MINNEAPOLIS VS. THE EVIDENCE

Ann Coulter Dot Com ^ | 7 Apr 2021 | Ann Coulter

[Rummyfan]

Apparently, no one is watching the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Otherwise, the media couldn’t get away with their spectacular lying to the public about how the prosecution is killing it.

It’s quite the opposite. In fact, in less than a week, the prosecution’s theory of the crime has subtly shifted from MURDER! to “failed to provide what we would say, in retrospect, would be a full and complete duty of care during the one- to three-minute interval between Floyd’s resisting the police to his dying, as a hostile crowd screamed obscenities at the police officers.”

The defense hasn’t even begun to make its case, but the prosecution’s witnesses keep helping Chauvin. (The only exception to the wild media lying is Headline News, where the lawyer commentators go the extra mile by watching the trial.)

Week One was chock-a-block with weeping bystanders wailing about how they felt watching Chauvin restrain Floyd. This would be tremendous evidence if the charge against Officer Chauvin were “first-degree upsetting bystanders.” But that’s not the charge. That’s not even a crime.

One especially distraught witness, Charles McMillian, an elderly black man, testified to seeing “foam” coming out of Floyd’s mouth.

[ImpBill]

Finally! A refreshing read from Ms Coulter. Been a long time coming.

[ealgeone]

I haven't seen much thus far that would lead to a conviction....thus far.

And with the recent threat by BLM of burning everything down if a guilty verdict isn't rendered should give the defense enough to argue for a mistrial.

[JennysCool]

EXCELLENT column. Even the Ann-bashers should check this one out. Thanks for posting.

[Chewbarkah]

“I haven’t seen much thus far that would lead to a conviction....thus far.”

Except for...jury selection.

[Sans-Culotte]

When she’s on, she’s on. Many writers try to imitate her snarky style, but they are never as good as her.

[mcenedo]

bump

[Fungi]

Well said!

[Thar U. Havit]

Thank you for posting this insightful information about the bystanders who were yelling various threats and vile epithets at the officers...such as the chubby feminist firefighter, Genevieve Hansen, who, after 1 full year (!) of firefighting experience knew all about what should have been done.

And what advice did she screech at them, you ask?

“I have your name tag, bitch!”

[MHT]

Unbelievable. Genevieve sounds like an extra from the old Roseanne show. If it weren’t so tragic, it could have been the inspiration for a sitcom episode.

BTW, when did “bitch” replace “Officer” when addressing a policeman?

[LimitedPowers]

I somehow doubt that the jury is comprised of Ann Coulter clones. Although, I’m willing to be surprised.

[basalt]

i especially liked when she tearfully testified that she wasn’t only concerned for george floyd but also the safety of all the “black men” at the scene...heh

[basalt]

ive watched every bit of this trial...its been a disaster for the prosecution...its gettin very close to George Zimmerman slam dunk territory....

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Thanks for posting. I did not watch the early portions of the trial where the ‘rubber-neckers’ testified. So I did not hear about the four and five letter words being hurled at the cops.

In later testimonies Eric Nelson has several times asked the expert witnesses if a crowd is yelling the F word at the cops would that impact decisions a cop might make. The experts agreed that it would.

[Gil4]

Except for...jury selection

I like the Dave Barry quote - "the Sixth Amendment states that if you are accused of a crime, you have the right to a trial before a jury of people too stupid to get out of jury duty" (A coworker had jury duty a couple of weeks ago - I made sure to share that quote with him) :-)

I would add that they also had to find a jury so uninformed as to not have any opinion on the case.