https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...t-ceo-founder-zoom-greg-glassman-george-floyd This has to read in full. Hours before he posted a controversial tweet on Saturday night that has sparked backlash against his company, Greg Glassman, CrossFit's CEO and founder, told gym owners on a private Zoom call, “We're not mourning for George Floyd — I don't think me or any of my staff are,” according to a full recording of the meeting obtained by BuzzFeed News. “Can you tell me why I should mourn for him? Other than that it’s the white thing to do — other than that, give me another reason,” he asked a Minneapolis gym owner who had questioned why the brand hadn’t posted a statement about the protests across the country after the death of George Floyd. Glassman speculated that the nightclub where both Floyd and his alleged killer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, worked has “been under investigation by the FBI for over a decade for laundering money.” “It's very interesting that George gets popped with counterfeits, and who comes but the head of security from the dance club? Watch: This thing's going to turn into first-degree murder,” he said. “That's what it's going to turn into. And it's going to be because I'm predicting this. We have friends in the FBI in your neighborhood, and they're of the view that this was first-degree murder and it was to silence him over the counterfeit money. That's the belief. That's what the cops think.” And this was after he did this. The call was held hours before Glassman responded to a tweet on Saturday night that called racism a public health issue, writing, “It’s FLOYD-19.” His tweet drew immediate backlash from gym owners and caused Reebok to end a partnership deal with the company. CrossFit subsequently posted an apology on Glassman’s behalf, calling his words “not racist but a mistake.”
He’s both an idiot and a racist, but he’s 1 of those racists who thinks he isn’t as he continuously says and does racist things. He’s one of those “I have black friends” type of racists. If someone is spewing conspiracy theories left and right to me like this fool, I cease all communications. I want no interaction with u. I can’t stand these idiotic conspiracy theorists. All of their stuff is unsubstantiated and from sh*tty sources or sites, but they don’t care.
He is racist. He apparently is so racist and nasty that he is willing to ruin his business over it. Maybe he and “Papa John” should swap stories.
I forgot this gem. Apparently he thinks he is an Apostle. Near the end of the call, when a gym owner suggested they were considering dropping their affiliation with CrossFit, another CrossFit headquarters staff member spoke to defend Glassman. “You’re not even approaching this with any compassion. You’re approaching this strictly with your agenda,” they told the gym owner. “Do you know how many Black people are going to be saved by CrossFit?” Him "retiring" is not gonna be enough.
The more I think about it this guy is a huge idiot, who does he think does Crossfit? Republicans and Trump supporters? Talk about not reading the room.
I will agree with him on one thing. The charge could be upped to 1st Degree if the latest reports are true that Chauvin and Floyd knew each other and had a grudge.
I never got the logical fallacy people like this guy has to hate on both groups in question, black people and cops, and then spin it as being "above it all" rather being than a plain and simple racist douchebag.
I’ve been saying this from the beginning. Watching that video, it seemed like it’s personal to me and not the normal police killing/shooting unarmed subjects. I can’t wait for the trial to come out and find out all the juicy details.
I’ve essentially cut off a friend I’ve had since I was 12 years old. I have too much going on in my life than to listen or read the newest thing. How the kids in Newtown were shot by multiple people. He used to think that there were not any dead kids at all. And now with the virus thing. It’s too much. Please just go read f’ing book and think more critical.
At the moment I’m not hearing anything official about this. The local media is covering this new info but I’m not hearing much speculation this could lead to higher charges. There is a lot of information that is out there already, coming in and probably a lot that hasn’t been released publicly. The prosecutors might be being very careful with this as they want to develop as solid a case as possible. Why this coworker came out now more than two weeks after Floyd was killed and also why we haven’t heard much from others I’m not sure.
...has there been any type of reporting on whether or not Mr. Floyd actually had any counterfeit bills on him? Often people who have counterfeit money don't have only one bill... ...are the authorities even certain it was Mr. Floyd who gave the store clerk the fake bill in the first place? ...I know none of this matters ( especially in light of what happened to Mr. Floyd)...just curious as to what might pass for answers to some of this...
So the guy may be a racist idiot, but if it turns out that it was kind of a personal hit of the cop against Floyd, then maybe it's true that the killing wasn't directly motivated by racism?
To me it is a revolving fad, CrossFit that is. Many have done their research and noticed that professional athletes don't indulge its self destructive concepts. No real sane person or professional team sports trainer would ever work their bodies until fail bufoonary. It's the dumb extremists, including white nationalists, that have the mindset to want to train that way. To the rest us, "Irrationality will not replace us".
I have not heard anything further about this. According to the owners of Cup Foods they have said he passed a counterfeit and it sounds like they've had experience with getting counterfeit money. I know about a year ago there was local news to be on the watch for counterfeit money circulating here. Any of the charges regarding whether Floyd had counterfeits, how much or where he might've gotten them from is completely overshadowed by his death.
