He had no pulse. He was not breathing. He was not responsive and the defendant had to have known what was right beneath him. This wasnt policing. This was murder. This was an authorized use of force. As unattractive as it may be, and this is reasonable doubt. Lets bring in the experts. I want to start with nbcs Shaquille Brewster outside the courthouse in minneapolis, where he had been since the start of this trial. David henderson, Civil Rights Attorney and former prosecutor, and kirk excuse me, kirk berk halter, currently a professor at the law school. Were at the phase today where everything is up to the jury, including the timing of how all of this plays out. They deliberated about four hours yesterday and the court will knife us when they begin deliberations every day, Pause Deliberations and when they have a verdict. And there are Pool Reporters who will let us know if there are questions coming back from the jury to the attorneys. We know that will happen virtually than in perso
Votes. A landslide. I did it. Very impressive. Then Vice President Walter Mondale finding the humor with speaker tip oneill in the Landslide Defeat in the 1980 president ial election. In just a moment, were going to speak with president ial historian Michael Beschloss about the extraordinary legacy of the former Vice President who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, april 20th, along with joe, willie, and me. We have former chairman of the Republican National committee, now an msnbc Political Analyst, michael steele. Good to have you with us, michael. Were going to begin with the case against former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of george floyd. Now in the hands of a sequestered jury. The panel of six white and six black were multiracial jurors began deliberating at 4 00 central time yesterday and ended the day without a verdict following hours of closing and rebuttal arguments. What the defendant did
And they are not written in plain english. Lets start with the most important legal phrase in this entire case, substantial causal factor. What does that mean . The jury has been told in order to find chauvin guilty, they must find his actions were, quote, a substantial causal factor in causing the death of george floyd. Its a mouthful, but substantial causal factor doesnt mean the only factor here. Remember, all that testimony the jury heard about drugs in floyds system, clogged arteries, those can all be contributing factors and chauvin can still be guilty if the knee on floyds neck was a substantial cause of his death. Now at the same time, if the jury finds that chauvins actions as a Police Officer were a reasonable use of force, then there is no crime in this case at all. And we heard a lot about that throughout the entire trial. Laura, can you take us through each of these charges against chauvin. This is very important for us to revisit at this point and what the jury is deliber
Former Vice President Walter Mondale. His touching message before his death. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. This is early start, im christine romans. Im laura jarrett. Its tuesday, april 20th, 5 00 a. M. Here in new york and the most high profile Criminal Trial in a generation now in the hands of 12 people. The jury continues deliberations today in the case against Derek Chauvin for killing george floyd after roughly four hours of deliberations yesterday and for the first time during this trial the defendant sat unmasked at length yesterday during his lawyers Closing Arguments. The jury finally able to see his expressions, his reactions and the prosecution and defense offering their final words to the jury as the nation prepares for a verdict. You can believe your own eyes. This case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. It is exactly that. You can believe your eyes. Its exactly what you believed, its exactly what
Lets listen to a key moment from the prosecutions Closing Argument. This case is called the state of minnesota versus Derek Chauvin. This case is not called the state of minnesota versus the police. It is not. Policing is a noble profession and it is a profession. Make no mistake. This is not a prosecution of the police. It is a prosecution of the defendant. Why is this significant . This is a significant and key moment in the trial and in the Closing Argument of the prosecutor because what you see here is that he is focussing the jurys attention on Derek Chauvin. There is lot going on in this world and in this country in anticipation for the verdict in this trial. So what the prosecutor, a skilled former Defense Attorney and current prosecutor in this case is doing is hes telling the jury hes understanding his audience and telling them that they need to look at exactly what it is that Derek Chauvin did not black lives matter or Police Brutality in this country. Paul, you want to weigh