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Derek Chauvin murder trial (George Floyd)

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Officer Derek Chavin goes on trial today charged with the homicide of George Floyd, if found guilty he is facing up to 40 years in prison.

The prosecution is largely based on the 9 minute long video of Chauvin pressing his knee into Floyds neck. The defence is going to claim that Chavin did nothing outside of his police training and that Floyds death came about because of drugs in his system and an underlying heart condition. The official autopsy found that his death was a homicide.

Witnesses include a then 17 year old girl who filmed the video on her phone and a police dispatcher who watched events unfold live on CCTV and alerted her supervisor about his treatment.

Its unknown if Chavin himself will take the stand. The trial will also open up answers about the previous relationship between Floyd and Chavin- they both worked as security together for a bar in Minnesota. The trial itself is expected to last 4-5 weeks. The other three police officers involved in the incident will face trial themselves in August.

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Quantum Erasure

Effects wrote: »

So worth it in that case?

Well yes. Indeed

fryup

correct decision,

But Biben should keep his beak out in the future

Beechwoodspark

Guilty on all counts

namloc1980

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Absolute showtrial to stop the city burning

Nah. He was guilty as sin and is a cold blooded murderer.

Hedgehod55

Justice served. Hopefully this serves as a deterrent to all the cops who couldn't care less whether they take someone's life by excessive and unnecessary force.

Especially happy for the resident conspiracy theorists here in CA who believe everything is orchestrated by the lefty media. Soak this one up.

Beechwoodspark

fryup wrote: »

correct decision,

But Biben should keep his beak out in the future

Can you imagine what trump would’ve been saying if he was still the prez

Faugheen

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Absolute showtrial to stop the city burning

Still peddling this bullsh*t.

He's a murderer. Signed, sealed and delivered by his peers following a fair trial.

Call me Al

Guilty guilty guilty.
Very surprised. I thought he was caused Mr Floyd's death but wasn't familiar enough with every detail to know if it was all 3 counts.
But the jury sat through every day and every shred of evidence.
So I think they know what they're deciding on.

Itssoeasy

Guilty on all three counts. I was of the opinion that he’d be found guilty of one of the charges but not all three.

Smee_Again

Going to be interesting seeing all the posters defend convicted murderer Derek Chauvin while at the same time calling for harsher sentences for murderers in Ireland.

MFPM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Absolute showtrial to stop the city burning

What an idiotic response.

Dempo1

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Can you imagine what trump would’ve been saying if he was still the prez

Trump? Who?

TheValeyard

Right decision. But unfortunately there will be grounds for appeal thanks to that congress woman.

Faugheen

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I bet they won't be though.

Nah, they wont.

Some of those will still try to tell you they aren't racist either.

SEPT 23 1989

No excuse to burn the place down now

Windmill100000

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Absolute showtrial to stop the city burning

Oh please. Chauvin is where he belongs. Delighted.

francois

Perhaps the cops will think twice about aggressive macho posturing. The US police force needs a serious overhsul.

[Deleted User]

Fairly satisfying seeing the handcuffs being put on him there.

What a scumbag, has shown zero remorse.

[Deleted User]

Smee_Again wrote: »

Going to be interesting seeing all the posters defend convicted murderer Derek Chauvin while at the same time calling for harsher sentences for murderers in Ireland.

In fairness, all those people were lining up excuses on why the verdict would be a fix no matter what.... And weirdly, a fair few of them tend to just hold incredible questionable views on black people in general. Basically they wanted to hold Chauvin up as some hero or some crap.

[Deleted User]

BanditLuke wrote: »

Yeah Floyd was a piece of work alright

He didn't murder anyone though, unlike Derek Chauvin.

MFPM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

No excuse to burn the place down now

Oh shut up FFS.

Real Donald Trump

Mob justice wins!

Eric Cartman

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In fairness, all those posters were lining up excuses on why the verdict would be a fix no matter what.... And weirdly, a fair few of them tend to just hold incredible questionable views on black people in general. Basically they wanted to hold Chauvin up as some hero or some crap.

Nobody held up chauvin as a hero, he deserved manslaughter but this verdict is insane

francois

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In fairness, all those posters were lining up excuses on why the verdict would be a fix no matter what.... And weirdly, a fair few of them tend to just hold incredible questionable views on black people in general. Basically they wanted to hold Chauvin up as some hero or some crap.

No surprise really, systematic attitudes...

banie01

Mobile phones and social media have come of age with this verdict IMO.
I'm old enough to remember police officers videotaped beating Rodney King yet being acquitted.
There is always the sense in the US that power, position and race will skew verdicts even in light of overwhelming evidence.

This case, it's prosecution and in particular the effort that the Minnesota AG made to prosecute the case matters.
That the Police themselves offered copious evidence against Chauvin matters.
That a criminal has been convicted and sanctioned matters.

Qualified immunity needs to end and a fit for purpose policing act will hopefully be the other fruit of this case.

Eric Cartman

Real Donald Trump wrote: »

Mob justice wins!

I bet they still burn the city

MeMen2_MoRi_

Mr. Floyd died because his heart was too big. You heard that testimony. And now have seen all of the evidence and heard all of the evidence, you know the truth. And the truth of the matter is, that the reason George Floyd is dead, is because Mr. Chauvin's heart was too small

Quote.. Jerry Blackwell.

namloc1980

Real Donald Trump wrote: »

Mob justice wins!

You don't believe in just trials then.

briany

Didn't expect him to be found guilty on all 3 counts. I presume his defence team will immediately get to work on an appeal.

Sandor Clegane

What must be going through his head, life down the toilet for a few moments of madness.