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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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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We were already an oligarchy. We're just not pretending anymore that we aren't.

[–] Phytobus@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

Just because it was bad before doesn't mean its not getting much worse now.