Derek Chauvin murder trial (George Floyd)

Sandor Clegane · 20-04-2021 09:35PM

Faugheen wrote: »

Dissent, deny, deflect, distract.

People know that Biden did nothing wrong. It's a tactic.

Whatever about Biden, but Walters did, she basically suggests violence if a not guilty verdict was given.

Brussels Sprout · 20-04-2021 09:35PM

I didn't think there was any possible way that he could be found not guilty....but then again this is America so it was a relief to see that they came to the right verdict in the end.

namloc1980 · 20-04-2021 09:35PM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

You can look at both arguments online. RTE ony reported on the prosecution. They completely ignored the defence

The defence was shiite because what he did was indefensible.

pjohnson · 20-04-2021 09:35PM

Justice was done surprisingly.

Smee_Again · 20-04-2021 09:36PM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

I am guessing you didn't see the full length tape?

You ask this without a sense of irony because the 12 people who actually watched and listened to all the evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence decided that Chauvin did murder Georgie Floyd.

Real Donald Trump · 20-04-2021 09:37PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I bet they still burn the city

They'll eventually eat themselves

20-04-2021 09:37PM

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Id say there will be a retrial, no doubt.

That congresswoman basically said find him guilty or we'll riot...lunacy.

Didn't the judge more or less acknowledge it to the defense?

Retrial all they want, it won't change anything. The defence was just going through the motions because even they knew the video and autopsy evidence could bring nothing less than a guilty verdict.

Guy:Incognito · 20-04-2021 09:37PM

Ckendrick wrote: »

Yes. The rioting and burning and looting will stop now and all the cities will return to peaceful crime free places.

They might if the police stop killing people.

Would you be happy enough if the Gardai killed around 18 people a year here? Cos thats what itd be if they killed people at the same rate here as police in America do.

Smee_Again · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Ckendrick wrote: »

Yes. The rioting and burning and looting will stop now and all the cities will return to peaceful crime free places.

US cities were never peaceful crime free places.

Hell, you can’t even say the various police departments were peaceful crime free places.

BorneTobyWilde · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Faugheen · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Sandor Clegane wrote: »

Whatever about Biden, but Walters did, she basically suggests violence if a not guilty verdict was given.

And how does the defence prove that influenced the jury?

Maxine Watters was stupid as f*ck, but the hope this will be thrown out because of that is far from set in stone.

It will give them an appeal hearing, after that they need to prove the jury was influenced. Good luck with that.

MFPM · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I bet they still burn the city

Who's 'they'?

Rayne Wooney · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Deserves serious jail time for what he did, trial was a circus though and he’ll probably get out of the murder 2 on appeal? Probably rightly so.

Tony EH · 20-04-2021 09:38PM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Nope. I watched the whole thing this evening and daily before. They only occasionally reported tibits in so far prosecution arguments countered them

Brian O'Donovan went through the defences claims about drugs and carbon monoxide being responsible for Floyd's death and not Chauvin.

20-04-2021 09:38PM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

Nope. I watched the whole thing this evening and daily before. They only occasionally reported tibits in so far prosecution arguments countered them

Well, since the jury likely weren't relying on rte news to hear the arguments put forth, it's irrelevant. The jury heard both sides. The jury had all charges explained to them and what is required for guilt.

Guy:Incognito · 20-04-2021 09:39PM

Smee_Again wrote: »

You ask this without a sense of irony because the 12 people who actually watched and listened to all the evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence decided that Chauvin did murder Georgie Floyd.

Yeah but what would they know. A certain group of posters on here clearly know better.............

Windmill100000 · 20-04-2021 09:39PM

Yellow_Fern wrote: »

You can look at both arguments online. RTE ony reported on the prosecution. They completely ignored the defence

But the jury weren't watching RTE.

ACitizenErased · 20-04-2021 09:39PM

I reckon the Irish fella Tobin was the primary reason for conviction tbh

AMKC · 20-04-2021 09:39PM

Delighted for him. How that nasty person ever became a police officer is beyond me. His defence was pathetic by the way. I think even they knew that Derick Chauvin was guilty. Someone to do what he done has no place in society. To kill a person like he did slowly and painfully. I just heard there on Sky that one of the officers serving under him had only been out of the Academy for 48 hours and he was supposed to be teaching this young officer. Now that young officers life is ruined too.

Larbre34 · 20-04-2021 09:39PM

The MAGAbots will probably riot anyway cos whiteness is under threat. Murica.

pjohnson · 20-04-2021 09:40PM

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Yeah but what would they know. A certain group of posters on here clearly know better.............

They know about as much as Chavins actual defence team. Which has been shown to be nothing.

Guy:Incognito · 20-04-2021 09:41PM

AMKC wrote: »

How that nasty person ever became a police officer is beyond me.

Really? Police forces over there have no shortage of the likes of him.

20-04-2021 09:41PM

pjohnson wrote: »

They know about as much as Chavins actual defence team. Which has been shown to be nothing.

They also knew better than the judge and the guy clearly knows nothing about law. The other fascinating one is most of them don't seem to understand the charges after weeks of watching it.

Cody montana · 20-04-2021 09:42PM

And rightly so.

But it’s time to move on.

Billy Mays · 20-04-2021 09:42PM

Disappointing evening for Boards' resident racists

Curse These Metal Hands · 20-04-2021 09:43PM

Is there any truth to the jury being able to use their phones during deliberation or is that codswallop?

BorneTobyWilde · 20-04-2021 09:43PM

Finally cops will think twice before killing unarmed black people.

20-04-2021 09:43PM

Faugheen wrote: »

And how does the defence prove that influenced the jury?

Maxine Watters was stupid as f*ck, but the hope this will be thrown out because of that is far from set in stone.

It will give them an appeal hearing, after that they need to prove the jury was influenced. Good luck with that.

Trials don't just have to be fair, they have to be seen to be fair. The argument will be there was no way for Chauvin to get a fair trial given the political influence and Watters has foolishly reinforced that. I don't agree but that's the reality, and it is possibly strong grounds for an appeal.

America is a strange place, genuinely looks like a democracy that is collapsing because many of those in charge have no respect for the principles required in a democracy.

ACitizenErased · 20-04-2021 09:43PM

What a weird, weird comment from Pelosi.
https://twitter.com/AlexNBCNews/status/1384619869119918083?s=20

MFPM · 20-04-2021 09:43PM

In the context of tonight's verdict and remembering how rare it is for a cop to be convicted of a crime like this, thinking about the history of the subjugation of Black Communities in the US and then imagine being one of the posters here who is disappointed by the verdict, who directly or indirectly thinks Chauvin is hard done by, who thinks justice hasn't been done, imagine being so bereft of humanity.

Derek Chauvin murder trial (George Floyd)

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