Trial of Derek Chauvin (killer of George Floyd) outcome poll

[Mallard]

@TroutMan

And yet even on this liberal-leaning board, we have people saying the prosecution didn’t prove its case:

@txtumbleweed

Granting their transcription as reasonably accurate, I don’t think the state proved its case. That doesn’t mean Chauvin will be found not guilty, the jury has to know what is waiting for them if they don’t come up with the mob approved verdict, but the prosecution story leaves too many questions unanswered.

The defense closing story seems pretty straightforward. Floyd died not solely of officers’ actions but because he had a long list of medical and drug ailments that were aggravated by his choosing to fight with the officers.

How confident are you that among the 12 people on the jury, none of them share this opinion?

Of course one cannot be certain the jury feels the same way but kneeling on the guy for 9 minutes long after he’s subdued and even 4 minutes after he’s dead is incredibly telling. And although I’m very “anti Trump”, I’m also about the last guy who would support any kind of “defund police” initiatives.