Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020.Far-right commentator Ben Shapiro posted a link to a Daily Wire letter to Trump, asking to pardon Chauvin....

Tech billionaire and close adviser to President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, is lending his voice to encourage the pardon of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who killed George Floyd in May 2020.

  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    18 hours ago

    Simple. Seeing video of a cop murdering a black man in cold blood, while other officers fend off help, is far more visceral than the other items you mentioned.

    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      13 hours ago

      This is the actual answer to their, although ill-phrased, reasonable question. If something equally visceral occurred that represents the other issues, the same will happen.