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'Devoid of humanity': Musk’s call to pardon George Floyd’s killer ignites fierce backlash (www.rawstory.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

Musk is only doing this because Floyd was black.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

I genuinely dont think he cares about that. Well, maybe he does, but that’s ancillary. I think he wants the civil unrest. It’s an amazing smoke shield so that he can get away with all sort of nonsense. If the news cycle is clogged with articles about this and retaliatory protests that’s less eyes on him gutting systems and enriching himself

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