A Murderer Called ‘Chauvin’
Admittedly, it’s a bit bush league to make fun of someone’s name. But I find it incredibly fitting that the presumably tiny-cocked, white police officer who brutally murdered a handcuffed black man is called “Chauvin”.
For additional context, note that Chauvin has been involved in three other police shootings (in each case, the person he was shooting at was a person of color), and he had a dozen complaints lodged against him during his time with the Minneapolis Police Department.
From The American Heritage Dictionary:
Chauvinism (n):
Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism.
Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind.
Fits like a glove.
Four days after his execution of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin has (finally) been arrested and (insufficiently) charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. As of yet, Chauvin’s three accomplices have not been arrested.
If you aren’t outraged and disgusted by the lack of justice in this case, you are no patriot.