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-War on Police-
Judge halts jury selection in Derek Chauvin murder trial as prosecutors seek to ADD third-degree murder charge in killing of George Floyd over fears he might walk free after just four years if only convicted of manslaughter
2021-03-09
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Jury selection was set to begin on Monday in the murder trial of former cop Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis

  • But judge delayed proceedings by 24 hours as prosecutors sought to reinstate third-degree murder charge

  • Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in death of George Floyd

  • On May 25, Chauvin was videotaped as he pressed his knee into George Floyd's neck during an arrest

  • In viral clip, Floyd is heard saying he can't breathe as Chauvin knelt on him; Three other ex-cops also charged

  • Floyd died in police custody; His death ignited mass protests and violence in cities nationwide

  • Three other former officers involved in Floyd's arrest will be tried separately later this year
Related:
Derek Chauvin: 2021-03-01 A City Prepares For A Trial
Derek Chauvin: 2021-02-11 Minnesota Governor Calls In National Guard Ahead Of Trial Over George Floyd’s Death
Derek Chauvin: 2020-11-08 All Four Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd Murder Case Will Be Tried Together in Televised Proceedings
Posted by:trailing wife

#10  I sat through a few voir dires in my time as a reporter. Apparently there are some real winners in the jury pool...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-09 16:44  

#9  SCRewDUS, but good
Posted by: Maggie Glumble5818   2021-03-09 13:56  

#8  #3 i like the word SCrOTUS! They are supposed to rule on the written law noot on their fears.
Posted by: irish rage boy   2021-03-09 12:31  

#7  When The Science™ departs from The Narrative™, the latter always wins at the institutional level...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-09 12:04  

#6  For three whole months, the Prosecution sat on the toxicology findings of the chief medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker, who reported that Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose and that there was absolutely no evidence of asphyxiation or strangulation.

...In other words, like a drowned man, Floyd’s lungs were filled with fluid. And that was the obvious and inescapable reason why Floyd kept shouting over and over again that he couldn’t breathe even when he was upright and mobile.

The memorandum ends with Dr. Baker’s devastating conclusion that “if Floyd had been found dead in his home (or anywhere else) and there were no other contributing factors he [Dr. Baker] would conclude that it was an overdose death.”

This is a complete farce. Outrageous. Keith Ellison and the two prosecutors who suppressed this transcript for three months have blood on their hands.
Posted by: Spats Crinert6063   2021-03-09 11:58  

#5  Theory was they purposely overcharged to appeal to the then emotion, and for the eventual acquittal to inspire another wave of unrest and 'dialogue'.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-03-09 11:22  

#4  Don't worry if the jury doesn't convict, he'll be up on federal civil right charges - See LA Cops and Rodney King

Double jeopardy protection no longer exists
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-03-09 10:35  

#3  SCrOTUS sidestepped election cases recently because of fear of 'unrest..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-03-09 09:45  

#2  
So basically to avoid Rioting, Looting, Arson's, state/nation wide assaults and shootings by BLOM on LEO's. Which would be pretty much lead by a politically steered, supported and funded collection of LYNCH MOB's.

They are willing to toss out the impartial due process of Law.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-03-09 08:39  

#1  Complicityin the Perversion of Justice: The Role of Lawyers in Eroding the Rule of Law in the Third Reich
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-09 08:37  

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