Following procedure is a very weak defense.
It’s the best defense you can present in a murder case — because it directly undermines an essential element of the prosecution’s case: INTENT.
“Following procedure is a very weak defense.”
That’s utter nonsense. Chauvin was following approved procedures of the Minneapolis Police Department, not the Nazi SS. And there is no evidence the approved procedures caused harm. George Floyd died of fentanyl poisoning, not neck compression. It just looked bad on video; that’s the whole case, which ought to be no case at all in a sane world.