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A Narrative Collapse in Chauvin Trial
American Greatness ^ | April 4, 2021 | Christopher Roach

Posted on 04/05/2021 3:37:52 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

...Observers following the trial closely have described most of the prosecution witnesses and evidence as middling at best. Some of the eyewitnesses who cajoled the police were less than impressive on the stand, several being admonished by the judge for giving evasive answers. One older black gentleman urged Floyd to stop resisting arrest, which provides some context for the police behavior. And, in the biggest surprise, while we were told George was crying for his mama as he lay dying on the street, it turns out his drug addict girlfriend was saved in his phone as “Mama.” She also revealed Floyd had dealt drugs, had a similar overdose only months earlier, and recently relapsed.

The media has mostly downplayed these details.

One serious problem with the media is that it is so used to packaging news into ideological narratives that the general public has no idea really what’s happening. It’s not just a question of slant or editorializing; the facts are concealed, revealed, or even made up as necessary to support a message.

This is true in this case and in many others. While the availability of raw data and some exposure to original sources alleviates this, most people do not have the time, energy, or inclination to dig into every fishy story. And certain people are particularly credulous, especially when believing the narrative accrues social approval.

For the Chauvin trial, mainstream media reports have uniformly emphasized the prosecution scoring points. Floyd’s drug use and violent activities have been given short shrift. Prosecution missteps—the “mama” incident, the defiant female firefighter at the scene, the MMA expert who apparently did not know how a “blood choke” works in jujitsu—have not helped the prosecution’s case...

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


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: chauvintrial; derekchauvin; freederek; georgefloyd; goderek
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To: DIRTYSECRET
"Whatever the verdict the judge will throw a bone to the other side. 1st degree no. 2nd or 3rd there will be riots. The judge/jury will think of their own interests."

Not charged with 1st Degree Murder. Thanks.

41 posted on 04/05/2021 5:04:32 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Eric Coomer of Dominion Voting Systems Is The Blue Dress)
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To: pnut22
"I guess that’s a sogm of Fentanyl in the system."

Fentanyl is an opiate and it would constrict the pupils. If they were dilated, instead of constricted, that would indicate the presence of a stimulant. The information available is that Floyd had both in his system. The classic "8 ball."

42 posted on 04/05/2021 5:09:21 PM PDT by Enterprise
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The narrative was BS from day one. Free Derek Chauvin.

43 posted on 04/05/2021 5:13:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SkyDancer

They’ll riot even to celebrate a guilty verdict. Like winning the Superbowl.


44 posted on 04/05/2021 5:26:04 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: proud American in Canada

Not me. I’d vote to acquit. Just to spite BLM and the social justice warriors.


45 posted on 04/05/2021 5:43:09 PM PDT by USAF1985 (An armed population is a polite population...)
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To: Responsibility2nd
He went through his whole substandard life making one bad decision after another. He chose poorly. He died poorly.

But his survivors did quite well, settling for $27M.

46 posted on 04/05/2021 5:46:18 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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To: CheshireTheCat; Liz; LS; SunkenCiv; Kaslin; MHGinTN; Lazamataz

Or, 10-2 with two voting acquittal, and 10 voting “guilty as charged for being a white cop” ...

The 10 hate-filled racists then (figuratively, or literally) brow-beat and teardown the two honest jurors to get the guilty on all charges lynching that they want to deliver/have been told to deliver ... “FOR FREEDOM of their black brothers.”


47 posted on 04/05/2021 6:01:12 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: Lee25
1) 3 ng / ml deadly dose of fentanyl for human
2) 11 ng / ml in Floyd’s body per autopsy report


Ng sounds like a racist form of measurement--surely that cannot be allowed in the trial.

;-)
48 posted on 04/05/2021 6:09:36 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Thilly Thailor
But I would venture to say that the big question is where and when George Floyd died. If he died at the scene of asphyxiation

There wasn't any asphyxiation...He died of a drug overdose..

49 posted on 04/05/2021 6:09:47 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Robert A Cook PE

It is nonsense for anyone to say DC was negligent in using his knee as a restraint. IT IS APPROVED POLICE PROTOCOL to do exactly has DC did.....he was taught to do it.

If he followed his training, then he can’t be negligent. As the video body camera clearly shows and the chief agreed with, the knee was in fact on the shoulder.

Case over. DC should be a free man by the end of the week. Let the cities burn.


50 posted on 04/05/2021 6:11:55 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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To: CheshireTheCat

Zimmerman redux. The cities will burn. Thank CNN.


51 posted on 04/05/2021 6:17:46 PM 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: SteelPSUGOP
Case over. DC should be a free man by the end of the week. Let the cities burn.

More shopkeepers in my neighborhood have pictures of George Floyd in their windows, lately added to the other "BLM" signs. (Residences already have the GF yard and window signs.) I suppose they're anticipating something, but the plywood hasn't gone up yet.

52 posted on 04/05/2021 6:20:44 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: cport

Oh, thtop it!


53 posted on 04/05/2021 6:42:27 PM PDT by Thilly Thailor
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To: CheshireTheCat

noway this man is walking or a hung jury.

the rioters already showed us they win.


54 posted on 04/05/2021 7:21:53 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: _longranger81

Narcam does not work with fentanyl. Also in the article they quote Chauvin at the scene stating Floyd may be on something.


55 posted on 04/05/2021 7:27:19 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: proud American in Canada

why ?? They’ll have no issue cooking him. Do you know that only 17% of the county were this trial is being held is black and 74%is white yet 50% of the jury is black???
Do you know a few seated juror expressed agreement with the BLM racket??


56 posted on 04/05/2021 7:33:13 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: SteelPSUGOP

Even following training does not excuse you from applying common sense and appraising the situation.


57 posted on 04/05/2021 7:55:46 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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To: Neverlift

Should he have responded differently to the possibility he was in medical crisis with substances? Or were his options too limited by circumstances? Not saying, asking.


58 posted on 04/05/2021 8:17:19 PM PDT by _longranger81 (God help us, Every One. )
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To: Thilly Thailor

You skipped the obvious. What if he died at the scene of a drug overdose?


59 posted on 04/05/2021 8:53:34 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: Thilly Thailor

Oh, you thilly man.


60 posted on 04/05/2021 9:00:03 PM PDT by House Atreides
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