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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 7

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Bella

      You can trash George Floyd for being an ex-con with a drug problem who resisted arrest (not that it will get you anywhere), but doing that while simultaneously calling Ashli Babbitt "innocent" is not judging the two cases by the same standard.https://twitter.com/bellausa17/status/1412613142253817859 …

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      Bella @bellausa17
      The Democrats honored & paid millions to a drug addict’s family and praised the life of a criminal only because he was a black American, but they completely ignored the death of a white military veteran American who was the only innocent shooting victim from January 6th. To
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jul 7

      It's consistent to say "neither Floyd nor Babbitt should have been killed by cops," but by any standard, the killing of Floyd was *less* defensible than the killing of Babbitt.

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        1. Dave C‏ @davecdnb Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          You misspelled indefensible

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        2. Jack Burden‏ @wahoolaw2006 Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          You're right, Dan, except you're missing the point: there *is* a standard by which the killing of Floyd is more defensible. It's an abhorrent, risible standard, but it's right there in her tweet. Just say what it is.

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        3. Jack Burden‏ @wahoolaw2006 Jul 7
          Replying to @wahoolaw2006 @baseballcrank

          Hint: it has nothing to do with the situation the officer was presented with or the conduct of the suspect in the moment - and everything to do with who she thinks is fully human and worthy of respect as a human being.

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        2. Patrick Sennett‏ @psennett Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Except Floyd was not "killed by cops". He suffered a medical condition, and the worst accusation that could be made that is factual is that the police failed to help him, and even compromised his situation by requiring him to remain prone and kneeling on him.

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        1. Home Boy C’artel‏ @homeboycartel Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Personally. Babbit’s death is infinitely more defensible as justified use of force than George Floyd.

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        2. RUN__ME__LOOP‏ @RUNMELOOP1 Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          wasn't the killing of Babbitt deliberate? 'Killing' of Floyd would have been secondary effects from a sanctioned restraining technique, used in police training. & I'm not sure it was proven that that's what exclusively caused his death

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        3. Cory Olson‏ @CoryOlson89 Jul 7
          Replying to @RUNMELOOP1 @baseballcrank

          (A) It doesn’t need to be “exclusive,” (B) the problem with the sanctioned technique argument is that it doesn’t explain why it went on for nearly 9 minutes, well after Floyd ceased struggling and was in medical distress.

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        1. temesgen‏ @temesgen77 Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Babbitt was actively engaging in criminal behavior when she was shot while Floyd was restrained and in custody when he was suffocated by law enforcement; how do you draw an equivalency between their deaths?

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        2. Margarita‏ @moinqueens Jul 7
          Replying to @baseballcrank @Yellow_Dog1959

          I don't think the cases are similar at all.

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        3. Yellow Dog Democrat‏ @Yellow_Dog1959 Jul 7
          Replying to @moinqueens @baseballcrank

          I am not saying that they are. I am just saying the killing of Babbitt was FAR more justified than the killing of Floyd. The Babbitt killing appears to be 99+% justified while the killing of Floyd was found to be murder.

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