an, don’t let it bother you. It is sport. I mean, it’s kind of like crabbing at the jetty level sport, but sport.
I don’t do criminal law, but my friends who do feel the same way. The jury’s feeling of right or wrong drives decisions and they find a way to reach a conclusion that meets that feeling. That is the case in civil litigation as well, for things like environmental cases, employment, meaningful personal injury.
This case isn’t about whether George Floyd is a good person. This case is about whether they are criminally liable for George Floyd’s death. It is irrelevant. We get it, you don’t like black people.
I'm not a lawyer - I'm higher up on the food chain than a lawyer because lawyers work for me. (Good work, working for a Mexican industrialist) With that said, I have outstanding legal instincts. I, too, believe that the venue should have been changed and that situation gives grounds for an eventual appeal if Chauvin is convicted. I hope the jurors are not paid in the same counterfeit $20 bills that Floyd was attempting to fraudulently pass off to local Minneapolis shop owners. As a reminder, this is why the cops were called on Floyd - because what shop owner is going to confront a 6'6" physically imposing man? Chauvin had an impossible job that day. Truly unfortunate that Floyd's actions gave rise to the entire situation.
I brought this up on a Minneapolis based discussion about the $27 million settlement the city paid. LEO Chauvin was on duty and acting in official capacity of the city therefore the city is liable. George Floyd could've been a serial murder and Chauvin still would've exceeded his duty. It's not his duty to punish Floyd, determine his guilt or judge him for past actions especially one's that didn't even happen in Minnesota. His duty was to take Floyd into custody and he did that as Floyd was not only cuffed but had two other LEO on top of him.
Latest news Chauvin's attorneys are trying to delay the trial over the $27 million settlement and how that might affect jurors. Jurors are not sequestered and the judge will interview the jurors tomorrow to see what they know of the settlement. Chauvin's lawyers are also trying to get evidence from a 2019 arrest of George Floyd where he acted similarly to his 2020 arrest including saying he was clausterphopic so he didn't want to be in the back of the car and even calling out for his mother. This evidence was previously not admitted but the current judge is considering the request.
Hopefully the cop that murdered him won't be around to murder people anymore. That's something George Floyd never did. This isn't about trying to make the victim of the murder into a saint. Nobody is arguing that he was a saint. We are arguing that he was a victim of murder.
Also, not to defend or diminish what Floyd did in the past, but he didn't stab a pregnant woman. He held her up at gun point and was convicted and served his time.
I don’t care what George did in the past the way he died in the recent past is what I’m concerned about
It really doesn't matter TBH. If he was doped up and confronted by the cops, he was probably in the same frame of mind. Just because he didn't die back then doesn't mean it was more or less relevant. I find it a shame we are more interested in blaming individuals instead of the system as a whole.
Likely this evidence won't be admitted per the argument you're making but the defense is going to argue that George Floyd in was responsible for his own death. They will argue that why Chauvin didn't let up on Floyd was because of the previous arrest of Floyd so when Floyd was calling for his mother this was just part of an act he had done before.
Two jurors have been excused because the settlement affected their view of Chauvin. Another juror has been added. It is looking very possible the trial get's delayed further.
