Not a liberal. Floyd should've never been held up as a hero. But I want to give a little context. Y'all probably all watched the documentary The Fall of Minneapolis. I did as well. I try to listen to many sides to make up my mind. I watched it and then searched to see if any journalists or those involved would attack anything they presented as fact. After a week or so, I didn't find anything. Made me think there was a lot of truth in it.
About a month or so ago, Coleman Hughes wrote an article citing the documentary and saying he had done some of his own research and basically felt that all of the cops should've been cleared, including Chauvin.
Why it took so long? I don't know. But an investigative reporter out of Nashville that specializes in criminal justice answered back, detailing what the documentary got wrong. Chauvin did not follow procedure. You can even see in the video, not shown in the documentary, one of the other cops twice going to him and asking him if they should roll him over. Chauvin declined. Police are trained (including those in Minneapolis) that once they get a person on the ground, they are suppose to hobble them and roll them over. The reason for this is that lying on the ground on your chest could cause respiratory issues and heart problems. It's suppose to be done within a minute. Chauvin was on Floyd for nine minutes. You are not supposed to keep your weight on the person, even if it's on their shoulder (which is the argument the doc made, although it appears part of the time Chauvin has his knee on Floyd's neck). Radley Balko is the name of the reporter. I checked to see what his political leanings are. He said he's a libertarian. Believes in free markets. Socially, leans left as libertarians generally believe adults should be allowed to do what they want if it's not hurting others. So I'd assume that means he kind of lax on laws against gay marriage, drug use, etc. You can read his work here.
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retconning-of-george-floyd
You can hear Glenn Lowry, a conservative and John McWhorter, a liberal (two Ivy league profs,) discuss it here. They believed the documentary and interviewed the creators of it on their show. They admit they got it wrong.