That's where I am (and where Nate in the video is). I don't think a retrial is going to change the final outcome, but every defendant has the right to a fair trial, and those issues raised by Chauvin's attorney cast doubt on the fairness of his trial.I didn't approve of the officers methods, but he does deserve a fair trial by a jury of his peers.
Not to mention the city found him guilty and paid off the family right before the trial. All the use of force witnesses against him were obviously influenced by keeping their jobs. Did he go to far by kneeling on his back and neck? For a person in his condition possibly. His kneeling was NOT the only contributing factor in his death. There were many. Involuntary homicide maybe, and that's a stretch but not murder.An appeal was in the books before the trial ever started. No change of venue, and the jury wasn't sequestered even after a second shooting in the area.
The media heavily influenced the trial and orders from the judge to the jury to not watch TV were ignored I suspect.
I didn't approve of the officers methods, but he does deserve a fair trial by a jury of his peers.
Not to mention the city found him guilty and paid off the family right before the trial. All the use of force witnesses against him were obviously influenced by keeping their jobs. Did he go to far by kneeling on his back and neck? For a person in his condition possibly. His kneeling was NOT the only contributing factor in his death. There were many. Involuntary homicide maybe, and that's a stretch but not murder.
But they don't have to prove that Chauvin murdered him; the felony murder rule covers that. Basically, all they have to prove is that Chauvin's actions constituted a felonious assault and he goes down for murder under the felony murder rule. Nate the Lawyer posted a previous video that explains this pretty clearly.Not to mention the city found him guilty and paid off the family right before the trial. All the use of force witnesses against him were obviously influenced by keeping their jobs. Did he go to far by kneeling on his back and neck? For a person in his condition possibly. His kneeling was NOT the only contributing factor in his death. There were many. Involuntary homicide maybe, and that's a stretch but not murder.
Except that exactly zero of the medical experts who testified (including the defense's own medical expert) testified that he died of an OD.Absolutely no WAY that it could’ve been the 4 PLUS times lethal dose of fentanyl in his system plus several other illicit narcotics that could’ve combined to contribute to Floyd’s own death, is there? Surely not!
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