Original: https://x.com/wokal_distance/status/1915233075455521020 (thread)
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This snuck by me yesterday.
In case you have been living under a rock, disparate impact has long been a tool which the feds use to come in institutionalize rules that favor minorities over whites, and has been used to turn school districts into the worst sort of lord of the flies institutions you can imagine. How it worked was that the mere appearance of disparate impact on any minority by policy was de facto assumed to be racist, and draw federal investigations. I can think of two school districts that were utterly destroyed by this, Minneapolis and Orange County, FL. Blacks now run the halls in Minneapolis violently assaulting people at will, and they know they won't face any discipline because of the policies the school district had to institute at the point of Federal agent guns. Treyvon Martin was suspended from school after being caught with stolen jewelry, instead of expelled and referred to police for indictment.
It is my hope that this EO starts us on the long road to overturning Griggs vs Duke Power.
I might suggest there's a little more to that theory: The context within the local area. By the time St. Floyd ascended, there had been a few other recent and controversial deaths by police in or near Minneapolis. This coming on top of the big rise of 'black lives matter' nationally.
Jamar Clark, killed after going after ambulance workers and stealing an officer's gun when they attempted to detain him.
Philandro Castile, failed to listen to officer's instruction to stop while pulling out a gun (presumed to merely present to officer since admitting to owning with permit).
Justine Damond, tried to get attention of officers in vehicle and drew fire from Somali officer shooting past his partner to the opposite window.
This interview from Slate has an adequate overview of how things progressed.
I would add that the initial video of Floyd made it seem like Chauvin’s actions were totally egregious. People were incensed over how long he kneeled 'on' Floyd, how bystanders essentially pleaded for mercy to deaf ears. Other officers just standing by (more or less).
Against your point, there were a number of conservatives who initially sympathized with Floyd. People didn't know about the criminal history (or the fentanyl I think) until after the worst rioting. Only the fake $20 bill, which arguably shouldn't have been a death sentence