Published April 28. 2021 7:51PM
Kim Bellware, The Washington Post
A juror in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin spoke out for the first time Wednesday after last week s historic murder conviction of Chauvin for the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
Brandon Mitchell, previously known only as Juror 52, is the first member of the 12-person panel to publicly come forward; an alternate juror who was not part of debilitations spoke to reporters last week. Mitchell did not immediately respond to The Washington Post but gave several TV and radio interviews Tuesday and Wednesday.
He described the stress of the trial of the White former officer in the killing of Floyd, a Black man, to Gayle King on Wednesday on CBS This Morning.
Chauvin juror hopes experience will lead to change, inspire others Brandon Mitchell wants to use his experience to help empower others to speak up and follow their goals. April 28, 2021 8:29pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Brandon Mitchell was ready to call it quits two weeks into jury duty in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, overwhelmed by the brutality of the evidence and plunged into isolation as he was prohibited by the court from revealing his role to friends or family.
He tried to relax in his downtown Minneapolis apartment one weekend and found himself unable to turn on the TV for fear of seeing news about the highly publicized case, which was also prohibited by the court. He couldn t say a word to anyone in his closely-knit family about the stress he shouldered hearing several witnesses testify about watching George Floyd die under Chauvin s knee and re-watching bystander an
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer of killing George Floyd said deliberations were primarily spent trying to convince one person who was uncertain about part of the jury instructions.
Brandon Mitchell is the first juror that deliberated in Derek Chauvin’s trial to talk publicly about his experience. An alternate juror who was dismissed before deliberations, Lisa Christensen, spoke to reporters last week, saying she would have voted to convict Chauvin.
“I felt like it should have been 20 minutes,” Mitchell, 31, said of the deliberations, which led to Chauvin’s conviction April 20 on all counts: second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
MINNEAPOLIS — A juror who cast one of the unanimous votes to convict a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd s death said Wednesday that deliberations were relaxed and methodical as. . .