Posted on 03/04/2025 10:22:03 PM PST by Morgana
Elon Musk weighed on a movement to pardon former police officer Derek Chauvin, saying the controversial action was 'something to think about.'
Chauvin, the disgraced Minneapolis cop convicted of murdering George Floyd back in 2020, is currently serving concurrent state and federal sentences in a federal prison in Arizona.
Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire has begun an effort to pardon Chauvin with an open letter to Donald Trump, calling his conviction 'the defining achievement of the Woke movement in American politics.'
The letter claims that Chauvin did not murder Floyd because he was 'high on fentanyl' and 'had a significant pre-existing heart condition,' complaining of trouble breathing before the incident that ended his life.
Shapiro also cites that Chauvin was never accused of targeting Floyd for his race and that 'for large segments' of the video showing the encounter, his knee was on Floyd's shoulder or back, not his neck.
'Perhaps most significantly, there was massive overt pressure on the jury to return a guilty verdict regardless of the evidence or any semblance of impartial deliberation,' Shapiro said.
Musk reposted a video of Shapiro arguing for Chauvin to be pardoned by the president and commented: 'Something to think about.'
Shapiro added that the incident would allow the country to 'turn the page' on the 'Woke' era and end 'the weaponization of the American justice system.'
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definitely
Good.
Oh, no!! Say it ain’t so!!!
NOT Saint George of Fentynal. Floyd?
Why he’s hero, dontchaknow??? He got them crackers put away real good...
Why he even got to ride around for two weeks or so in a golden coffin and all......
Was it a state conviction?
I agree this should be done, but why is Elon talking about it?
I would have expected someone like Trump or Vance to be publicly discussing this.
Not that Chauvin should sit in prison a day longer, but would also like to see some info drop on how BLM was channelled money to organize street protests, as well as political protection they and their planned riots received from the DOJ
It would help if both happened together.
When, not if, Chavin is pardoned and set free, he will probably be whisked off to an undisclosed location, with money, a phone, a car and the bare necessities to get by.
If he is smart, he will keep his profile low.
Don’t be like George Zimmerman, who kept getting into trouble with the law. Or that younger man, Ritten- something. The one who shot the Antifa members as they were coming after him. That fellow also appears to enjoy being in the spotlight
what prison is nicer?
federal
Minn
?
Pronto.
Very.
[[ Chauvin, the disgraced Minneapolis cop]]
Piss off daily mail! The only disgrace was the railroading that an INNOCENT MAN got from a CORRUPT JURY who was so afraid of rioting that they convicted an innocent man!
(Don’t be like George Zimmerman, who kept getting into trouble with the law.)
Zimmerman had a girlfriend who turned on him I believe.
Being he was convicted in a Minnesota state court, Trump doesn’t have authority to pardon him for that STATE conviction.
Yes.
Because the trial completely ignored the toxicology report they convicted Derek Chauvin of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. George Floyd was suffering from an overdose of fentanyl and methamphetamines combined with heart disease and high blood pressure. Like the O.J. Trial, the issue of race completely overshadowed the judgment of the trial.
RELEASE ALL, AND I MEAN ALL, OF THE EPSTEIN, MLK, JFK, RFK, AND 9/11 FILES IMMEDIATELY.
That is what you need to focus on providing.
Chauvin was a noodle armed retard who couldn't handle a fat drug addicted scumbag retard. He earned his place in life. And his incompetence caused the riots of 2020.
If I remember correctly he got THREE funerals ... and this was during COVID when everyone else was banned from going to even one.
I agree, I think he should be pardoned. Elon is also entitled to his opinion, but I am not sure it is a good idea for him to be publicly chiming in. He would probably be better off restricting comments to DOGE related actions. This gives more ammunition to the Dems that want to say he is the acting president.
Above is a fantastic documentary called “The Fall of Minneapolis”.
The entire thing is excellent. At one point the county coroner said something like “He didn't die of suffocation - what do we say now?” (This after the governor, mayor and media had already convicted Chauvin in press conferences and articles.)
The police chief lied in court (shown in the film) that the restraint technique was not what they taught. Chauvin’s mom displayed Derek's training manual that showed that it was. The police manual was ruled inadmissible as evidence by the judge.
Lots of other things in there as well - interviews of fellow cops, how they were told to give up the police precinct building, the drugs in Floyd's system, etc.
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