Posted on 04/25/2021 6:52:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The lead prosecutor in Derek Chauvin’s murder trial admitted in an interview aired on Sunday that he “felt a little bad” for the convicted former Minneapolis police officer.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked on CBS’ “60 Minutes” about his reaction when the jury came back with a guilty verdict in the high-profile case last week.
“Gratitude — humility — followed by a certain sense of, I’ll say satisfaction. It’s what we were aiming for the whole time,” Ellison responded, according to a transcript of the interview.
“I spent 16 years as a criminal defense lawyer, so, I will admit, I felt a little bad for the defendant,” Ellison added. “I think he deserved to be convicted. But he’s a human being.”
Asked about his apparent compassion for the killer ex-cop, Ellison said that he was “not in any way wavering from my responsibility.”
“But I hope we never forget that people who are defendants in our criminal justice system, that they’re human beings,” he told the outlet.
“They’re people. I mean, George Floyd was a human being. And so I’m not going to ever forget that everybody in this process is a person.”
Regarding Chauvin’s possible motive, Ellison said he didn’t believe Floyd’s murder was a hate crime.
“I wouldn’t call it that because hate crimes are crimes where there’s an explicit motive and of bias,” he said. “We don’t have any evidence that Derek Chauvin factored in George Floyd’s race as he did what he did.”
CBS host Scott Pelley pressed Ellison on that point, saying, “The whole world sees this as a white officer killing a black man because he is black. And you’re telling me that there’s no evidence to support that?”
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Funny how his own rape accusation was buried.
What is the relationship between Saint Floyd and Chauvin? I want to know. There is more than what they say, and I didn’t hear that ANY of it was mentioned in the trial. They worked for the same “establishment”, and that “establishment” was owned by who, exactly? And are they as shady as I think? Did they run drugs or do other illegal activities?
A thousand years ago, somebody might have responded;
“Well now, that’s mighty White of you!”
Nowadays? Look both ways before you cross that street.
50 pigs just flew outside my window.
There was defeantly something going on.
did he get some blowback on the earlier celebration?
How very strange. I’ve seen more than a few few Freepers comment that Chauvin deserved everything he got. There was no feeling sorry for him from more than a few here at Free Republic.
Very surprised this wasn't explored or brought out....or maybe kept quiet.
I have little sympathy for that nimrod. If he had modified his behavior slightly, he, and the whole country, would be better off now. Heck, Donald Trump might even still be President.
He felt a little bad because he felt a little guilty about Chauvin getting a murder rap he didn’t do. Sure Chauvin is a prick but not a murderer.
They both worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo nightclub in Minneapolis, but if I remember the media went out of their way to say that Floyd and Chauvin did not know each other, but I have a sneaking suspicion that’s not the case, and it’s now being covered up.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/george-floyd-officer-derek-chauvin-security-club-trnd/index.html
I have been also asking if chauven knew floyd before this, but since the story broke about him doing the same knee to the neck of some kid for over 10 minutes I Don’t care any more.
how, exactly, do you know he’s a prick?
He felt so bad he withheld body cam videos.
What? He was the lead prosecutor?
Moslem Ellison was? I didn’t watch much (it’d just make my blood boil when not boring me), but I never heard Ellison’s name.
“The whole world sees this as a white officer killing a black man because he is black”
No we don’t, you presumptuous bastard.
Trump might still be president if he actually DID something about the absurd, asinine riots.
As for Chauvin, what makes you think BLM wasn’t ready to explode? They were already going nutso over Louisville etc, and this was just the latest. It would’ve happened, somehow, if just a little later. Probably extra sensitive thanks to the (conveniently masked) shut-downs all over.
I feel bad for Karl Marx with Ellison as a follower.
Chauvin is guilty. However he did not get a fair trail with impartial jurors. The jurors were intimidated. His conviction will be overturned.
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