{"id":46228,"date":"2020-06-01T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=46228"},"modified":"2020-06-01T09:16:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T09:16:39","slug":"george-floyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/06\/george-floyd\/","title":{"rendered":"George Floyd"},"content":{"rendered":"
A wave of sadness \u00a0frustration<\/address>\n
\u00a0and \u00a0threat<\/address>\n
an African American arrested<\/address>\n
\u00a0and met<\/address>\n
with a painful and frustrating<\/address>\n
end to his life<\/address>\n
Arrested and handcuffed<\/address>\n
and kneeled on, \u00a0 his strife<\/address>\n
\u00a0was audible clearly<\/span><\/address>\n
pleading that they<\/address>\n
the four police officers<\/address>\n
belp him that day<\/address>\n
\u00a0but \u00a0one of them kneeled<\/address>\n
on his neck \u00a0and \u00a0all heard<\/address>\n
him saying he couldn\u2019t breathe<\/address>\n
That\u2019s what \u00a0occurred<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
4 white police officers<\/address>\n
one African, American \u00a0man<\/address>\n
who was unarmed \u00a0<\/address>\n
and how it did pan<\/address>\n
out on the ground<\/address>\n
Excess force was applied<\/address>\n
and George \u00a0tragically<\/address>\n
was killed in cold blood<\/address>\n
That denied<\/address>\n
he apparently tried to use<\/address>\n
a false cheque to<\/address>\n
pay<\/address>\n
off \u00a0a bill<\/address>\n
And \u00a0the shop Had seen through it\u00a0<\/address>\n
right away<\/address>\n
and called the cops<\/address>\n
and they came and we saw<\/span><\/address>\n
the drama play\u00a0<\/address>\n
Out with George face down on the floor<\/address>\n
\u00a0he had cried out \u00a0more than once<\/span><\/address>\n
but they didn\u2019t cease<\/address>\n
they just \u00a0took no notice<\/address>\n
they would not release<\/address>\n
their grip on his neck<\/address>\n
tbey were nasty and cruel<\/address>\n
and he died there \u00a0frustratingly<\/address>\n
Which \u00a0sadly did fuel<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0protests from bystanders<\/span><\/address>\n
and subsequently<\/address>\n
all had \u00a0faced lock down<\/address>\n
and the valve \u00a0forcibly\u00a0<\/address>\n
was wrenched off\u00a0<\/address>\n
and sparks flew\u00a0<\/address>\n
and\u00a0<\/address>\n
we could see<\/address>\n
rampaging mobs<\/address>\n
in the streets tragically<\/address>\n
\u00a0we then \u00a0heard the four officers<\/span><\/address>\n
were being let go<\/address>\n
Derek \u00a0Chauvin \u00a0who kneeled on his neck<\/address>\n
he did know<\/address>\n
that \u00a0he now was under arrest<\/address>\n
and \u00a0that he<\/address>\n
might face murder charges<\/address>\n
so dramatically<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
The \u00a0incident \u00a0Took on<\/address>\n
great drama \u00a0And \u00a0pain<\/address>\n
crowds spilled onto the street<\/address>\n
an obnoxious refrain<\/address>\n
some of the most \u00a0 peaceful<\/address>\n
Then \u00a0what we saw<\/address>\n
was tear gas and \u00a0Ramped up<\/address>\n
response \u00a0and what\u2019s more<\/address>\n
\u00a0great agitation<\/span><\/address>\n
destructively<\/address>\n
they lit fires
\nand smashed \u00a0windows<\/address>\n
In such vile \u00a0villainy<\/address>\n
some went up on the freeway<\/address>\n
to protest and they<\/address>\n
some of theM much \u00a0quieter<\/address>\n
when arrested did say<\/address>\n
\u00a0they had not come to loot<\/span><\/address>\n
or to aggressively \u00a0be<\/address>\n
and when arrested \u00a0<\/address>\n
were convivial as most could see<\/address>\n
its was \u00a0disobedience<\/address>\n
not violence in fact<\/address>\n
humanity kicked in
\nmany did react<\/address>\n
in a pragmatic fashion
\n\u00a0believing that they<\/span><\/address>\n
all needed love<\/address>\n
at the end of the day.\u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
but across many cities<\/address>\n
responses were rough<\/address>\n
banks being burned to the ground<\/address>\n
things were tough<\/address>\n
it became racial the frustration we saw<\/address>\n
which ignited the tinder<\/address>\n
and the aggression was raw<\/address>\n
\u00a0then we heard none of the officers would<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0Be charged\u00a0<\/address>\n
And for certain that\u2019s wasn\u2019t good<\/address>\n
And\u00a0the mood how it changed<\/span><\/address>\n
significantly<\/span><\/address>\n
defeatism arose<\/span><\/address>\n
ominously<\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
and since then its been war on the streets<\/span><\/address>\n
CHASE BANK \u00a0burned down UNION too<\/span><\/address>\n
throughout the town<\/span><\/address>\n
all of \u00a0the shops were Either looted or \u00a0burned<\/span><\/address>\n
front windows \u00a0smashed<\/address>\n
it really \u00a0had \u00a0turned<\/address>\n
\u00a0incredibly nasty<\/span><\/address>\n
fjres everywhere\u00a0<\/address>\n
shops looted mercilessly\u00a0<\/address>\n
no one seemed \u00a0to care
\nantagonism and \u00a0antipathy<\/address>\n
servile and mean<\/address>\n
was the hostility.\u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
and they are still looting
\ncar loads of stuff<\/address>\n
seemingly people \u00a0just can\u2019t steal enough
\nthe mood it has changed<\/span><\/address>\n
so much anger about<\/span><\/address>\n
Loathing and intolerance<\/span><\/address>\n
that\u2019s what\u2019s it\u2019s about.<\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n
Tbis \u00a0 poor man\u2019s\u00a0death<\/span><\/address>\n
ignited \u00a0a fuse<\/address>\n
resentment \u00a0exploded<\/address>\n
it wasn\u2019t \u00a0good news
\npeople so petulant<\/address>\n
snarling and growling<\/address>\n
detesting the coppers<\/address>\n
so many howling<\/address>\n
an infernal foul<\/address>\n
wretched and wrong<\/address>\n
that right at this juncture<\/address>\n
it didn\u2019t belong<\/address>\n
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