You mean "the Floyd family " I think.
Great points (as well as the other posts about Chauvin working ‘off the books’ at extra jobs).
His main recreation, over the next few years, may turn out to be “getting to put on a suit and ride the prison bus to court.” Sounds as though it may end up as a fairly regular part of his schedule.
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True; he may even have been given explicit advice to that effect.
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Yeah, I think that’s true. For some, nothing less than a public execution of Chauvin would have been “satisfying,” and that was never going to happen.
If the upshot of all this is that some cop, somewhere in America, decides against harassing and committing violence against a vulnerable person because he (probably) now fears he won’t get away with it, then that will be satisfying. Or at least it will be if such fears become widespread throughout L.E.
Oh duh, yes of course. Sorry for the error.
This runs into the “honor among thieves” thing. And it’s mostly a myth. Most criminals are only going to look out for their own interests. Even if Chauvin has some former colleagues who are crooked cops like he was, they’re going to be asking why it’s in their interest to protect Chauvin. If they’re going to sell out, they’re going to do it for their own profit not for Chauvin’s sake.
For regular people, yes. I’m not that far away from sixty-seven myself so I know it’s not an age where you go off to the senior center.
But we’re talking about a prisoner. Being in prison ages you much faster than a normal life does. I’ve seen prisoners in their fifties who look twenty or thirty years older. Somebody starting a twenty year sentence at the age of forty-five is going to leave prison an old man.
I forgot one, he also faces federal charges for hitting a 14 year old with a flashlight and kneeling on him. Prosecutors: 14-year-old boy cried ‘mom’ as Chauvin knelt on his back for 17 minutes | MPR News
Just being sixty-something isn’t the end of one’s life. But when you’re coming out of prison from a long sentence for a high-profile murder and you’re sixty-something, your prospects are going to be pretty damn limited.
And that is assuming no federal sentences are tacked on for the two cases they have (Floyd and the teenager) and not permitted to be served concurrently, and that the Minnesota Department of Revenue case does not end up with jail time not to be served concurrently.
Bumping because we just got a call from this organization:
https://twitter.com/cpod_4_police
They were asking for a donation; I’d bet they helped fund Chauvin’s defense.
Interesting. That Twitter page link has this warning on it:
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When I clicked through, the most recent post was about the congresspeople from Texas heading to DC to avoid a quorum and push for voting rights legislation to be passed on the federal level, from July 14. However, I do note that their previous most recent post was from April.
To absolutely no one’s surprise.
Derek Chauvin appeals his conviction in George Floyd’s death
Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer found guilty of murdering George Floyd, appealed the conviction on his own behalf at the 11th-hour Thursday
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In the filing, which was made on the last say it could be, Chauvin said he’s out of money and “unrepresented by legal counsel in connection with the appeal.”
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Late Thursday, Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Chauvin’s trial, granted Chauvin “pauper status,” which means he’s exempt from having to pay court costs and filing fees.
With the usual litany of complaints about the original trial. Mostly summed up under 'The court “abused its discretion” ’ [sic]
Derek Chauvin is cordially invited to go fuck himself.
I think he thoroughly did that when he murdered George Floyd.
Welp, good luck with that, Derek.
Regarding his pauper status, he qualifies for this because he and his ex wife agreed on an inequal division of assets in their divorce back in February. Could have been worse, though; their original proposal was so lopsided it was rejected by the judge for being a transparently fraudulent attempt to protect assets.
If this guy were any more full of shit you could hang a door on his face and call him a portajohn.
He had originally pled not guilty to the Federal charges.
So you would think he is agreeing to a plea bargain.
Yes. Maybe he can get the Federal time to be concurrent with the State time or to serve the time in Federal prison which is considered easier.
IA[obviously]NAL, but my understanding is that if he pleads Nolo Contendere, that cannot be used against him in a civil trial (which he is most assuredly facing). Being convicted, or taking an Alford plea, could be.
I stand — or sit — ready to be corrected.