Thank you for all the notes telling me I shouldn't be concerned about posting trivia during a period of national crisis. I have the feeling that if I don't post trivia then, I won't be posting any until many months after the next President of the United States takes office.
Here's a question that keeps running through my mind and don't bother offering theories because (a) I have more than enough and (b) none of us can possibly know. But what the hell has to be going through the mind of Derek Chauvin — the police officer who ended the life of George Floyd — these days? I can imagine he thinks he did nothing wrong…or at least nothing wrong that many other cops haven't done without being charged with murder.
He must realize though that some pretty bad things have happened to his fellow officers because of his actions. He may also realize that even if some slick lawyering and legal technicalities allow him to avoid prison time, it's not like he can go back to work as if nothing happened. Henceforth, everything will be different for all of us but especially for that guy.
I'm going to guess that he thinks it's unfair for him to be punished for doing his job as he thinks was expected to do it…and he may view the fact that the other officers on the scene didn't stop him as proof of that. He may think he's being set up to take the fall for the entire system and if that's what he's thinking, I'm not sure he's wrong. Still, if he's right, that's not a reason he should go free. And can you imagine the fury in this country if he did?
He was originally charged with Third Degree Murder which was later upgraded to Second. I'm wondering if he was charged with Third because the prosecutors were fairly confident they could get a conviction on Third Degree and the important thing was, they thought, to not have this guy found Not Guilty, thereby triggering that anger and the associated actions.
None of this is to in any way excuse or minimize the ghastly, inhumane thing that man did. I guess I'm just curious about this: He probably realizes the damage he did to race relations in this country…but I wonder if he realizes what he did to his own profession.
I've decided to start up my webcasts again though I haven't decided what and when the first one will be. Something was bothering me about them beyond what I've stated here and I think I've figured out what it is. It's that I want them to be more conversations than interviews of the guest. You may understand what I mean if and when you see the next one. That is, if I'm at all successful in my goal.
Years ago, my friend Sergio Aragonés and I did a comic book for DC called Fanboy. I'm now seeing online that it's becoming safe for groups of five people or less to get together so I'm thinking we can arrange a gathering of everyone who bought a copy of Fanboy.
