Chauvin Trial

[MrsSpringsteen]

Begins today. Character assassination of George Floyd will commence. Chauvin's lawyers are allegedly going to say George Floyd died from drugs in his system.

If Chauvin isn't convicted of maximum charges, I don't even know what to say and there is no such thing as justice.

[Hewson]

The riots that will ensue if he isn't convicted of murder will make last summer look like a day at the beach.

[mikal]

Originally Posted by Hewson

The riots that will ensue if he isn't convicted of murder will make last summer look like a day at the beach.

That's the Racism's offensive gameplan going into this one:

- Act empathetic and outraged but be clear that the justice system should let things play out.

- When the "Not Guilty" verdict is reached, while showing empathy for the family of George Floyd, remind the public that George was not a good man and that there was other evidence to consider. Utilize Tucker Carlson as a vehicle for this message because people love how he asks the questions (with a scrunched face) that make us all ponder.

- When the riots ensue, point out that Antifa/BLM is the real problem and that Blue Lives really do matter even though for a span of 4 hours on January 6th, they didn't really matter, nor do they matter when it comes to Gun Control, but Blue Lives really do matter!

[BEAL]

How do you find a impartial jury? Go to a monastery????

[MrsSpringsteen]

The witnesses were an unruly mob who distracted the officers. Can't imagine being that lawyer.

I guess Chauvin was so "distracted" by them that he had no idea he was murdering George Floyd.

[MrsSpringsteen]

Now you can be stopped for driving while Black allegedly for a dangling air freshener, have some sort of outstanding warrant, and end up dead(oops it was a gun not a taser).

And you can be a Black military lieutenant stopped for no plate(temp plate is actually displayed in the window), and you can be pepper sprayed by an arrogant pos cop.

[MrPryck2U]

Originally Posted by Hewson

The riots that will ensue if he isn't convicted of murder will make last summer look like a day at the beach.

You're damn right! There should be a guilty verdict. The Blue Wall or whatever should crumble for these motherfuckers.

[MrsSpringsteen]

[Moonlit_Angel]

Originally Posted by MrsSpringsteen

Now you can be stopped for driving while Black allegedly for a dangling air freshener, have some sort of outstanding warrant, and end up dead(oops it was a gun not a taser).

I love how after so many of these shootings the police try to pass it off as an "accident". Like, how do they not get that that argument doesn't make them look any better or competent? Either you have officers intentionally gunning down black people, or they're so badly trained that they (supposedly) mistake a gun for a taser and accidentally shoot someone to death. Neither option speaks well of the competency of the cop in question, or the police force that continues to employ them. I wouldn't be able to fuck up that badly at my job and get away with it.

And if these officers do keep having so many "accidents" despite all this great training they're supposedly getting, then that speaks to some bigger problems in the training as well.

[Hewson]

Mistaking a gun for a taser seems pretty hard to believe.
Guns are to be holstered on your dominant side, taser supposed to be holstered on the other side.
And the weight is significantly different, gun about 4x heavier than a taser.

If that's what really happened this officer should never have been allowed on the force and should be permanently removed immediately.

[MrsSpringsteen]

Originally Posted by Hewson

Mistaking a gun for a taser seems pretty hard to believe.
Guns are to be holstered on your dominant side, taser supposed to be holstered on the other side.
And the weight is significantly different, gun about 4x heavier than a taser.

If that's what really happened this officer should never have been allowed on the force and should be permanently removed immediately.

She's a 26 year veteran of the Brooklyn Center police department.

Daunte Wright had an expired registration sticker, that was the reason they stopped him. I don't remember what the outstanding warrant was for. He tried to get back in his car after they handcuffed him, so of course he will be blamed for his own death.

Chauvin's lawyer tried to have the jury sequestered over this shooting, the judge said no.

[Irvine511]

I can believe that this was an accident while also believing that this is a perfect example (along with the video of the stop of the Lt in Windsor, VA) of the kind of racism we’ve been talking about — these cops come in so amped up when it’s a Black man, and because cops are armed and because this is a country awash in firearms it’s not unreasonable to assume someone is packing, that bad things are going to happen. This is where a dumb, politically idiotic slogan like “defund the police” covers up what is a good idea — rethink policing. Reallocate resources. Demilitarize the police.

It’s so awful and tragic in the context of everything else that I don’t quite have the words. I’m just so, so sad.

Between this and weekly mass shootings, can we not see that firearms are the primary driver behind all of this ongoing tragedy?

[MrsSpringsteen]

How about that defense witness yesterday who thinks Chauvin's use of force was justified?

"Did you say resting comfortably?"

The "highlights" of his testimony were just gross.