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\u201cI can\u2019t breathe\u201d became a rally cry for people everywhere in 2020 after the death of George Floyd. The words appeared on signs, murals, Instagram \u2014 you name it. Floyd\u2019s death was framed by the corporate press not merely as a tragic event, but as a catalyst for a \u201creckoning\u201d over race, policing, and systemic injustice \u2014 even if that \u201creckoning\u201d included violent riots that damaged or destroyed the lives of huge numbers of people.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Teen Takeover\u2019 Riots Won\u2019t Stop Until Police And Parents Stop Them<\/a><\/p>\n

Less than six years later, those same words were spoken by 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying in Britain after being stabbed by a Sikh man. Video footage shows police responding to the scene and dismissing Nowak\u2019s repeated statement that he had been stabbed. Police instead handcuffed him while ignoring his pleas that he could not breathe because the murderer falsely accused Nowak of being racist, which apparently is a higher priority for police than the dying teen.<\/p>\n

With the George Floyd riots, the propaganda press treated them as an understandable \u201creckoning.\u201d But amid rightful public outrage following Nowak\u2019s murder, those same outlets are accusing the protesters and politicians who have spoken alongside protesters as \u201cpoliticizing\u201d or \u201chijacking\u201d Nowak\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

According to The New York Times, Floyd\u2019s death \u201cspurred nationwide protests against police brutality and a reckoning over everything from public monuments to sports team names.\u201d But when people protest egregious government behavior in the context of Nowak\u2019s death, The Times framed it this way: \u201cMurder Case in Which Police Handcuffed Victim Fuels Outrage in Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe authorities in Britain are investigating police officers who handcuffed a student, Henry Nowak, while he was dying, in a case that [has] been increasingly politicized,\u201d the subhead read.<\/p>\n

The point is to cast these protests as though they are illegitimate and have no real purpose but to be used to advance right-wing causes, while Floyd\u2019s death had legitimate purpose to usher in a \u201creckoning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guardian\u2019s Rajeev Syal and Kim Willsher took a similar approach and headlined their piece \u201cEurope\u2019s far right exploit Henry Nowak murder in UK with populist rhetoric on race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Compare that to The Guardian\u2019s treatment of Floyd. Following Floyd\u2019s death, the outlet published articles like Lauren Aratani\u2019s, who headlined her piece \u201cGeorge Floyd killing: what sparked the protests \u2014 and what has been the response?\u201d She framed the violent riots merely as a \u201creckoning\u201d and a \u201cdemand\u201d for \u201cjustice and systemic change to end police brutality.\u201d<\/p>\n

CBC went further, with Chris Brown headlining his piece \u201cHow Britain\u2019s far right hijacked the murder of Henry Nowak.\u201d Brown argued that politicians raising concerns about anti-white racism and Britain\u2019s handling of ethnic crime scandals \u201cappear determined to trigger another battle over race regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Teen Takeover\u2019 Riots Won\u2019t Stop Until Police And Parents Stop Them<\/a><\/p>\n

This framing stood in stark contrast to how the outlet treated coverage of Floyd\u2019s death and subsequent riots. CBC treated the case \u2014 before a trial \u2014 as a clear-cut case of police brutality that sparked worldwide conversations about racism and anti-black violence without accusing the protesters and rioters as \u201cpoliticizing\u201d Floyd\u2019s death or exploiting it for partisan purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat video lit the fuse on a powder keg of anger and frustration across North America and around the world. It was for many a call to action.\u201d<\/p>\n

There was little if any discussion whether activists were \u201chijacking\u201d and \u201cexploiting\u201d Floyd\u2019s death \u2014 though they clearly were. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in more than $90 million amidst the riots. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have since come under scrutiny for lavish purchases of multiple houses and allegedly defrauding donors. Not to mention the hundreds of rioters who took the opportunity to burn, loot, and commit other crime all in the name of George Floyd. Yet Floyd\u2019s death became the justification for demands extending far being Minneapolis, from defunding police to instituting discriminatory corporate \u201cdiversity\u201d programs, destroying monuments, and even suspending pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n

In cities across the country, the unrest caused widespread destruction, with riots causing more than $1 billion in property damage. Multiple people died, including retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn, who was murdered while trying to protect a friend\u2019s business from looters.<\/p>\n

Yet none of that prevented the propaganda press from describing the riots as merely a \u201creckoning\u201d instead of a \u201chijacking\u201d or \u201cpoliticization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, Floyd\u2019s official cause of death was \u201ccardiopulmonary arrest\u201d that happened during \u201claw enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.\u201d The Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker Floyd had 11 ng\/mL of fentanyl and 19 ng\/mL of methamphetamine in his system at the time of his death. Baker judged these levels high enough to potentially cause death. Baker also testified that heart disease and fentanyl \u201ccontributed\u201d to Floyd\u2019s death and made him more vulnerable, though \u201cMr. Floyd\u2019s use of fentanyl did not cause the subdual or neck restraint.\u201d<\/p>\n

But now consider whats happening in Britain. The protests surrounding Nowak\u2019s death are happening against a backdrop of longstanding frustration over two-tier policing and years of scandals involving Pakistani grooming gangs that authorities repeatedly ignored or downplayed. Yet the propaganda press frames the legitimate protests and conversations these government failures are spurring as having \u201chijacked\u201d Nowak\u2019s death and \u201cpoliticized\u201d it. <\/p>\n

If the corporate media were to acknowledge that the outrage surrounding Nowak\u2019s death stems from legitimate and systemic concerns about discriminatory policing and the failures of Britain\u2019s political establishment, they would be forced to confront the realities they have spent years downplaying or ignoring, that is, that mass migration from Third World places like Pakistan have imported serious criminal problems. Or that police treat accusations of racism as a far greater offense than the violence committed against white victims precisely because <\/em>of these global \u201creckonings\u201d about \u201cracism.\u201d Instead they\u2019re running with the narrative that noticing the U.K.\u2019s failures and the egregious mishandling of Henry Nowak\u2019s death is the real crime.<\/p>\n

Read more Republican-Led Congress About To Resupply Millions In\u00a0Taxpayer Dollars To Child-Mutilating Planned Parenthood<\/a><\/p>\n

The difference in coverage is hard to ignore, and it\u2019s impossible to excuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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