The trial of officer Derek Chauvin came up in a conversation I had with a friend this weekend. “Yeah, I really haven’t been able to follow it much, but I did see a few headlines,” was the essence of my friend’s comments on the issue. He then noted that the little he had seen made him think Chauvin’s prospects weren’t all that bright. “Oh, really?” I asked. “I got a different idea.” Curious, my friend questioned me about what I had heard, so I began sharing with him the various testimonies I had watched and the new facts of the case I learned through that viewing. Furthermore, I shared some of the daily synopses of the trial as broken down by attorney Andrew Branca on
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has moved for a new trial in the killing of George Floyd after yet another juror admitted bias in the case. But that’s only part of the reason why the former cop may get a new trial.
A photo of “Juror 52” wearing a George Floyd and Derek Chauvin t-shirts while on a trip to Washington, D.C., for a rally commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington was discovered on social media. The shirt featured a photo of Chauvin and Floyd and read “get your knee off our necks.” He was also wearing a Black Lives Matter baseball cap. George Floyd’s sister and brother were among the featured speakers at the march.
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One defense witness already had the bloody head of a pig left on what intimidators thought was his front porch in punishment for testifying on behalf of Derek Chauvin. Now,
state-sponsored intimidators are targeting another defense witness in the trial of the police officer accused of killing George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. His offense? Wrong-think.
Dr. David Fowler, the former Maryland medical examiner and forensic pathologist, testified for defendant Derek Chauvin on day 13 of the trial that the former cop’s actions weren’t solely responsible for George Floyd’s death. And because of this opinion, Maryland will now investigate
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Apr 19, 2021
TODD: So the Chauvin trial will go to the jury, and like Rush, when I watched George Floyd die in those ominous nine minutes, I was screaming at the TV to do something. And unlike the dear Maha, who departed this earth far too soon, there are so many things that have been laid out in the trial that are gonna be. I want to say fascinating, but there s just too much at stake to make it fascinating.
The closing arguments continue. This will go to a jury and a jury that is fully aware of the stakes outside of the legal stakes, which is. I mean, that s a horrifying position in which to find oneself. Already, one of the expert witnesses on the defense side, his former house. He doesn t live there anymore. (laughs) His former house was vandalized with pig s blood and a pig s head left in the front yard.
Defense Counselor Nelson’s closing argument was unusually lengthy, at nearly three full hours (!), but frankly I don’t see how that could really be avoided. If you’ve seen my view of a likely narrative of innocence (or, at least, not guilty) for the defense, it was also very lengthy. There are just a lot of issues circling this case that need to be addressed by the defense.
Overall, I think Nelson did a very good job in hitting those key issues on closing, although he definitely seemed to tire by the end, and the 30-minute break for lunch mid-closing didn’t seem to help his pacing any.