In a normal year, I would have hosted three panels at Comic-Con by now.
This morning, I went searching for news that had nothing to do with The Pandemic. Amazingly, there is some…like the Washington Redskins are no longer the Washington Redskins. They're now the Washington Football Team and I'm not entirely certain they're that, either. A new name will be chosen shortly and I don't know who came up with it but someone online suggested the D.C. Comics. Not bad.
This does not seem to be Derek Chauvin's year…
In addition to murder charges relating to the killing of George Floyd, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is now facing felony tax charges. Chauvin and his estranged wife were each charged with nine counts of aiding and abetting false or fraudulent tax returns and failing to file returns.
I have zero sympathy for the guy but you have to wonder what's going on in the mind of someone who has caused, directly or indirectly, so much destruction. He managed to simultaneously enrage an amazing array of odd bedfellows: Black people for obvious reasons, white folks who side with them, other police officers because of the anger and policy changes he triggered, police supporters who found his actions so indefensible, etc.
He's probably sitting in his cell, wondering how things could get any worse for him (as they will) and trying to figure out how of all the police officers who've "accidentally" killed black people, he somehow got nailed for it and is being held accountable.
And now if you'll excuse me, I have to go not host a 1 PM panel.