Mr Chauvin, could you have used a different method to control Mr Floyd? Asks the DA. Are you sorry? Asks the DA. Officer Chauvin would be admitting guilt at every turn. From my cheap seat, he was not guilty on all charges. There is a reason for the 5th amendment, you cannot be forced to testify against yourself because you open yourself up to an infinite number of questions after your Defense attorney is finished.
There is also a reason to testify.
I think this was very similar to a self defense case in that Chauvin’s state of mind was essential to his defense.
Unfortunately his attorney chose to leave that defense on the cutting room floor. They never asked a single expert witness if Mr. Floyd’s death could have been the result of negligence rather than a volitional act. They relied solely on the theory that this was an unintentional suicide.
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