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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See my post 20 that has a link to a great documentary on it all.
Can you believe that Minnesota gave his family 25 millions. Have they blown it yet? St George was worth 25 million more to them dead, than alive. When Chauvin gets free, send someone to blow up that ugly George statue
When he was alive the family probably wanted nothing to do with the low down druggie. Who was taking fentanyl doses that would kill two kicking mules
Thank you. Law and order and forensic science TV are my favorite shows.
I wish they would have let this sleeping dog lay for now. The extreme left black crowd is going to scream proof of racism and its just going to be a major distraction. This better be fake news. Musk’s job is financial accountability at the federal level. Leave this crap to Kash Patel ffs. Rant/off...
I was looking for the “The Fall of Minneapolis” in Paramount+, Hulu, Tubi, Amazon Prime, etc and never considered You Tube. Thank you for the link.
It’s a very polarizing issue and i am sorry to say but the image of big-prick cop kneeling on someone for a few minutes in the middle of the street USA is not a pleasant one and most people are not able to see beyond that.
That whole incident was not a pleasant one for the USA as a country. Thats all i’ll say.
As for a pardon.....timing may not be right now, especially as the anniversary comes up. We dont need a summer of floydian love again.
This cop was railroaded, Floyd was higher than a kite AND the knee hold Cheuvin used was taught to him in training Floyd died of drugs in his system plain and simple!! The utter hoop la over this was despicable AND ALL during Covid when everyone was locked down in their homes and just looking for any reason to cause trouble!! This utter BS incident has led to DEI, and people being able to walk into any damn store and STEAL up to $1000.00 dollars in product with NO consequences, retailers have had to LOCK UP every ounce of product to prevent theft!! It has become insane locking up the damn product instead of locking up the damn criminals!! This whole St. Floyd situation has to be corrected this utter LIE can not continue to go on!! The J6 LIE must also be corrected and aired out to the public completely let the cards fall where they may!!
Excellent!
If they used a federal enhancement in the conviction THEN I believe Trump can pardon him!!!
Ben Shapiro was on this today
“......serving concurrent state and federal sentences in a federal prison in Arizona.”
It could happen.......
In a common sense world we’d switch him out for Jussie Smolett. One didn’t kill the guy and the other’s guilty as hell.
Retrial with actual evidence will exonerate Chauvin and show the evil of the rotten democrat party.
sorry for the yelling, that's a much worse place for him to serve his time ( minnesota) . Minneapolis did a good job of railroading him.
My first thought - Musk and his crew have traced millions of federal dollars going to Black Lives Matter and other Racial extremist groups.
Stay in your lane Elon.
At the end of the video, it said, "If we don't stand for the truth, we will fall with the lies." I say, if we are worried about timing, you will never find the right time for the truth.
Why is Elon Musk touting this? He has no say.
Good. He didn’t get a fair trial. There was at least one BLM Activist who lied his way onto the jury. That alone should have resulted in the verdict being thrown out. Then there is the matter of the prosecution withholding evidence.....
So eloquently put (s).
Oh, and I don’t think anyone’s behavior can CAUSE riots. Individuals make choices about how they react to things.
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