i actually bothered to sit and stomach some of the george floyd trial, and just???
i mean the whole fucking thing is a disgrace, but wow, SHAME!!!! on that defense lawyer who stood there questioning the firefighter lady, and tried to insinuate that itâs not just reasonable, but expected for a police officer, or a firefighter, or an EMT to be ~distracted~ by bystanders who ~are yelling at them that theyâre doing theyâre job wrong.~Â
but that woman is a QUEEN for her response.Â
He literally was like (iâm paraphrasing)
petty ass lawyer: well, if you were at the scene of a burning building, and you were spraying the hose and trying to put out the fire, wouldnât you find it distracting if there were 12 bystanders yelling at you that youâre doing it wrong?
queen firefighter: âŚ.No. Iâm confident in my training, and I know what my job is, and so I would simply continue to do my job.Â
petty ass lawyer: well! what if! there were TWENTY bystanders yelling at you! That wouldnât bother you? That wouldnât make your job more difficult?
queen firefighter: âŚâŚâŚâŚâŚNo. I know what my job is, and I trust my training, and Iâm not worried about bystanders.Â
petty ass lawer: Well! What if they were calling you MEAN NAMES??? surely THAT would affect your state of mind!
queen firefighter: âŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚIf a building is on fire, and there are homes and other buildings nearby, and peopleâs lives are at stake, Iâm not even thinking about yelling bystanders. I have to put out the fire.Â
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And just??? That right there is the most blatant example Iâve ever seen of exactly how fucking wimpy white men can be. Like. He really thinks it makes sense to be so upset about being called out of your name that you ~accidentally~ allow someone to die over it. He really thinks that the inability to function in spite of what other people are saying to you is a universal experience.Â
Literally, what are you, twelve??? and not even a smart twelve year old. a dumb one. you spineless fucking weakling.Â