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How the prosecution of Derek Chauvin continued after THIS is mind-boggling…
Revolver.news ^ | June 1, 2026 | Revolver Writer

Posted on 06/01/2026 10:39:02 AM PDT by River Hawk

We’ve been told the Derek Chauvin case was simple. It’s not. We were told the whole thing is a settled fact. It’s not. We were told that Derek Chauvin “murdered” George Floyd. The trial proved it, the jury got it right, and anyone who questioned the official storyline was called a bad person or a right-wing “racist” radical.

They’re not.

Because actual facts have a funny way of outliving the hysteria and emotion.

When you take away all the hyper emotions, media pressure, riots, politics, and the worldwide frenzy that surrounded this case, the record looks a lot more layered and complicated than the public was told.

It’s time to look at the actual evidence and ask a very basic question: did Derek Chauvin ever have a chance at a fair trial?

Dr. Andrew Baker told federal prosecutors that he ruled out anything that happened while Floyd was on the ground as a factor or cause in Floyd’s death.

Another major issue centered on the restraint Chauvin used.

During the trial, we were told this wasn’t a trained Minneapolis police technique. And visually, the image was powerful. To the average person, it looked shocking and barbaric… a cop with his knee on a man’s neck.

But again, the public was lied to.

According to Minneapolis police training materials, this type of restraint was something officers had actually been trained to use.

If jurors were told the restraint wasn’t part of Minneapolis police training, while records and photos suggest otherwise, that’s huge. It’s the difference between a “racist” officer deliberately trying to hurt a black perp and an officer using a trained practice to subdue a suspect. Those are two very different stories, and the jury should’ve been told that.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Miscellaneous; Politics
KEYWORDS: derekchauvin; fentanylfloyd; georgefloyd; hysteria; injustice; kleontroll; minneapolis; minnesota; persecution; saintfloydoffentanyl; stfloydoffentanyl

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1 posted on 06/01/2026 10:39:02 AM PDT by River Hawk
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To: River Hawk

George Floyd killed George Floyd via drugs and a life-style learned from other fellow travelers. Chauvin was a scape-goat to fuel racism fires for more swag and $$.


2 posted on 06/01/2026 10:49:08 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Resolute Conservative

Correct.


3 posted on 06/01/2026 10:51:13 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Yes. It was also a warning to other police. Even if you do what you have been trained to do, you will be sacrificed if it advances the goals of the Left.


4 posted on 06/01/2026 10:51:57 AM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: River Hawk

I’m troubled by this case either way. Floyd’s lifestyle was going to send him to an early grave, and Chauvin was probably going to end up in jail eventually.


5 posted on 06/01/2026 10:56:41 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: River Hawk

Chauvin had to be sacrificed so that a certain segment of society would not start looting and murdering in the streets.


6 posted on 06/01/2026 10:58:07 AM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident)
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To: Kleon

Don’t forget the other convicted police officers.


7 posted on 06/01/2026 10:58:43 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Resolute Conservative

Watch the documentary The Fall of Minneapolis. Shows all you need to know.


8 posted on 06/01/2026 10:59:01 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: River Hawk

“did Derek Chauvin ever have a chance at a fair trial?”

No, not in Minnesota.


9 posted on 06/01/2026 10:59:08 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourk)
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To: River Hawk

Get the book “They’re Lying” by Liz Collin. Chauvin was the scape goat. The judge buried the body cam footage until long after the trial. Then the mayor celebrated George Floyd on Memorial Day weekend. The whole episode stinks.


10 posted on 06/01/2026 11:00:17 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: marktwain

That is the biggest message to other police officers.
I still hope Trump quietly pardons and releases this man.
Chauvin will likely need to be shuttled to an undisclosed location if he ever is released before he’s 90 y/o.

But, if George Zimmerman can survive out in the ‘wilds of civilization’, then Derek Chauvin should also be able to make a new life for himself.

**I just now read that THEE Tina Peters has been released from prison! Accdg to CNN.


11 posted on 06/01/2026 11:00:58 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: EandH Dad
Minneapolis made a big show of giving George Floyd's family millions of dollars before the trial, to send a message to the jurors.

It was reported that Floyd was already saying "I can't breathe" when he was in the car, before he was on the ground or Derek Chauvin had his knee on his neck.

The Democratic Party needed a martyr and something to whip up emotions among black Americans when they had such a lackluster nominee for President in 2020.

12 posted on 06/01/2026 11:10:43 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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Comme on man, we all saw the cop shove the fentanyl down that poor guys throat before he tried to arrest him...


13 posted on 06/01/2026 11:10:54 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: lee martell

I believe Chauvin had other issues that did not involve his arrest of Floyd. That was persecution by prosecution.

I think that his imprisonment was excessive, as it was proven that Floyd died of an overdose and a bad heart.

I hope he is released early and will not ever be a sworn law officer again.

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As for Tina Peters? That lady needs restitution and I hope she gets it from Trump’s new lawfare victim fund.

Polis and the communists are trying to show how ‘magnanimous’ they are. If they were, Miss Tina never would have been prosecuted in the first place.


14 posted on 06/01/2026 11:13:52 AM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: lee martell

President Trump can pardon Derek Chavin because Derek Chavin of federal crimes, but he cannot pardon Chavin of the convictions for state crimes in Minneapolis.

The federal convictions were accomplished by the Biden department of justice, civil rights division.


15 posted on 06/01/2026 11:14:42 AM PDT by marktwain (----------------------)
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To: River Hawk; lightman; Navy Patriot

Free Derek Chauvin!

Pardon Derek Chauvin!

Enough is enough!

And clean up Minneapolis!


16 posted on 06/01/2026 11:17:40 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: River Hawk
According to Minneapolis police training materials, this type of restraint was something officers had actually been trained to use.

This was, I thought, clear at the time, and during the trial (although maybe it was suppressed during trial). I even recall seeing these pages from the Minneapolis PD training manual showing this restraint method, being posted on line

17 posted on 06/01/2026 11:18:47 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: River Hawk

Saint Floyd was unconscious for many minutes. No need for our hero cop to “subdue” the dirt bag then other than to flip the bird at bystanders giving him the business. Saint Floyd is dead because of his stupidity and Chauvin is, likewise, in jail for his.


18 posted on 06/01/2026 11:22:13 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Puppage
worth repeating:

Watch the documentary The Fall of Minneapolis. Shows all you need to know.
19 posted on 06/01/2026 11:22:59 AM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: The Duke

Agree....that is the ONLY reason he was convicted. A good example of someone who should receive ‘SOMETHING’ from Trump’s $1.8b fund.


20 posted on 06/01/2026 11:28:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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