[rxsid]

I guess his friend, the self described “key witness,” is only willing to “be his voice” so long as he’s not under oath.

[reagandemocrat]

Because he gave Mr. Floyd the fentanyl?

[G Larry]

I don’t believe he can avoid questions that don’t risk incriminating him.

[G Larry]

I don’t believe he can avoid questions that don’t risk incriminating him.

[albie]

Waiting for a movie/book/speaking engagement requests?

[Sarah Barracuda]

because Floyd was high as a kite..his girlfriend said the dude was his drug dealer

[Seruzawa]

Whether this guy is completely in the right or not almost anything he says will be twisted by the Evil Traitor Press at CNN. NYT, et al. I don’t blame him one bit. I’m sure he’s following his lawyer’s advice.

[ScubaDiver]

OK. I get why he invoked. He can’t testify without use immunity (at the very least). He was Floyd’s drug dealer. Floyd is dead from a drug overdose. That incriminates the dealer. I’m not sure what the law is in MN, but he could be guilty of a number of serious crimes (in addition to drug dealing) that potentially includes felony murder.

Would any of this help the prosecution’s case against Chauvin? No and that’s why he wasn’t immunized for his testimony. BUT, why did the prosecution call him knowing that he was going to invoke?

[StAnDeliver]

He is shit out of luck. He'll be there with bells on and he can just sit and take the 5th for every question the Defense wants to smack him around with.

And if they're really good they'll get him riled and he will blurt out a fact, or an accusation, or even just a dumb "No.", and this clown will have waived the 5th on everything downstream of that question. Then if he refuses to answer the follow-up he's declared hostile and unresponsive, and the judge can send him somewhere this guy has been before...

[1Old Pro]

if forced to testify about the incident, he’ll invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and remain silent.

Then I would imagine there is a 100% chance he will be put on the stand.

[Rebelbase]

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t testify.

[escapefromboston]

Well he probably doesn’t want to admit to being on drugs too. I can’t say I blame him

[Lee25]

Autopsy shows Floyd had 11 ng/ml fentanyl in his body. Note that 3 ng / mL will cause death

[janetjanet998]

twitter and talking heads having a meltdown

It’s racist

saying drug use doesn’t matter

YES It does ..LOL

[ScubaDiver]

Another interesting tidbit from this morning is when Floyd’s girlfriend was testifying, on cross the defense got her to admit that in Floyd’s cellphone, she was listed as ‘MOMMA.’

Why is that important? The media made a big deal about how Floyd kept calling out for his ‘mother’ by yelling, ‘Momma, Momma’ as he was being ‘murdered’ by MPD. He wasn’t calling for his mother. He was calling for his girlfriend.

[shotgun]

The defense needs to call him anyway so the jury can hear him invoke when that ask him about taking drugs that day

[Ann Archy]

EVERYONE taking the 5th SHOULD show up in PERSON to do that!

[rxsid]

Ping!

George Floyd’s Friend and ‘Key Witness’ in Chauvin Trial Invokes 5th Amendment, Declines to Testify

[jagusafr]

“has asked the court to squash a subpoena calling on him to testify”

Doesn’t that make a mess?

[Intolerant in NJ]

George Floyd’s Friend and ‘Key Witness’ in Chauvin Trial Invokes 5th Amendment, Declines to Testify...from what I recall from past jury duty and judges' instructions, jurors are entitled to believe someone refusing to testify would have something negative to say about the case for the side which tried to call the witness - what would this friend have said - that Floyd was using drugs the day he died?......