I saw the video (the infamous George Floyd video) and it's clear to me that George Floyd was being suffocated. That's what I saw.
I'm not an expert. So I don't have all the answers. All I have is my opinion.
So Chauvin was tried in a court by his peers. And they came to a conclusion that he was guilty for the crime he was accused of.
Now we can talk about somebody else. Kyle Rittenhouse. He was railroaded by the legal system. But he was able to find a way to remain innocent.
Just my two cents.
“I’m not an expert. So I don’t have all the answers. All I have is my opinion.”
I’m no expert either. Nor were the folks on the jury.
But at least we are allowed to see body camera recordings from different angles. Able to read documents and see pictures of the MRT training that all the Minneapolis police received. Body camera recordings showing the misscommunication between the medics and the firemen which caused a delay in first aid response.
The judge did not allow any of that.
I too, when I first saw the video of the Chauvin on Floyd’s neck, was horrified. But now that I know the rest of the story - not at all. Well, except for Chauvin and the other officer’s convicted. And all of the other cops that quit when they realized that they could be next. There were about 900 cops before George Floyd. About 570 now. The documentary has interviews with the former cops. I’m sure the pandemic and vaccine played a large part too.
He was "tried" by an idiot jury, terrified of the threats from the crowd outside who threatened to kill them if they didn't come to the "right" conclusion.
Trial should have been moved elsewhere, but our courts are filled with incompetent idiots and liars, so of course they didn't do the right thing.