You go into work the next day, return the keycard you swipe every morning when you get on the elevator, pack the things from your desk, toss out whatever food you have in the pantry refrigerator and say goodbye to your co-workers before two security guards escort you out of the building.
Well, on Friday, four days after George Floyd was killed, and after several days of unrest in Minneapolis, ex-police officer Derek Chauvin was finally taken into custody, charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
It’s not clear why prosecutors needed four days to take Chauvin into custody, but this much is certain: His arrest was peaceful.
Because there are three other officers who committed a crime that day.
Garner couldn’t breathe either and told Pantaleo as much when the plainclothes cop wrestled him to the ground, tortured him, really, while trying to arrest him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes, a crime almost as heinous and dangerous as passing a counterfeit bill.
