A Narrative Collapse in Chauvin Trial

American Greatness ^ | April 4, 2021 | Christopher Roach

[SunkenCiv]

thanks RACPE.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3948127/posts?page=39#39

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Probably a conviction on some form of 3rd Degree Manslaughter, probably the one re “reckless endangerment”. He should go to jail for being a hardnosed prick.

[central_va]

I would LOVE to be on that jury.

[central_va]

Something to think about. If the cops that responded were little girly/women 110# cops with nice fingernails they would have shot that huge moose of a dude dead on the spot when he was resisting arrest.

[central_va]

I predict a hung jury. Mistrial.

[nathanbedford]

I do not believe the venue of the death of George Floyd is particularly relevant, rather the cause of his death, wherever it occurred, should be dispositive.

Was George Floyd a dead man walking as the autopsy described or was he asphyxiated by the defendant? Will the jury dismiss the autopsy and the expert who testifies on behalf of the defendant on the cause of death or will it believe the evidence of its own eyes and convict on the basis of the video?

Whichever way the jury goes, it must in law find that the defendant caused the death. I believe a rational jury would find a reasonable doubt but it is a fool's game to project one's own perception onto those who sit in the box. Yet, a hung jury takes but one stubborn peer to judge.

[Thilly Thailor]

I haven’t watched the trial I’m only speaking hypothetically. I did poke around a bit on the innerwebs and although the two autopsy reports I saw ruled it a “homocide” the facts cited in those reports don’t seem to bear it out. It looks like George Floyd died of a heart attack some time after the incident with Chauvin. They say that Chauvin’s actions contributed to the heart attack, but so did fentanyl, his lung condition (if I read that right). I’m not seeing anything like direct causation. IMHO, it goes without saying.

[Thilly Thailor]

I agree the big issue here is causation. From what I’ve seen it’s anything but a slam dunk for the prosecution.

[Empireoftheatom48]

“ I hope the Jury votes to Burn Minneapolis to the ground, it would be a fair verdict.”

They will burn it down no matter the verdict!