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Alternate juror talks about the Chauvin trial verdict and the testimony that "really got to me"
CBS News ^ | 4/22/21 | JAMIE YUCCAS, ANALISA NOVAK

Posted on 04/22/2021 9:08:22 AM PDT by Meatspace

Lisa Christensen sat through every minute of the trial of Derek Chauvin as prosecutors and the defense each made their case in the killing of George Floyd.

She was an alternate juror, so she did not have a role in the verdict, but in an exclusive interview for "CBS This Morning," she said she was happy with the jury's decision to convict Chauvin after weeks of hard testimony. Christensen said she was reluctant to be on the jury when she was first called up.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: SecAmndmt

No. Alternates are not witnesses to deliberations.


41 posted on 04/22/2021 10:05:20 AM PDT by gcparent (MAGA)
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To: Mr Rogers

When someone says “I can’t breathe”, the proper response is not to kneel on them while they are prone. As a matter of fact, it is the worst thing you can do.

I got the feeling Chauvin enjoyed being a cop too much.


42 posted on 04/22/2021 10:06:54 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: Az Joe
She moved faster to the TV cameras than she does even to the all you can eat buffet

I'll admit I was interested in what she had to say, but wish I didn't have the opportunity to find out. It just smells fishy for jurors to be telling tales out of school. I wish the media would honor a code such as that.

I know...

43 posted on 04/22/2021 10:09:28 AM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Mr Rogers

In a civil trial, the standard is “more likely than not”. I could see Chauvin losing in a civil trial. But there was absolutely a possibility that Floyd died of a heart attack brought on by his exertions while resisting arrest. That is a no brainer. And if it was a plausible possibility, then that IS “reasonable doubt”!
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Maybe I have this wrong, but I thought I read that the coroner testified that his death was caused by health-related issues exacerbated by the entirety of his altercation with the police, and therefore was not specifically due to his restraint by Chauvin.


44 posted on 04/22/2021 10:14:10 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Liberals destroy everything they touch.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All emotion, all the time.

Not a shred of logical thought.

This is how primitives think and act.

Get used to it.
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You’re reading my mind, and I could not have stated those thoughts more perfectly!


45 posted on 04/22/2021 10:17:35 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Liberals destroy everything they touch.)
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To: zeestephen
Also... Second degree murder requires intentional murder.

Chauvin was not charged with intentional murder. He was charged with second-degree unintentional felony murder (unintended death resulting from the commission of a felonious assault).

46 posted on 04/22/2021 10:19:44 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: cuban leaf
Yep. I will add, though, that if I were a cop I’d be actively pursuing a different career.

When Liberal Mayors started 'weeding out the Neanderthals' from the Police departments in the 1970s, that began the slow steady decline of the quality of cops.

47 posted on 04/22/2021 10:19:45 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat
All emotion, all the time. Not a shred of logical thought.

"I think of a man, and then I take away reason and accountability."

48 posted on 04/22/2021 10:20:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: hecticskeptic
Re: "It's actually worse than that"

I completely gave up on Black people almost 20 years ago.

At work, I am polite and professional, but nothing beyond that.

In social situations, I am polite, but do not encourage conversation.

Outside of work and social situations, I keep my eyes on the ground and totally disengage.

49 posted on 04/22/2021 10:21:19 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: dfwgator

That actually touches on why I could never be a cop. I’d be more of a “dirty harry”. But in the real world, anybody like him will soon find himself in prison for life. It would have been more interesting to be a texas ranger in the 19th century. They really were a lot like Judge Dredd in their role.


50 posted on 04/22/2021 10:22:07 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: gloryblaze
It just smells fishy for jurors to be telling tales out of school.

Why? A trial is a public function of government. Once the deliberations are complete, why should the public not be allowed to know what happened in a government action? Who does secrecy benefit once the verdict is delivered?

51 posted on 04/22/2021 10:23:31 AM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: cuban leaf

If I were a cop, I’d never engage a black person. Those days are gone - until after the collapse.
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Even if I was a black cop, I’d never engage a black person. The exception of course would be a threat of bodily harm by trespassers on my private property.


52 posted on 04/22/2021 10:25:05 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Liberals destroy everything they touch.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Of course forcing only black cops to deal with black people will be racist, or something.


53 posted on 04/22/2021 10:26:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Thanks...

I read the statute again.

I have always lived in states where Second Degree Murder is intentional, but not premeditated.

Usually, First Degree Manslaughter is unintentional but involves a separate criminal act.

I will guess that the felony in this case was Excessive Force?


54 posted on 04/22/2021 10:34:06 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: hecticskeptic

I knew my life and property would be in serious peril and there would be endless burn/loot/murder that would result.”
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Those “results” would NOT be due to the verdict in the trial but to the refusal of government leaders to demand enforcement of the law, i.e., the immediate arrest of anyone and everyone engaged in unlawful activity. That refusal by government leaders is going to bring down this country if it continues much longer.


55 posted on 04/22/2021 10:34:26 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Liberals destroy everything they touch.)
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To: Meatspace

She sounded dumb as a rock. The only thing I could make out from the interview was her pleading for money for book rights.


56 posted on 04/22/2021 10:41:30 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“All emotion, all the time.

Not a shred of logical thought.”

What you described is a LIBERAL WOMAN.


57 posted on 04/22/2021 10:47:04 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: PGR88

“It is Interesting, but we all know CBS News would not have a juror on who did not confirm to their desired narrative.”

I’m glad you reminded me of that.


58 posted on 04/22/2021 10:49:34 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: cuban leaf

“But, frankly, I just think the jury was scared. They really had no choice. If I were a cop, I’d never engage a black person. Those days are gone - until after the collapse.”

Guilty or innocent. Whether the jury would have found him guilty anyway if they had been isolated from the rest of the universe, there’s no way that jury wasn’t tampered with considering the mad dogs threating any verdict they didn’t like with violence. And those same thugs were just aching to dox every juror and put them in the crosshairs of the murder mob.


59 posted on 04/22/2021 10:54:35 AM PDT by bluescape (Mainstream Media-The guard dog that holds you down while the attacker has his way.)
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To: Meatspace

There will be no fair trials anymore. The courts are compromised.
Antifa/blm, under the protected status of the DoJ, will intimidate jurors, as well as justices. Deepstate has control of the judicial branch.


60 posted on 04/22/2021 10:58:23 AM PDT by robel
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