by VICTORIA TAFT
After President Joe Biden, Governor Tim Walz, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters all weighed in on what they hoped the “right” verdict would be in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer was found guilty on Tuesday afternoon of all three counts brought against him for the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020.
After the unanimous verdicts were read, Chauvin was handcuffed and remanded to custody of the Hennepin County Sheriff’s office.
There is no question there will be an appeal in the case.
Appealable considerations began with no change of venue. Witness intimidation, public statements meant to persuade the public, including the jurors, before they were sequestered were uttered by everyone from Joe Biden to Maxine Waters. Alternate jurors who lived in the riot zone had to be dismissed. Defense attorney Eric Nelson pointed to his request to sequester the jury for the entire trial will undoubtedly come into play in an appeal. Though experts say it’s not usually something that is given much heft, prosecutorial misconduct in closing arguments were objected to during their arguments.
Chauvin’s lone attorney, Eric Nelson, faced 12 private lawyers, most of whom were working for free for the cause and hand-chosen by Attorney General Keith Ellison.
Floyd’s death in police custody sparked riots, arsons, and looting across the nation from Minneapolis to Portland to parts in between.
Four hours of deliberations took place yesterday and the jury resumed Tuesday morning.
Prosecutors appealed to the jury appeal to believe what they’d saw on the viral video of George Floyd being held down by the former officer.
The five man, seven women jury told the judge they’d reached a unanimous verdict at 2:25 local time. The jury foreman was one of the men, a white male.
Two alternate jurors were released yesterday. One of them was released because they lived in nearby Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the scene of rioting of the shooting of Daunte Wright by a police officer.
The jury breakdown was much more diverse than the surrounding area, as I reported on PJ Media.Half of the jurors chosen in the case are non-white. The jury of 12 jurors and three alternates is made up of three black men, one black woman, and two self-identified “multiracial” people with the rest of them white. Two of the black male jurors are immigrants to the U.S.
Schools are closed, local news agencies report people are leaving the city to flee expected riots.
State troopers have come from surrounding states.
Definitely jury intimidation.
I was on a jury about a Crip who, along with 4 of his homies, raped, beat and murdered a woman on Christmas Eve.
There were originally 18 jurors, including 6 alternates.
Because we all saw Crips following us home and making finger-gun gestures at us, all 6 alternates got used, 6 people left the jury in only three weeks.
I cannot imagine knowing the entire city is following you, trying to find out who your children are, your spouse is, where your job is, etc.
Too bad the jury wasn’t sequestered from Day One.
Too bad the judge only had two alternates or he could have dumped the juror who kept watching the news as well as the other juror who contacted a media outlet about selling their story.
Lots of stuff for a successful appeal.
Chauvin was convicted on emotion, not evidence. No matter what Chauvin did, Floyd ate enough fentanyl to kill three people. While that massive amount of drugs showed up in the autopsy, any evidence Chauvin’s knee killed Floyd did not.
But, if Chauvin is not found guilty, guilty, guilty, cities will burn. So, sorry about that Derek. The violent leftist mob runs this country, from law enforcement to legislation to the justice (replaced with “justice”) system.
But, but, but…………………….slavery.
Chauvin’s lawyer will almost certainly file an appeal; the judge certainly gave him ample grounds. The problem as I see it is, what appellate court would be suicidally insane enough to actually HEAR such an appeal?! Unlike jury members whose identities are at least supposed to be confidential, the names of appeals court judges are a matter of public record. To expect an appeals court to hear Chauvin’s appeal is to hope for some very learned and intelligent people to VOLUNTARILY place their own lives and the lives of their loved ones in mortal jeopardy! Only a fool would knowingly do that.
Mark the day. April 20, 2021. The day the Democrats finally put an end to the rule of law in the U.S. of A.
(Sleep tight, America. You ain’t seen nothing yet!)