Cedric L. Alexander served some four decades in law enforcement and other areas of public service leadership. A CNN and MSNBC contributor, he is the author of"In Defense of Public Service: How 22 Million Government Workers Will Save Our Republic." The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
On Monday evening, police in Minneapolis were called about someone trying to pass a counterfeit bill at Cup Foods, a neighborhood grocery store. Two officers responded to the alleged forgery in progress, saw a man matching the suspect's description and ordered him out of his car. He complied but then, according to police,"physically resisted."
Cedric L. AlexanderWhat we know next comes from a bystander video on Facebook Live which circulated widely, showing a white officer with his knee on the neck of George Floyd, an African American man. He is pinned down, his cheek pressed into the asphalt of the street just behind the right rear tire of the Minneapolis Police SUV. If he had resisted, he is not resisting now. Clearly, he cannot. It's a horrific video. But in too many ways, it's a rerun. "Please, please.
NYPD Commissioner: Garner's death must have a consequence 01:46Well, of course, we are living in a time of unprecedented stress, as a pandemic virus threatens to deprive each of us of the breath of life. But this is no excuse. What happened to Garner in 2014 took place in a time of prosperity and health. Police officers are only as good as the training their department provides them. They are only as good as the culture their department creates for them.
Opinion Why are some of the protesters that are protesting the death of Mr Floyd decide to loot burn and assault the police? You should be ashame of yourself? You are only making a terrible thing worse.
Opinion I just cannot believe what I see... I feel furious anger against these wannabe police men and tremendous compassion with Floyd's family and his loved ones. This need to stop!!! BlackLivesMatter GeorgeFloydMurder icantbreathe GeorgeFloydprotest
Opinion So would it be incorrect to say that the colour (color) of a human's heart is more often inversely proportional to the skin colour?
Opinion It’s like Black sitting in the dark they can’t and didn’t care to see you
Opinion We hardly need an answer we have a picture! That sorry excuse for a human being with his knee on that man's throat, should be in jail or rest of his life.
Opinion For the white man, the police is a protective agency, for the Black man, police is an organised serial killers
Opinion They cops just got fired....just like that, they should be prosecuted for murder
Opinion This is the American police.
Opinion Terrorism wont destroy America. War wont destroy America. Pandemic wont destroy America. Politics wont destroy America. Racism will. Sad!
Opinion These filthy pigs should be held financially responsible for the damage we’re about to see. Riots are gonna be all over the country. And YES, standing around doing nothing is just as wrong.
Opinion what is need it to understand that your coleagues are doing shitty stuff.. that could and often end in tragedy!!! I knows there is a brotherhood in the police but by showing a lack of objetivity looks more like a cult instead ....because they fanatics that can’t think by themself
Opinion Why does this always happen in America?
Opinion It is gonna be the same outcome. They are gonna cry self-defense.
Opinion When are we going to stop THIS? Outlaw GESTAPO POLICING in America. We have not OVERCOME. Black LEGAL MINDS must criminalize GESTAPO POLICING in America.
Opinion America, the land of criminals and police men can murder innocents equally. The counter where people killed by law enforcements because of their colour.
Opinion The absolue lack of compassion or concern exhibited by these cops should be cause enough to indict them.
Opinion 民主与自由不见了
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Opinion I swear u guys are just trying to ignite a race war.
Opinion It won’t stop until police start to be held accountable and it looks like they will be in this case
Opinion Who did the black man offend?🤔 😨😰😥😭
Opinion This was pretty much bullshit.
Opinion This method of restraint should be made illegal and any Officer that uses it should be prosecuted for whatever consequence happens as a result. In this case Murder! His actions are made with intent, he is not using his knee by accident! The outcome is a direct result of using it.
AKasingye Opinion These are the same people who preach about human rights,🤔🤔🤔 we far humans than you 100 times😭😭
Opinion USA should stop talking about human rights 🙌
Opinion Why do democrats do this? Almost always lib cities!
Opinion Bet it happened in a democrat neighborhood. demoratsareracist shameless sad society
Opinion only dead black people are good black people...see what is American human rights
Opinion When criminals kill a cop, the cops ensure fast hunt down for a straight kill..the reverse is also necessary now as this is getting too casual. Wish you the best americans. land of dreams is setting a pace to send citizens to dream land.
Opinion I wonder… how can they sleep? After murdering an unarmed, defenseless and handcuffed man? How can they sleep? And 'fired' is not enough. That's murder, they should be in jail.
Opinion Land of the sheep, home of the slave.
Opinion Bullies with a badge! This is why we said black lives matter! They treated him as if he wasn’t humam
Opinion However, dirty American politicians and some media accused Hong Kong Police of violence! American police showed us what is barbarism, cold blood and violence! Openly abusing, killing and discriminating against people of African descent!
Opinion America need to change the way policeman are chosen to serve this country! This USA suppose to be the best country in the world. Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 228 civilians having been shot, 31 of whom.
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Opinion Trumpism! Am I the only one who sees a change in people, even evangelicals? They are so obsessed with Trump that nothing is sacred, nothing is moral, they applaud bullying, and abuse towards ethnic groups and disabled, they don't't care who they infect, mocking mask 1/2
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Opinion I am for the police .. but that was fucked up
Opinion Is this any hoax news ?
Opinion Every single person should bring the country to its knees until these murdering idiots / politicians listen,,, enough is enough ,,, this shit cant carry on ,,, horrific 😡
Opinion I can’t even watch this video..pure evil. They better go to jail..will be lots of company in there.
Opinion Bless him.
AKasingye Opinion That is sad and pathetic....to the human race
Opinion America is a country whose policing laws, in the face of injustice have been compromised and uncheckecked, Yet they keep boasting of having 1st world constitutionalism.... TF, constitutionalism begins with confronting such egregious police conduct.
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Opinion The blax can pay for there own police force
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Opinion It was pure murder. Again that cop is a murderer and should be facing charges as such.
Opinion pra que, gente? meu deus.
Opinion Oppressed blacks across America United to overthrow tyranny
Opinion BIRABABAJE.... INZIRA KARENGANE ..IMANA IMUHE IRUHUKO RIDASHYIRA
Opinion RIP 🙏So sad that people stood by shooting a video .only asking the officer to take his knee off the victim's neck !! If I had been one of the bystander, I'd had attacked the police man & pushed him off.😠 I Would had been charged , fined whatever😒 But saved a life 😣
Opinion Remember, 'fired' for police means 'transferred to another department '. They need to have their licenses revoked, so they can never work in law-enforcement again, and then be formally charged with murder.
Opinion You could see it in cops face the satisfaction of killin him. Even when he stopped breathin he kept his knee in his neck with the same satisfyin look. Not a care or concern, Not a single cop looked at this man to assure he wasn’t dyin even with several people tellin them to
Opinion I can't breathe. please！
Opinion This is just one of the many black people killed by white police in the United States, and it will continue to happen.
Opinion Police are thier own worst enemy. They bring this onto themselves.
Opinion Asian cop deserves a life sentence too for being useless,damn i miss the Rodney King days😞
Opinion Too my brothers and sisters all over America no matter the color: let's not be anger time to get tired. Time to force change, not though protest, not through violence. Hit them where it matters most, their economy. Lives don't matter only hate and money. You want change? Force it
Opinion This is a continuum of social injustice. The people need to vote politicians out of office for not writing legislation of justice for all. White people image if it was your son, brother, uncle, husband, father, grandfather whom you loved...
Opinion A very good perspective. The officers need to be trained properly. Hope there are no horrific incidents in the future. The mindset should change
Opinion Crazy shi ....high time y'all realised we are one and the same...what's really with black or white thang!!!!!!
Opinion So what about the whites who have died while being arrested? Resisting arrest always ends up physical. Why not comply and if it is a wrongful arrest, lawsuit. Don't be combative, follow law enforcement directions and 99.999 percent of the time no issue but always blame the cop
Opinion Death? MURDER THIS WAS MURDER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Opinion Stupid cops... fire them!
Opinion I need to know where the hell was Karen when all this was going on?
Opinion Joe bidden is 'BERNIE FROM THE MOVIE WEEKEND AT BERNIES' AND JOE BIDDEN IS THE DEAD BODY AND WITH THE CLINTON'S AND OBAMA WITH CNN HOLDING HIM UP!!!!!!
Opinion Throw them in jail
Opinion I’m beyond tired of this bull 💩 JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
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