I assume the point of this is to persuade a reader who is unaware of the statistics? I think such a reader would be turned off by the "martyr facts" in the lower right. That reader would argue these facts and ignore the stats.
Everything you say about the Floyd case is correct but you omit a bit more. It’s not clear to me that Chauvin’s improper use of the maximal restraint technique was not a contributing factor in Floyd’s death. The stress from the whole thing possibly exacerbated the problems from the fentanyl and made his heart worse. It’s hard to tell if he would have died anyway in the counterfactual where he wasn’t arrested, just from the fentanyl.
I’m no fan of BLM and agree with the majority of what you write here.
I assume the point of this is to persuade a reader who is unaware of the statistics? I think such a reader would be turned off by the "martyr facts" in the lower right. That reader would argue these facts and ignore the stats.
Understanding that the BLM martyr narrative is a lie is an indispensable part of the picture.
Everything you say about the Floyd case is correct but you omit a bit more. It’s not clear to me that Chauvin’s improper use of the maximal restraint technique was not a contributing factor in Floyd’s death. The stress from the whole thing possibly exacerbated the problems from the fentanyl and made his heart worse. It’s hard to tell if he would have died anyway in the counterfactual where he wasn’t arrested, just from the fentanyl.
I’m no fan of BLM and agree with the majority of what you write here.