Longest serving Minneapolis Police Department Officer who testified that chauvins force was unnecessary. Chauvin has plead the not guilty to seconddegree unintentional murder and thirddegree murder and seconddegree manslaughter charges. With the first week down what are the takeaways . Joining me to discuss is joey jackson, Criminal Defense Attorney and form er New York State prosecutor and James Gillian a Special Agent who, by the way, is in the Dissertation Phase at st. Johns university with a doctoral focus on police force. Writing an essay for New York Post you acknowledged that chauvins conduct was repugnant and criminal. You predicted a guilty on manslaughter. Now that youve heard a week of testimony, do you stand by that . West michael, firstly, no doubt, this was a devastating week of testimony in the presentation of evidence for the prosecution. After watching almost every second gaveltogavel of the testimony this week, i came away with a couple of takeaways. First of all trials ebb and flow. Ive had 25 Years Experience in the fbi. The prosecution will have good moments, the defense will have good moments. Here is where i think the prosecution made a huge, huge leap towards getting conviction in this case possibly on the top count. They used objective ive reasonableness that Supreme Court decided this case that the use of Excessive Force in the course of making arrests is judged by objective reasonableness. Was the action reasonable . And in this situation, watching those just devastating 9 minutes and 29 seconds of officer Chauvin Kneeling on George Floyds neck after he was unresponsive and after he was no longer a threat, he wasnt struggling, he wasnt resisting arrest, he wasnt noncompliant. Michael, that may be the thing that sticks in the jurys mind the most, especially when two Police Officers testified that it was Excessive Force. Sounds to me like now youre thinking it could be a stronger conviction than manslaughter. Joey, your thoughts one week in. My thoughts are that the prosecution, good morning, michael, good morning james. The prosecution presented a compelling case and i really would not be surprised in fact, i suspect a long way to go, i understand you can have conviction on all counts. If you examine the evidence you had presented, you had a person testified yesterday, lieutenant zimmerman, he is the most Senior Officer on that force. He gave the indication that he had never youre never trained on this, right . Youre never supposed to do this. It violates protocol and it violates everything we stand for as a department, and, as a result of that, he is dead and it was unreasonable and unnecessary. Wow usually, youre in a situation where blue is protecting blue. Not today. You have someone with the knowledge and understanding saying it was wrong. Why is that significance . Its significant because the you have demonstrate the assault that led to death. If you are not trained to do this, kneeling on the knee, if its against protocols, kneeling with your knee on the neck, excuse me, then guess what. That is an assault. If that assault leads to death, that is seconddegree murder. One other second, okay . T in the event a jury is not convinced that, they say perhaps its not. He also testified that zimmerman if you place someone in the prone position, that is face down, chest down, you restrict them of that air. That ricketestricts them of air. He laid there for an unreasonable amount of time. Zimmerman testified everyone is trained annually as to what to do and not to do. Chauvin has been there 19 years. Count it. That is 19 times you were taught not to do that. You left him there. What is count two . Its hard murder. It means you lack humanity in doing what you did. Final point. That gets you a conviction on the second count. Manslaughter relates to negligence. In the event you know the protocols, you know the regulations, you know the directives what to do and not to do youre on notice. Arent you at least grossly careless . If youre grossly careless and you kill someone that is manslaughter and count three. I think a compelling case for the prosecution, no doubt about it. James, my first words today were blue on blue because like the two of you, i think what was most significant in a sea of very emotional testimony was that you had two high ranking cops both say that this was Excessive Force. Im cutting to the chase here. If those two officers are believed, does it leave only a cause defense available to chauvin and could that be enough . Youre speaking to the correlation equate to causality. As joey i think was trying to make a point there. There is a but cause part of the law which basically says an injury or death that is caused by an incident or event, but for the action, the result would not have occurred. Here is where the defense is going to make hay. Remember, trials are ebbs and flows. Where i think the defense is going to make hay and why i disagree with my good friend and colleague joey jackson here, that this is the top charges here are its going to result in a conviction. I believe this was manslaughter and here is why. Knowingly or consciously taking a risk that would result in the death of a person. That is what i believe this is going to end up with. Why is that . The Hennepin County Medical Examiner made the determination in his Autopsy Report that it was a combination of three things that resulted in the death. Subdural restraint, a toxicology mix of amphetamines and fentanyl that george floyd was on and, thirdly, underlying medical conditions. The defense will make that argument. They will say officer chauvin had no idea by doing that it would result in the death. We may all disagree and we may find his conduct repugnant. I found it repugnant and reprehensible when a person stops resisting you dont immediately ratchet back the level of force you use. That didnt happen here. I have a feeling that this is going to be a complicated case and i think a conviction on the manslaughter and i do not believe a conviction on second or thirddegree murder. Joey, respond to that. I would love to. Listen. I think james is usual, right . He makes an outstanding point in that regard. But lets focus on the prize. Lets focus on the actual law. The law indicates that you dont have to be the sole cause. You have to be the substance cause. You look at the tape of george floyd in that cup food you see he is milling about and he is not aggressive. He looks fine. He is speaking. He is dancing at times. Does that look like a person that due to drug use was going to die an hour later . Does that look like a person who appeared he was going to have a heart tack or does he look healthy and fit and strong and engaged and energized . Take you now out of the cup foods back to the scene with the knee on the neck. Now if youre arguing as a defense, you can argue about his covid, you can argue about his predisposition and fentanyl and meth amphetamines. They could be factors in the death. Ill take that. Is that the substantial cause . Or is the substantial cause the knee on neck . If you look at how he appeared after chauvin dealt to him how he appeared an hour before . No question in my mind the substantial cause was the conduct of chauvin and from a legal perspective that is all the jury needs to conclude. The judge will instruct them as such and, therefore, i say the top count is viable and i look for a conviction if things stand as they are on that count. Im already over. James, you get only ten seconds. Quick i got to agree with joy here. I think, again, there is a chance that there could be a Murder Convict here. Im holding out for man slates. I think its appropriate but joeys points are all spot on, michael. What excellent analysis. Joey, thank you. James, really appreciate it. Thank you, men. Thanks. Thank you. What are your thoughts . Tweet me and go to my facebook page. I will read responses throughout the course of the program. I think this comes from twitter. What do we have . Kyle, here is my response to you and everybody else. As an attorney, as a close observer of this trial, i think the case went in, as we say, very well. Week one for the prosecution. But there is more to come. And the expectation of so many legal observers that i heard this week is such that its going to be certainly be a conviction. Lets wait for the defense. Be openminded. I just dont want people so believing its a Slam Dunk Case that it creates a reaction ther thereafter if it doesnt go that way. 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New york was the first state to formally launch a Health Credential to enable businesses to more easily grant access to people tested negative or inoculated. A pass created by ibm provides a scannable code that gives proof of vaccination or covidfree status. The Biden Administration has so far remained out of the fray. But there is still been a lot of pushback. On friday, Florida Governor ron desantis signed an Executive Order banning the use of covid19 passports in his state. His order says, in part, quote, individual covid19 Vaccination Records are private Health Information and should not be shared by a mandate. Socalled covid19 Vaccine Passports reduce Individual Freedom and will harm patient privacy. And kristi noom wrote this. Should private businesses be permitted to require called Vaccine Passports . Joining me now, is jason e. Kelly, general manager for ibm where he is working on health care pass technology. Jason, explain briefly how does excelsior work . Great to be with you, michael. First, we lieke to think about this in three parts. There is the issuer, the individual, you, michael. Then the verifverifier. When new york tested this Technology Weeks back, ill give you an example in that context. We had some of our team in ibm went straight to new york and were tested for the covid19 virus and with a negative test, that Testing Agency became the issuer. And then that individual became the individual that received a qr code, no private data, just a qr code on their cell phone. When they entered the event, in this case, Barclays Center or Madison Square garden, that entity was then the verifier. Think of those three areas. The issuer, the individual and that Verifier The Trust Angle is how it works. If i go to Yankees Stadium in new york and lets imagine there is a requirement of people having to prove that they have been inoculated and i flash my phone and i gain admittance. Am i giving up my medical records to anybody, to ibm, to the yankees, to anyone concerned . What youre doing in that situation is just giving up a qr code. None of that data about you personally is on your phone. So think privacy as a priority. So its being cast, though, in some quarters, you heard my intro, as this abridgement of Individual Freedom, as big brother now being able to tap into this data harvesting. When you hear that, with your knowledge of the program that you folks at ibm have designed, what is your reaction . When i think about what we have provided in this work with the New York State and around the world, this is a Global Solution that has open and its letting all different types of Health Credential be used so that is for both as you said, vaccine and for the negative test. When think about that, i think of a tool that helps people use what they want to use with their options. So its optional and accessible and it could be on a phone or in print and i think what i think about. Jason, what Industries Come top of mind when you think of where this technology most would would be most beneficial . For example, hearing what youve said to me, im immediately thinking of the cruise industry, right . They have been flat on their back, they are eager to get back into the game. They want to make sure they are providing a safe environment. Am i on the wrong path . What other industries do you think might this be attractive to . Well, i think of industries, as a whole, i think of it from your perspective, michael, as a consumer. What is it that is going to be important for us to get back into what we do in daily life . It could be transacting with those Small Businesses that have been impacted so greatly by this pandemic. Or it could be a cruise ship. It could ab tbe a theater. Its those things we come to value in public life. This tool is important, as an option, whether in print or on that phone, to help those activities happen again. What i want to get a piece of pizza or an Ice Cream Cone on the ocean city boardwalk in the summer in new jersey, im used to seeing that sign that says no shoes, no shirt, no service. Maybe this is the extension of it, right . If a private employer, a private business seeks to take it in that direction, it might be no shoes, no shirt, no vaccine passport, no service. Michael, i tell you, those tough decisions, as youve mentioned, often get caught in politics and arguments and we will leave that to the policymakers. Here at ibm, our job and one of our values is bringing innovation to us and the world and making sure that that matters. We will continue to do that. Jason, thank you. I appreciate the insight, the education on this program. Thank you, michael. Have a great day. You too. Lets see what youre seeing via my Social Media Platforms Twitter and facebook. 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He remained alone in that small windowless cell for 18 conservative years. He is a free man today because the Supreme Court ruled in 2020 in a case in florida juveniles could no longer be sentenced to life without nonhomicide. After he was resentenced the woman he shot petitioned for his release. He was finally released in 2016 he writes how he survived in this book. Ian manuel joins me right now. Thank you for being here. We know why you present to prison. Why were you sent to solitary and for so long . Thank you for having me, michael. I was sent to solitary initially on my first day in prison for being 14 years old to be specific. Afterwards, an confined for three weeks i was placed in the general Prison Population and given the responsibilities of an adult while i was still a child. I rebelled. I walked in the grass and i was unauthorized areas and officers curse at me i cursed back and teenage behavior. Instead of being grounded an hour or two in my room i was placed in longterm Solitary Confinement from age 15 during the george h. W. Bush administration until Obama Took Office for 18 consecutive years. Take me in that cell. Paint the picture. Is there a window . What were your surroundings for 18 years . For 18 years, my surroundings were four corners of a wall and a door. I spent most of my time in my cell just imagining i had to use my imagination to survive. Imagining myself being free. Imagining myself getting out and being with family. All of my family died during my incar radiation, my mother and grandmother and both grandparents and my brother. Everyone died. It took me tapping into my imagination and writing poetry. That kept me alive and going. It was excruciating watching people gassed with highpowered Chemical Agents and prisoners being beaten by staff and the nurses falsifying reports. It was one of the most horrendous experience and no human being should live what i went through. I told you during a Radio Interview if what happened to george floyd happened in broad daylight, imagine what is going on behind the closed prison walls when no one is watching and there is no camera. Ian, clear your head. Give Everybody A Taste of the poetry that this led to you writing. Thank you, michael. I wrote a poem called uncried tears, that captures the emotion of me pushing my pain down when i was in solitary. My lawyer Brian Stephenson featured this poe em in his best selling memoir. Imagine tear drops left uncried for pain trapped inside. Waiting to escape through the windows of your eyes. Why wont you let us out . The tears question the conscience. Relinquish your fears and doubts and the conscience told the tears i know he you really want me to cry, but in releasing you from bondage and gaining your freedom, you die the tears gave me some thought, before giving the conscience and answer, if crying brings you to trial, then dying is not such a disaster. Uncry tears. That is pretty impressive, ian thank you. We should say you would not have gotten this new lease on life but for your victim Debbie Beggary being so acceptance of your overture while you were still in prison. Speak to that before we have to part company. Yeah. Debbie, definitely, played a role in the way of the system view me. But had it not been for the evil Justice Initiative and Brian Stephenson and my lawyer ben schaefer and u. S. Supreme court agreeing my sins of cruel and unusual punishment i would have died in prison. There not have been an ian on the Michael Smerconish show. Debbie is my heart and angle and my special friend for life and we have a special relationship. But make no mistake about it. Ian manuel would have died in prison had not the evil Justice Initiative got the Supreme Court to overturn my life sentences. Im so forever thankful for the opportunity to have my life be free as a free man in society. After 26 years, age 13 to age 39, spent in prison and 18 of those years in Solitary Confinement the size of a walkin elevator. Ian manuel, thank you. Good luck. Thank you, sir. Thank you for having me. Still to come, things arent looking too peachy king in the peach state as corporations in georgia and across the u. S. Were pressured to take a stance against the states new election law. I want to zero in on one provision that has many up in arms. Limiting access to food and water as those are waiting in line to vote. Ill do it with the Chief Operating Officer of the georgia secretary of States Office next. 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Facing legal challenges and intense scrutiny, georgias new voting law has the nation fired up. Is the debate over some provisions practical or purely partisan in Corporate America and sports franchises have been asked to speak out against the new voting law. The mlb relocating this season allstar game and Mlb Draft Out Of The Atlanta without confirming its new host city. The announcement came after President Biden said he would strongly support the mlb making the move as a result of georgia passing the law. Are the changes in the law deserving of their demonization . Take this one for instance. Limiting how voters can be provided food or water while waiting in line to vote. Im sure youve heard about it. Critics view this provision as a clear example of Voter Suppression and especially for communities of color who experience hour long lines and advocates view it as protecting voters from political organizations or advocacy groups trying to subtly influence their vote. Georgia already had a law on its books covering election at polling place. Here is what it said, in part. Quote. In december of 2020, meaning after the president ial election, georgia Secretary Of State Brad Raffensperger warned he has taken action to crack down on political organizations and advocacy groups that use line warming as a loophole to conduct political activity in violation of state law. Political organizations or advocacy groups will use the giveways or gifts known as line warming to inappropriately influence voters in the crucial final moments before they cast their ballots. Such efforts violate the Protections Georgia Law has placed on campaigning near a Polling Location or voting line. That rational explains the change in the law which then added this line nor shall any person give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited, to food and drink to an elector. Adding this code section should not be construed to prohibit a poll officer from making available selfservice water from an Unattended Reaccept tackle to an elector waiting in line. New york and montana have same laws in their election codes. So is the heat that this particular provision getting warranted . Joining me now, Chief Operating Officer of the georgia secretary of States Office, that would be gabriel sterling. Mr. Sterling, thanks so much for being here. First, react to the news of mlb not coming to atlanta. He is frozen. All right. What a shame. Then ill just have to waste a little time until we get him back. I may as well tell you what i think about this. What i find put up the ed bastian, jeff, if you could put up the full screen we had from the delta Chief Executive. Here is what the delta Chief Executive says. That strikes me as accurate, insofar as, i think the brennan center, im doing this from memory, have said there are like 24 different states that are cracking down on widespread Election Fraud based on the president ial race. There was no documentation of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 president ial election. So ive said in the past, is this all a solution in search of a problem . Having said that, when i scrutinize the georgia law and brake it down by its component parts, i do think that the demonization of it is being inflated. And, you know, the sound bite, you saw that i just had to go through the reading of the law, what it used to be and what it is now. Its complicated stuff to wade through and its far more effective as a sound bite so say, my god, have you heard in georgia you cant take water to somebody who is sitting out in that hot sun for three or four hours . That is a good sound bite. The truth is a little different. Those are my two cents. Gabriel sterling, youre back. You know how i view this. I do view the Georgia Macro as a solution in search of a problem. When i look at the provisions, i, frankly, dont find them so objectionable. Your response is what . Michael, you sound way too rational to be in the news media or in politics alone. Youre like related the bill and understand what the rational and walk through it. The sound bite is easy, youre right. The problem in this state, Stacey Abrams and warnock and others of the world is a great sound bite. They can raise more money and you tell people they are trying to take your vote away, the normal human, the Normal American response is the heck they are . Im going to vote even harder. Its one of those things where no matter what we pass, i wouldnt have written the bill this way and the secretary wouldnt have written the bill this way, but lots of good Election Administration stuff in this bill. I was so violently pissed off yesterday. New york where they are has excusebased absentee and fewer days of early voting where we have expansive early voting and no Absentee Voting is protected. Reporter let me drill down on line warming in particular. My understanding that memo from Secretary Raffensperger came out in december. What, if anything, happened in the president ial election on the subject of line warming that necessitated, in your view, strengthening the law . Really had to make a bright line, because we were all trying to be common sense about it saying, you know, if there are lines, which there werent really in november and january, there have been some in june, obviously. People were using the line warming to get around the prohibition of the lex year. We all knew that. Put yourself in the position of a poll manager. How do you enforce that rule unless youre standsing in ther with the persons talking and giving them food or water. You cant. We have situations poll managers not knowing what to do in these situations and didnt have a way to police it, he would call a sheriff. This brakes it easy for the poll manager to enforce and, if need be for a sheriff to enforce basically say, stay 1506 feet away. You know the rules. Dont try to make about this and what is happening. People were trying to be cute around it and make it happen. New york law is specific. You cant give away tobacco, meat, refreshment or alcohol. I think very specific on there. So the idea is that you ive got some experience in a prior life working the polls from 7 00 a. M. And 8 00 p. M. You cant approach someone one xfeet of the poling location. What youre saying in gamplt i guess is not only can you not hand a Sample Ballot or the leaflet might be but you cant take a bottle of water while youre wearing nra tshirt or black lives matter tshirt or whatever the case may be. We want distance as people are going in to perform that solemn responsibility . Absolutely. You described it exactly as intended under this law now. Trying to make this a great sound bite. My secondary question if they are in line to vote they are obviously voting. How does this turn into Voter Suppression . It doesnt. Another good sound bite to talk about. I get it. I do have to say because your screen froze you might not have heard the criticism i offered. I am saying when i scrutinize the law it doesnt match what im hearing in the national india. Is it a solution in search of the problem . There wasnt widespread fraud in georgia or of this was about boring Election Administration stuff, about a ballot deadline so people have an opportunity to vote. If you request a ballot too close, youre not going to get to vote. This is about expanding mandatory early voting days. This bill literally expands the franchise and does the opposite of what the critics are saying it does. Thank you for being here. I appreciate your time. Thank you, michael. 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