Excellent article. It has me brimming with cliches, such as Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.
” The news isn’t saying much about the fact that Floyd had done jail time for a 1998 theft, a 2002 criminal-trespassing charge, a 2005 cocaine possession beef, and a five-year prison stretch for armed robbery after he broke into a woman’s home with several male accomplices and held a gun to her stomach. They also don’t make much note of the fact that the only reason police got involved with Floyd that evening was because a store owner called 911 and said a man fitting his description had tried passing off a counterfeit $20 bill.”
Please take the time to read.
Jim Goad is always brilliant.
Yep… Rinse and repeat, the only difference being the “remembered” history. When the King riots happened, the repeated memory was “Watts”.
Whatever.
Excellent article. It has me brimming with cliches, such as Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story.
” The news isn’t saying much about the fact that Floyd had done jail time for a 1998 theft, a 2002 criminal-trespassing charge, a 2005 cocaine possession beef, and a five-year prison stretch for armed robbery after he broke into a woman’s home with several male accomplices and held a gun to her stomach. They also don’t make much note of the fact that the only reason police got involved with Floyd that evening was because a store owner called 911 and said a man fitting his description had tried passing off a counterfeit $20 bill.”
Please take the time to read.