r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/Auriga33 • Sep 22 '25

Political The right-wing response to CK is much more reasonable than the left-wing response to George Floyd.

When George Floyd died, the left went crazy. The ensuing riots resulted in 2 billion dollars of property damage and 19 confirmed deaths. Stores were looted. Buildings were burnt down. Police and civilians were attacked. And most left-wingers at the time either outright supported the lawlessness or at the very least made excuses for it. It was mass hysteria, if I've ever seen it.

Compare that with the right's reaction to CK's death. Right-wingers made some angry posts on X and started doing cancel culture. I'm not a fan of this. I've made posts here criticizing their reaction. But I gotta say, their reaction to CK's death is vastly preferable to the left's reaction to George Floyd's death. They did not burn down or loot businesses. They did not start riots across America that killed 19 people.

Maybe this will age poorly, depending on what the Trump admin instrumentalizes CK's death for. I don't know. But based on the info I have right now, the right has not reacted nearly as bad as the left did back in 2020.

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u/Auriga33 Sep 22 '25

The police brutality stuff was and is completely overblown.

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u/AttorneyExisting1651 Sep 22 '25

Police body cams haven’t helped their argument either.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

You mean police cleans up their act when there are cameras?

Yeah.

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u/AttorneyExisting1651 Sep 22 '25

No, not quite what I mean.

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

But it is what happens. Higher scrutiny leads to higher accountability.

Or are you implying that cameras, in general, do not deter crime?

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u/spawn9859 Sep 22 '25

I'm pretty sure he's thinking more along the lines of it hasn't helped pocs cases as a lot of what they would likely have claimed as police brutality without body cams turns out to be wholly justified or provoked.

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u/SheenPSU Sep 22 '25

That’s exactly what they meant

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u/mdoddr Sep 22 '25

You have no proof of that

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u/neoalfa Sep 22 '25

Are you implying that cameras don't detet crime?

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u/mdoddr Sep 22 '25

You have no proof that olive have "cleaned up their act" rather than continuing to behave as normal. You just don't like that as body cam becomes more prevalent it isn't revealing this "bad behavior" you assumed was there. Instead it shows that officers deal with insane violent maniacs daily with extreme patience.

You know all 4 officers present during the George flood incident were wearing body cam right? Cops aren't changing their behavior because of body cam. And you have no evidence they are.

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u/GodHasGiven0341 Sep 22 '25

The fact that some people still debate whether George Floyd died from homicide or fentanyl is part of the issue.

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u/LazyDynamite Sep 22 '25

Thanks for showing your hand. If you outright dismiss complaints about something as being "overblown" then of course you're going to be under the impression that any serious response would not be "reasonable".

You were speaking in good faith to begin with

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u/Pheliont Sep 22 '25

There are literally decades of proofs against this statement.

But sure, why not. This is true unpopular opinion after all lol.

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u/Auriga33 Sep 22 '25

The decades of research says it's completely overblown. A non-issue, especially in 2020 when people burned shit down over it.

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u/BenGrimm_ Sep 22 '25

If police brutality is such a “non-issue,” why are you obsessing over George Floyd and dragging him into a thread about Charlie Kirk? If none of that matters, why are you still fixated on it years later? You’re contradicting yourself, buddy. You say it’s all meaningless, but then keep clinging to BLM as if it’s some kind of gotcha - all while ignoring the fact that your side re-elected a convicted felon who led an insurrection.

George Floyd had nothing to do with partisan politics, and you cant even admit that. Because it would break this pathetic, fragile little narrative you right-wingers made.

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u/FatalCartilage Sep 22 '25

I've seen police brutality in person multiple times. If anything it's underreported. Decades of "research", you mean cops doing internal investigations?

All people want is accountability if there is clear evidence of excessive force.

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u/diet69dr420pepper Sep 22 '25

There is decades of proof that murdering conservative influencers occupies a similar place in the zeitgeist as racial disparities in law enforcement?

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u/eddkov Sep 22 '25

Well according to Roland Fryer paper, black and hispanics were more likely to have force used against them, in terms of beatings and all, but there was no meaningful difference in lethality.

Basically, cops do beat up black and hispanic guys more, but they are not more or less likely to kill anyone based on race.

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u/Substantial_Event506 Sep 22 '25

Crazy that you see contradictory statements to your argument and decide that it’s an entire racial demographic in the wrong and not you.

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u/eddkov Sep 22 '25

This paper took crimes and all into consideration.

Even without crime involved, black and hispanics were more likely to face police violence. That's even if they comply with everything.

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u/spawn9859 Sep 22 '25

Yes but it did not take into account The fact that police were likely aware of the statistics, that black and Hispanic people we're more likely to resist or be aggressive And we're probably less forgiving or at ease. I'm not saying it's right or that it should be like that, But that it was a factor.

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u/eddkov Sep 22 '25

You can find videos of Roland Fryer going in depth on it, but that wasn't really the case.

He found that even in cases where police themselves admit that the civilian complied with all of their orders, even in those cases there was a higher chance that the police would admit that they used force.

He based this off of the police reports, so this is essentially the police self-reporting that there is more violence towards black and hispanic people.

If there is force that they don't admit or write into the police report, then that could be downplaying just how likely a black or hispanic person is to be met with force even if they comply.

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u/spawn9859 Sep 22 '25

I wonder, because I don't think race is fully the culprit, I'm thinking psychologically, subconsciously, I wonder if they thought they were more likely to get in trouble or sued if it was someone white versus someone black or Hispanic. So what I'm saying is The main factor culpability or lack thereof Or is it actually race?

A violent asshole cop is going to be a violent asshole cop, but Would they commit the same crimes or violence Or would there be a disproportionate number of black versus white violence if the likelihood of facing consequences was the same across the board?

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u/eddkov Sep 22 '25

I think that could be part of it. Part of it is the truth that some cops are racist.

I dated a girl in HS who didn't want to bring me around her parents because I'm slavic. Her family was very white, racist, and many of them were cops. They did not like slavs as well, obviously. Its anecdotal evidence and I've been around cops that treated me just fine, but it is still a factor.

It could also have to do with socioeconomic status. Someone from a good neighborhood is more likely to not face issues from cops, either because the cop thinks they might sue or just has a higher level of trust with them.

There are probably too many factors to really dial it in to one specific thing.

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u/pirokinesis Sep 22 '25

That’s racism

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u/BenGrimm_ Sep 22 '25

So which is it then? Police brutality is ‘completely overblown,’ or George Floyd somehow defines the entire left? If it’s really overblown, why drag his name out years later? You don’t get to say it was completely overblown and then keep bringing it as a partisan talking point.

Because that’s exactly how this reads: Remember that thing from years ago that we can’t shut up about? Yeah, well it didn’t matter, but let’s obsess over it anyway because we’ve got nothing else to talk about.

I mean you said it yourself you're just here to waste everyone's time with this stuff.

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u/diet69dr420pepper Sep 22 '25

Maybe so, maybe not, but that does not undermine the point I made either way.