrels in Minnescrotum would be difficult.
Man please try and pull your head from your ass!
He was resisting…. trying to get away from the police versus Ashli that was charging forward being advised to stop and refused to stop. Very different situations. Funny you are ok will killing someone for resisting (long after he had stopped resisting) but not ok with killing someone who refused to stop moving forward during a riot on the Capitol and therefore a perceived threat to the safety of legislators that were present and in fear.
But you be you.
Floyd was not murdered by Derek Chavin. I wish I had been on that jury.
Seems like you have some bias that would ha e disqualified you.
Chris why don’t you answer Rebel and Aussie’s previous post. I’m betting you don’t have an intelligent answer
Did they ever confirm it was a counterfeit bill?
Yes it was handed over to the police by the store owner
Weird Chris that you won’t answer Will’s question
I see the call is not for justice, but for “racial” justice, which is NOT justice. We should be calling for unwed girls to keep their legs together and for stable, two-parent homes in the black community (which was mostly the norm before the not-so-great society replaced fathers with welfare).
With George Floyd’s record, he should have been in jail, where he would have been less likely to be on drugs, wouldn’t have been passing counterfeit bills, wouldn’t have been resisting arrest, and might still be alive. Floyd wasn’t murdered. His death was due to a massive overdose of stupidity and drugs. Every life matters and is important to G0d, but Floyd didn’t value his own life. He COULD have chosen to be a decent, responsible adult, but he chose to live his life as a thug. His death was his own doing. No amount of rioting, looting and burning buildings will bring him back.
Weird you talk about controlling women having sex but don’t say a word about man’s role in unwed pregnancy. Kinda of creepy really.
Once the pregnancy exists the male/man has no choice in the matter. He has no say as to whether there will be a birth, an adoption or an abortion.,you really should pull your head from your liberal ass. Or at least ask your boss wife if you could hold your balls once in a while… Get a grip!
So only women are to blame for pregnancy? Weird thinking given it takes a man and woman to get the woman pregnant.
Chris, what’s a man? What’s a woman? I mean for Gods sake man, you left wing nutters appointed an idiot (well she’s the latest) to the Supreme Court that couldn’t answer the very very simple question, what is a woman. She, SHE! said it was due to her not being a biologist. SMH! How in hell could SHE possibly rule on an issue of women’s rights when according to her very own testimony cannot tell you, me or CONGRESS what the hell a woman is???? Are you really sure you want to stand by that very centrist opinion that it takes a MAN and a WOMAN to impregnate a WOMAN? What are your leftwing nut job libtarded pals going to say about you leaving out your LGBTQIABC+/- trans furby community and denying those men their rights to be birthing persons? They may revoke your lifetime Democrat party registration card.
Weird diversion from your wanting to only blame women for pregnancy. Let’s stick to one topic at a time. But if you must, I am happy to discuss the basics of sex and gender as it is commonly misunderstood in the conservative arena.
But I like to first ask you about the boxer Imane Khelif. Her sex was assigned as female at birth (she lacks the boy parts you find on babies assigned as Male at birth) yet conservatives are convinced she is man? So, before you rant about liberals and their understanding of the difference between sex and gender, maybe you should get your own story straight first.
I am a woman and I fully agree with you. Women in this day and age need to learn to keep their freaking legs closed!! All they scream is abortion rights. Keep your legs closed and you won’t have to murder a baby. It’s their own fault. And the majority of them kill these babies because they don’t want it to ruin their career. Really? Then shut your legs! Don’t be so loose! But men like Chris think that it’s okay to murder an innocent child. People just never cease to amaze me with their idiot beliefs. He says, what about the man’s role. Okay, let’s go there. A man should use protection absolutely. But a woman shouldn’t put herself in that position to begin with if she’s not married to him. And if she’s going to go out and screw around, then she needs to have birth control. That’s on the woman. Plain and simple. It doesn’t get any more simple than that. If she’s going to go out and screw around, then she’s responsible for protecting herself. And I have seen many many men who have begged the woman not to have an abortion. To let them raise the baby. That’s a real man right there. Willing to stand up and protect his child from being murdered. But chris, you do you, as you like to say.
Makes it even more creepy you only blame women for unwanted pregnancies. As if men don’t groom, coerce, or force themselves on women with great regularity in our society.
I don’t support killing children. I just don’t believe a fetus is a child as early in the development process as you do.
My beliefs are not idiotic. They are based on science. And as a Christian, the bible is clear that life is breathed into us a birth. It says nothing about life at conception.
But you be you.
Chris. . . your life is “breathed into us at birth” doesn’t include the issue of a fetal heartbeat. At that point, the child is breathing amniotic fluid to sustain their growth until birth.
Just quoting genesis chapter 2 verse 7: Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Kinda clear.
To be fair, I don’t look the bible for questions of science (such as when a fetus is viable outside the womb as the definition of when a fetus becomes a life versus a bundle of cells) but so many Christians use their version of religion to make worldly claims I thought I would toss that into the mix.
Wayne, accurately stated and spot on.
George Floyd’s death had nothing to do with his skin color. There is no evidence that he was treated more harshly because he was black. None.
He did steal from a store, then fight cops for over 10 minutes while they asked him to get in their squad car, and he did so with enough hard drugs in his system to kill a horse.
the hard drugs were MEANT to kill him in this culture war ?
A single incident never proves anything. The proof was in the trend. This was just such a gross injustice, it was the straw that triggered millions to come out and march due to the trend of violence against blank men by police.
What a friend you have in Jesus lol. I see a lot of photos with the knee to the neck, the toe of his boot at a 90-degree angle. But seldom do they show Chauvin’s facial expression as he killed this man knowing he was being filmed. That’s the face of the devil a demon.
Another opportunity for the little town of Greensboro and city leaders to Stoke racism and fuel anti-police sentiment.
And that’s exactly what they are doing! That’s what they want to continue doing to keep us all divided. This town is all about racism. Look at who is on our County commissioners. The most racist of the racist you can get. Skip. All they want to do is keep slamming the racism issue and everybody’s face and keep everybody riled up. Then they can keep being in charge because they look like they’re protecting their own. They’re not. All they’re doing is stealing from their own. But people are too stupid to realize it.
No person should be held down for this period of time especially with breathing issues brought on by ingesting drugs and fighting police officers….no person with Floyd’s reputation should be hailed as a hero…ever…period!
You are a Monday morning quarterback, are you not? Floyd was a huge, overweight, strong man who would not cooperate with police and follow commands. Police officers are not medical personnel or social workers. Officers are trained to deal with a situation at hand. Floyd placed himself in the position to be restrained, otherwise this incident would not have happened. The same restraining technique has been used thousands of times before and after Floyd. Floyd is the only person that I have read about that has died during the restraining technique. Anyone using Floyd as a raison de justice is misguided.
He wasn’t hailed as a hero. He was hailed as a victim of a long history of police violence directed at black men as if his life didn’t matter. He was a symbol. Not a hero.
It’s true Chris he was a symbol, of a THUG He was put on a pedestal and used by the left and the media to stoke division in America. Hell they even used his daughter as a prop. The scam organization blm flourished after Floyd’s death. That whole organization proved to be nothing but a way to fleece good hearted well intentioned people who hopefully have seen the stupidity of what their money was actually used for. Certainly not for the benefit of the black community. By the way Chris how much did you give to blm
He served four years in prison after accepting a plea bargain for a 2007 aggravated robbery in a home invasion. After he was paroled in 2013, he served as a mentor in his religious community and posted anti-violence videos to social media. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis area, residing in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, and worked as a truck driver and bouncer. In 2020, he lost both jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sadly, he turned to drugs and struggled like a lot of people and made some bad choices. While he clearly made bad choices, he served his time in prison and tried to contribute to his community but struggled like a lot of low income people do.
While not a great guy, he didn’t deserve to be murdered by a cop.
As for BLM, it was great concept but clearly lost its way. Too bad as the cause was justified, just poorly run.
the officer had no opportunity to set his stopwatch & conduct a drug screen. i would like to see derek pardoned.
Wayne said:
“With George Floyd’s record, he should have been in jail, where he would have been less likely to be on drugs, wouldn’t have been passing counterfeit bills, wouldn’t have been resisting arrest, and might still be alive.”
The system failed Mr. Floyd by not incarcerating him. SHAME on the system.
No, the system failed him for killing him over an accused petty crime long after he had been subdued and claimed pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. THAT was the failure. Of course, the bigger failure is so many people saying was ok to kill him since he was a criminal….as if his life didn’t matter.
Funny thing Chris, I don’t think I’ve seen anyone say it was okay to kill him. Those are your words. What the posts I see are that George Floyd created his issue with drug use, being a thug, a career criminal and then fighting with the Police. He created the situation, cased the problem and died as a result of his own actions. Thug life. Thug death.
By your own comment you claim it was ok for him to die because it was his fault. Do you not even hear yourself?
You believe it was ok to kill him and even go so far as to blame him for his own death as if it was a choice. He was cuffed and contained on the ground and posing a threat to no one and his pleas for help were ignored. Even after he stopped breathing, the officer refused to get off of his neck.
So, if it wasn’t ok to kill him as you deny implying by your comment, then say it directly: It wasn’t OK that George Floyd was killed. Say it. Bet you won’t.
I will NOT say anything other than he placed himself in the position to interact with Police on multiple occasions and his choice of actions in this incident led to his death.
* You have hit on the truth, Rebel ! This is the M.O. of Chris. He puts words in other people’s mouths and twists what they said into something much more heinous. That’s so he can assassinate their character, smear them with horrible epithets, and make himself feel superior by putting other people down.
He has — predictably — even done this in response to your comment right here. He is an odious and sly debater, having no intellectual or ethical integrity at all.
I understand that reading comprehension isn’t your strong subject and you can only read the exact statement versus the implications of a given statement. But keep trying. Old dogs can learn new tricks….
Glad you admit to changing the meaning of what people say, and adding your own heinous spin to it.
They are responsible for what they say – not what you impute to it in your pitiful attempts to denigrate them.
And my reading comprehension is infinitely superior to a mental midget who’s incapable of writing a paragraph without committing at least one solecism. That’s you Einstein – in case it went over your head.
I suggest 4th Grade literature class for you and maybe then you can keep up. Good luck!
The truth is that George Floyd, a habitual offender and well-known to resist when being confronted by police, played the biggest role in his demise. Every time you have a negative interaction and struggle with the police, there is a risk that bad things might happen. You have just spun the wheel of risk. Being surrounded by police, all hyped up on adrenaline, armed and concerned about themselves going home safely….then insisting on fighting even though you know you are guilty and caught is just spinning that wheel of risk again and again. Each interaction just increases the odds that bad things will happen. With a rap sheet a mile long, ol’George was addicted to spinning the wheel of risk as much as any drug. Ol’ George just had to spin that wheel one mo’time…..and finally hit the jackpot. Everyone else was just one of hundreds of participants in a lifelong pursuit of that jackpot.
How was Floyd a threat all cuffed and laying on the ground crying for help that he was struggling to breathe? Are you claiming his death was a jackpot? Weird.
Chris I’m typing slow so maybe you can understand. If Floyd had not disobeyed and fought the officers for 10 MINUTES he most likely would NOT have found himself on the GROUND and not DIED that day. I hope this helps. Read slowly and read again if you need to.
He wasn’t killed until AFTER he was cuffed on the ground and crying out that he couldn’t breathe. Luckily our justice systems views that a murder and sent the cop to prison.
Did I type slow enough.
He started crying out he couldn’t breathe while he was still in the car. You moron.
The Woolworth Museum has officially announced that they are undeserving of future tax dollars. Spinning a web of deceit is unseemly especially from a “museum” that has so few visitors and so little interest by the public at large to keep its doors open without tax dollars directly, or indirectly through nonprofit status. George Floyd died because of the manner in which he lived as a serious drug user and a criminal. Floyd resisted arrest for another criminal act causing the police to use a technique used routinely under such circumstances. Floyd could not breathe because his lungs were filled with fluid from drug use. A death brings about a reflection and memory of the deceased’s life. Floyd is known for his death with no mention of the kind of life he lived. Why would the museum’s CEO use Floyd’s death to recognize the concept of justice?
The courts disagree with you another people who don’t believe life matters just because you have a criminal history. He was cuffed, contained on the ground, crying for help because he couldn’t breathe. What danger was he to anyone at that point that justified killing him? Or do you think his life didn’t matter?
Floyd was NOT killed. Essentially, he died by drowning because his lungs were filled with fluid; that’s how you drown, Chris, and that’s why he could not breathe. Did his life matter? What I can say is that no one’s life is worth burning a city, stealing, looting, destroying businesses, and committing overall mayhem.
Thankfully a court of law disagreed with you. But to argue the point. Would he have died if the officer didn’t kneel on his neck for over nine minutes? Nope. Wouldn’t have happened.
How can you definitely say that Chris.
Are you GOD, you truly are a wanker
Derek Chavin should be made Police Czar
Chris, You’re stupid! I will meet you anywhere in the city of Greensboro and let you handcuff me, put me on the ground in the RESCUE POSITION (please take a first aid class) and you can kneel with your knee on my neck ALL DAY and I will not die because IM MOT ON DRUGS! I’m serious! Post on here where to meet you, hell we can do it at my matial arts training hall if you want. Bring the biased media and have lots of witnesses and end this lie! The court of law also said that O.J. Simpson didn’t murder Nicole and Ron but that too was a travesty of justice… you really are stupid but respond please with a place where you would like to prove the courts and the biased media wrong . C’mon Chris, prove me wrong…we’ll post the video and get Derick Chauvin released from prison.
BTW, has anyone ever watched the complete body worn camera footage of ol Saint George Floyd sitting in the car when police first encounter him. No officer has so much as put a finger on him and his first words to the police were… I CANT BREATHE! And he repeats this several times despite being told by the officer, it’s not that big a deal, just calm down. The officer doesn’t know George has already OVERDOSED!
Name the time and place Chris, it’s time to stop lying.
God isnt required on this one. I trust the medical experts that testified in court.
It is stories just like this that continue to be repeated by the mainstream news media and other publications that continues to cause a riff which leads to more trouble in this country. These kinds of stories just give left wing loons an excuse to riot and cause more problems. The mainstream news media just won’t let some things remain in the past. They have to continue to stir up trouble. By the way, Floyd initiated his own death when he violated the law, got arrested and resisted arrest. He did die while in police custody but was not murdered. The case became “murder” because of political ramifications.
Good challenge to Chris Capt. Curt I’m willing to wager he won’t accept as he will be proven wrong God help him he can’t let that happen.
Just back him into a corner, prove him wrong and he just disappears into his own “little” mind
So you want me to murder some guy that calls himself Capt Curt to prove a point. Weird.
They only point to prove is that conservatives don’t like scientists or doctors that support the anti-science narratives.
Not complicated.
Yeah Chris! The masks didn’t do shit! They were worthless. 6 feet distancing? Even YOUR HERO, lying Tony Fauci admitted that was something they pulled from their ass. Stay inside? Throw Grandma and Grandpa to the wolves by putting infected patients in nursing homes. Yeah man! Those college educated, well trained scientific professionals were awesome weren’t they? I bet you still believe the coronavirus originated in a wet market and not the Wuhan virology lab. My body my choice? Not when it came to that wicked witches brew they forced AMERICANS to put in their bodies so they could keep their jobs or remain in our military. I can tell you this with absolute certainty, you are one stupid son of a bitch Chris. With any due respect of course. NOT!
And this tells you all you need to know about this museum. It is not for civil rights for all but injustice for a single race. George Floyd broke the law. Was he mistreated at his arrest? Yes. That does not take away from his original crime, nor should he be honored or set up on some type of pedestal because he was mistreated. I don`t see any annual observations or honor being given to the white person who was mentally disturbed a few years ago and ran around his years with a knife and killed by police, nor do I see any observances in memory of the Native Americans who have been mistreated and discriminated against for the last 300 years.
What other injustices do you want to include? The civil rights movement was very much specifically about discrimination against the black community.
Native Americans, what a travesty! The White man stole their land and massacred them! If anybody deserves reparations in this country, it is our Native Americans! I sleep good at night knowing the Native Americans are finally getting the White Man back by taking his money at their casinos and selling them marijuana legally, provided they have a paid consultation with their medicine men! Poetic Justice?
I am guessing you have never visited an Indian reservation out west. I prefer Indian over Native American. In my mind’s eye, the word Indian conjures up an image of a strong, talented, fierce warrior who lived one with nature. I do not believe that this is a romanticized version of the Plains Indians but is based on verifiable information. Native American suggests that a group of people just happened to have moved across the Bering Land Bridge and ended up in what is now called the United States. This tells one nothing about Native Americans. Native American is a word from the Thought Police to control language. It is a tragedy the way the American Indians have been treated. No other group of people come close to experiencing the level of depravity inflicted on them by the US government and the former federal officers from the War Between the States; Philip Sheridan comes to mind.
indian culture was brutal as tribe warred against tribe – most were decimated by european diseases. when railing against indian school cruelty no mention is made of the circumstances the children were ‘rescued’ from ? what was it like to be a squaw worth 1/2 a horse in bride price, the prestige of a man established by # of scalps or how effectively they tortured there adversaries. read ‘the comanches’ or ‘the cutting off way’ or any of the hundreds of books written by historians/anthropologists.
A favorite book of mine is Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. It is worth the time to read. Yes, Indian tribes fought against one another, not unlike European countries did for hundreds of years. As far as the dowry for a squaw, a horse was a prized possession of all Indians. I would suggest that 1/2 of a horse was a handsome dowry reflecting the squaw’s value.
our cruel culture is industrial scale. i admire some of their customs but who would voluntarily live that life now or go back to it. look @ all the tribal warfare everywhere now !
buffalo soldiers come to my mind
Jimmy, if you feel guilty about the land you’re on why don’t you head on back to Europe? You white people….
One man murdered one man. Happens every day, all day. Mostly among black men. So we need justice for them all, not the most favored of the day. ALL convicted hienos criminals should serve life without parole. Two men assaulted and killed two Police Officers in the Bronx; they have never been prosecuted. The two men are black, the officers were white. Where is their justice?
Maximum goodie for the Dems on this one. Maybe the new Richard Nixon replacement. But mum as they can be for Biden.
Life is full of choices, Felon Floyd made his and is now gone.
Yawn
The officer made his choices and now he is in prison where he belongs.
He was unfortunate enough to be on site when Floyd died from an overdose. Floyd would have died even if Chauvin hadn’t been there. Why should Chauvin be punished for Floyd’s suicide by drugs?
Please give a credible answer rather than pontificating to show your imagined brilliance. Thank you.
Saying that lie over and over doesn’t make it true. It was proven in a court of law that he died as a result of having a knee on his neck for over nine minutes.
The only thing proven in court was . . . NOTHING. A lot of assertions were made, and the jurors believed what they wanted to, but NOTHING was proven. And your repeated assertion that Floyd was murdered does not make it true. Opinions are like buttholes. Everybody has one, and most of them stink. Yours are no exception.
Sorry the truth makes you so uncomfortable. Sad really.
Thanks Aussie! Chris is full of $h!t as usual. He said he’s going with the medical experts on this one instead of a real life hands on experiment ( the science) where he , if at least functioning slightly better than Joe Biden, knows he and the Democrats propaganda wing (Aka the mainstream media) will be proven liars. The offer still stands… any place, anywhere I will be there to be handcuffed, put on the concrete or asphalt in the rescue position, as any trained person would, have done. Chris, Skip Alston or this idiot racist instigator from the “civil rights museum” can put their knee on my neck ALL DAY LONG and I will not die because I , unlike St. George Floyd, am NOT ON DRUGS! Anytime Chris, Skip or for that matter, any police officer or even you Aussie.9 minutes or nine hours. I just want to prove that Derek Chauvin was a scapegoat for BLM, and the propagandist in the mainstream media. It is truly a travesty of justice. Thanks again Aussie!
Riiiiiiiight. Let’s all trust a guy online that calls himself Capt Curt. LMAO
Was it Capt Curt that claimed you can’t speak if you can’t breathe? Even though you can use a simple experiment of holding your breathe and saying the alphabet no problem. LMAO
THAT is they guy you want to accept his opinion over multiple vetted experts that testified in a court of law. LAMO
Cracks me up the lengths that conspiracy theorists go to pretend the know more than people who spent years studying a subject and practicing refining those skills for years but ‘some guy called Capt Curt knows better just because he thunk it up all by himself.’
But you be you.
You’re a true idiot in every sense of the word. Everybody that reads your comments knows it too. I would love to meet you in person someday. I bet you’re a real character. We could have some serious talks. I would really love to get inside your mind and see why you believe the things that you believe. Why you think it’s okay. Why you have so much hatred towards White people. I would love to know what color you are. If you’re white, then you’re a disgrace to white people everywhere. I really think sometimes that you just get on here to cause chaos. That you really don’t care about most of the stuff. I really feel like you get on here just to cause issues. Just to rile people up. I think you have a pathetic life. And that you do these things to try to justify why you are so miserable. Maybe I’m way off base, but I don’t think so. Believe it or not, I do pray that you are a very happy person. That you have a family that you love. But I really hope you’re not teaching your children the garbage you get on here and spew out all the time. Hopefully you are teaching them love. And not to be racist. Because while you accuse all of us of being racist, it’s truly your racism coming through. It shows in full force all the time. You hate White people.
I dont hate white people. I hate people that dont beleive it’s OK to kill another man who has been cuffed and detained and a threat to no one. An i do find it disturbing that this conservstive mindset only applies to people of color. Seems it’s ok to beat up police during a riot if you are white. Heck you are hailed as a hero.
Thst makes me angry.
No. I feel it important to fact check the conservstive propaganda that promotes anti-science, promotes bigotry, and promotes hate.
I have been a reader of the rhino times since it was a one page paper on the coner of the Rhino bar. (I was a conservative myself in those days) and I hate to see the noise from conservative propaganda repeating itself here so I try to add balance with fact checking.
It was the anti-vax garbage that got me started as that was a true public disservice that I will fight as long as I am able.
Classic white nationalist strategy is to call people racist because they push back against conservative racist narratives such as it being ok to kill a black man because he had a criminal record, or push the lie that immigrants eat pets, or are rapists and criminals.
So dont worry. I am happy and doing very well.
Thanks for caring. Although I dont think you care one bit.
But you be you.
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By his own admission, Chris used to be a conservative. Now, as a liberal, he never misses an opportunity to smear and demean conservatives.
So his convictions and beliefs have become diametrically opposed to what they were previously. It is self-evident that such people cannot be believed, because we know for a fact that they are wrong. We just don’t know if they were wrong then, or are wrong now.
Either way, their judgement cannot be trusted. This is logically undeniable.
Smear? Na, I just point out hypocrisy of the modern conservative movement and fact check the misinformation that has become so popular in the MAGA movement (ie propaganda) and lastly I call out bigotry and racism when presented.
My views have only changed in regard to understanding the vicious cycle of poverty and the lasting impact of our long history with racism in this country as i have been lucky to meet a range of people who had good insights from both academics and personal life experiences.
I am pro-gun ownership, fiscal responsibility (defined by balanced budget during good economic times), and believe in efficient government.
It’s called learning and growth. People who hold onto old beliefs in spite of new information and facts are the people to not trust as for them, education, science, and facts are a threat. I suggest avoiding people like Austin who advise you to ignore experts in their field of study and practice.
But you be you.
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Ignore the lies this guy levels at me. They are all untrue.
He admits that he was once a conservative and now despises conservatives, taking swipes at them in half the comments he makes. Ergo, his judgement cannot be trusted.
He believed “X” until recently. Now he believes “Not X”. In another five years perhaps he will again believe “X”. Regardless, he obviously can’t distinguish right from wrong, or truth from lies. His beliefs blow with the wind.
That is why his interminable rants are worthless.
if trump pardons derek ch he has four more years in the (scum)bag ?
It was not a choice; it was his training. Yes, the officer is in prison, which history will prove what it is, a miscarriage of justice. As a result of Floyd’s death by his own drug use, NGOs paid rioters to destroy, burn and loot followed closely by greedy, selfish, criminals that used Floyd as an excuse to steal and destroy an American city. I hope Trump pardons the officer.
Riiiiight because justice isn’t real when it doesn’t fit your false narratives of the world. Like it being perfectly ok for rioters to beat police if they are white and fighting to defend the blatant lie of mass fraud being why Trump lost the 2020 election.
Conservatives dont care about justice. They only care about power.
Why do you insist equating justice with Floyd’s death? His death had/has nothing to do with justice.
Chris, I would ask if you are stupid but everyone except your retarded cousin/siblings like axekick already know the answer to that, but if you believe that decrepit Uncle Joe who couldn’t get nominated for president TWICE when he was cognitive and functioning and an inept Harris who couldn’t even win her own state’s nomination for president hitched their wagons together and got more votes than the man behind Obama 3.0 then you truly can’t handle science because you lack a functioning brain. IT WAS RIGGED! Everyone knows! It was a scam man! Please pull your head from your ass. Or at least when you sit on Santa’s lap this year, ask him to bring me a million dollars and a new bike…and a football and a catchers mitt and an etch a sketch and a red Ryder BB gun…. please!!!!
As the courts determined it was an injustice to ignore his pleas for help while cuffed down on the ground with an officer kneeling on his neck…..even after he stopped breathing and was likely dead or activily dying.
Why do you believe this behavior appropriate?
TERMLIMITS, just so we are clear, I equate Floyd’s death with an INJUSTIC not justice.
Thankfully, the courts agreed and sent his murder to prison for a long time.
Greensboro needs to shut down that travesty of a thing they call a museum. It does not even deserve to have the word museum in it. It’s a slap in the face of all museums everywhere. We all know Skippy boy stole money from that museum when it first opened and never paid it back. That’s how he built his house. They don’t pay their bills. I mean just has to duke power how that goes. They go into businesses in Greensboro and beg for free stuff all the time. I know this because I’ve seen it firsthand. I was in a business they went into and begged for them to do work for them for free. This un-museum is a joke and everybody in North Carolina knows it. Nobody cares about that place. Nobody goes into that place. And for them to bring up George Floyd who did not even live in Greensboro is asinine at its best! Nobody cares about a drug addict who was so high that it killed him. He’s not a martyr for black people. True black people laugh at him. They say he was never a martyr for him. He’s only a martyr for the left. He was high. Very high. And if he couldn’t breathe how could he scream he couldn’t breathe for that long. If he couldn’t breathe he wouldn’t have been able to talk and say things. And he went on and on and on and on. He could breathe just fine. And when they did the autopsy they proved it was drugs that killed him. So, for y’all who martyrize a drug addict, get a life! We all know he was scum of the Earth. I don’t care what color he was. He was scum. He had a criminal history a mile long. He was known for causing trouble. He was known for being a drug addict. He should have did what the cops asked him to do and put his hands behind his back. But no, he had to show his butt and he got all those cops on top of him. He fought left and right. If he couldn’t breathe, he can’t fight. Stop feeding into the lies where he is concerned. And I just really want to know why this so-called not a museum is promoting George Floyd all of a sudden anyway? To get money? To try to be relevant? Nobody freaking cares! Shut that place down
ditto. having a black & white museum downtown looks like segregation to me
No. It looks like Greensboro has pride in its roll in the civil rights movement.
Only a conservative would claim civil rights was racist.
But you be you
how dare you call me conservative ! i’m a boomer hippie!
Ha ha ha …. Roll. Lmao I’ll have hole weet tost instead. You’re an idiot! Btw… have a great summer Chris and good luck in first grade… again! ROLL my!
I for one am proud of the cities history in the civil rights movement and glad we have a museum to mark that proud history. Yeah Skip is a shady guy and they should have never tried to promote it as a self funding business as it doesn’t draw that kind of traffic.
Well, now that we agree that it is not and cannot self-fund, cut off the tax stream. A museum with so little interest from the public should not be funded by taxpayers.
I think it a worthy of public funding as a reminder of the critical role Greensboro played in the civil rights movement. But that should have been how it was sold back when it was founded.
I would have liked to have seen it turned into a diner using the original counter and just mark off the original stools where the four sat on their first day of the sit-in. Then it would have had a chance to be profitable while still educating on Greensboro history.
Opportunity lost.
Not a bad idea, it would have been worth pursuing. But running a business is a lot of work, so many variables to manage. Skip Alston and Earl Jones (City Councilman) wanted something with less headache and something that could be used as cudgel to force money from the hands of those who had money, albeit the government money belonged to the taxpayers who were not given a voice. The site will never be self-funding. Skip Alston knows this. Regardless of his attempts to make the site relevant, it is not. Property taxpayers pay the property taxes that the site does not pay. Therefore, the museum receives an annual payment of property taxes by other property taxpayers who are not given a choice in the matter. Check out the tax value of the total land mass that the museum owns. This information can be obtained from the Guilford County Tax Department. Give the department a call. I think the land mass is now a city block.
great idea. do it.
D H Griffin could make it the perfect diner in about a day or less.
Great idea! They’re already set up around the corner. Maybe D.H. Could move on over, make a few dollars and provide some tax relief for the tax paying citizens not the ones that live off other peoples taxes…. Can you say squeaky wheel?
It’s called a tax burden. Pull your weight or pull out. Stop forcing the citizens of Greensboro and Guilford county to pay for Skip and Earl”s slush fund. Btw, what ever happened to the million plus dollars the federal government gave to ol’Skippy and Earl? I seem to remember they had blown threw all of the money but the Woolworth store looked like even the floor hadn’t been swept since the sit ins… but everyone involved in the “scheme” to turn the site into a museum was sporting gold jewelry, expensive watches, nice cars, guns etc. etc. but were claiming they had spent it all on a run down vacant building on S. Elm St., that was in worse condition than the Woolworth, that they told the feds was their office. They also had a few hangers on that they claimed were employees and if I recall was clear as day they couldn’t operate a TV remote let alone cook the books for a pair like Skip and Earl. Whatever happen with that one? Help me out here Chris! That’s your people we’re talking about. One more thing that has the panties knotted up. Why is it that you have assumed my gender is male? Is it that I am a Captain? Is it because I challenged you to kill me by kneeling on my neck? Is it because I am a martial artist? What makes you assume? Vey interested to know Ol’wise one. You seem to be very sexist and prejudiced to me.
Capt. Curt. You are not the only one he does that to. Chris makes a lot of ASSumptions.
Weird you say that in response to a comment that has zero factual basis. And heck, ol Capt. Curt asked for my help in answering his question. LMAO.
Assuming you are male is rather logical. The name Curt is typically associated with males. It’s most commonly used as a nick name for Curtis. Kinda weird name for a lady. But you be you.
If you read the history of the museum as long covered here in the RT, Skip did a bit of a bait-and-switch. After he initially moved to purchase the building, they decided they wanted to incorporate artifacts from the Smithsonian Museum, which required significant upgrades to meet the anti-humidity standards or something of that sort. I was not a fan of how it was handled and as I have said many times, I have never been a fan of Skip.
Thanks for asking for my help. I am flattered. Best wishes.