George Floyd / Chauvin trial starts monday

Deliberations are expected to start March 29th, and the Trial is expected to be about 6 weeks, so about Mid May to get a Verdict.

Jury will be Sequestered and what they watch and hear will be monitored, best thing to do is tape about 100 of your favorite songs. As I guess TV, Computer and Radio will not be allowed.

You ladies are missing the point. If he weere guilty of crimes, he serves his time. But at that moment he was a citizen. Maybe he was high. Sure. But maybe also don’t sit on a guy that can’t breathe. I am unable to see how that was serving the public.

Chauvin deserves a fair trial. But to put up a hissy fit that he’s being tried is crazy. Maybe he walks, maybe he’s locked up. But this could have also been avoidable if they just didn’t sit on a guy who obviously wasn’t going to run away while cuffed if restrained by a different mechanism. There is blame on Floyd and Chauvin.

just a guy being a dude wrote:

Can this be any more clear for you people? It's like liberals want him to have been murdered. They want a reason to justify the anger they have built up inside.

That's exactly what they want.

They also don't want to face their ironic indifference to drug OD's, which are more prevalent by far than cop killings by several thousand percent. What's the real crisis here? Why aren't they inclined to be upset about it?

That Taylor gal in Loiusville hasn't muled any drugs in about a year.

Not one of the liberals on this board can even mention the words fentanyl or overdose, much less admit that is a factor. The ability of the human mind to delete facts it doesn't like should never be underestimated. Unfortunately for Chauvin, he will probably have a jury full of that kind of mentality.

The particular loon you are responding to actually thinks the BLM riots and looting was "necessary" - he is somehow able to see some logical correlation between a perceived racial injustice and subsequently breaking into a Target store, stealing a bunch of stuff, then burning it down. One is a justified, logical reaction to the other in his mind.

are the prosecution going to even try for a racist motive in this trial?

clearly you would have to be deranged to think this wasnt a racist killing.

I see that the definition of a drug overdose has expanded to include a police officer's knee on the neck for 8 minutes. I suppose that is what is called in some circles as "assisted dying" - although that was hardly what Floyd wanted, as he repeatedly begged for his life. If Floyd was dying of a drug overdose - as some here claim - I wonder what medical procedure Chauvin was following when he kept his knee on his neck till after Floyd was lifeless.

It is also apparent that quite a few would give the police the right to execute people on the street that they see as a burden on society - and sanction that retrospectively by subsequently judging that person unfit to live.

Of course, the easiest way to judge someone to be unfit to live is by the color of their skin; American culture has had a lot of practice in doing that.

Armstronglivs wrote:

Threads like this easily explain why deaths like this occur in the US. The apologists could form their own parade.

Not a single poster has suggested people in our country abuse drugs or resist an arrest. MOST people in our country know that. We have very few negative police interactions, those that occur are almost always brought on by someone unwilling to follow simple commands.

douglas burke wrote:

John Scott wrote:

Fentanyl is the silent killer.

Also, medical incompetence is not the same as racism.

I'm not looking forward to the riots when Chauvin receives a fair and just verdict. Chauvin may be a racist meron, but that has nothing to do with the Floyd incident. It will be interesting to see if the politicians have the backbone to support the judiciary, or if they choose to pander to the mob as well.

Biden has been known to be tough on crime, his opponents tried to use it against him in the Primaries. I don't think he will let riots get too out of control.

Yeah he was really against the riots last summer and his VP was worse!

I. M. Copper wrote:

Not in my hood wrote:

What would you have liked to see them do with a guy drugged up, resisting arrest, and was thrashing around?

Have you ever thought what might have happened if George just listened to the police and got in the police car?

He was handcuffed. He wasn't a threat at that point. Say what you want, my 26 years in law enforcement says different. Im sick of guys like Chauvin tarnishing our collective badge.

Please tell us how you would have handled a doped on large man that doesn't want to go in the police car and is thrashing around?

Liaaa wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

Scum bag habitual criminal, pushed the bad behavior too far. Surprise, he died! Floyd as some martyr is really a joke, and shows how far this Country has deteriorated down a rat hole.

He didn’t deserve to be killed in the street for any of that.

If we allow the police to murder people in the street at their own behest we have a real problem.

You’re a racist old coot.

and the Police don't deserve to have career criminals not follow their simple commands! If GF would have just swallowed his pride instead of swallowing his stash maybe a ride to jail would have happened instead of this sh!t show!!

Liaaa wrote:

Ghost of Igloi wrote:

You are the racist. You and your Democratic friends that have controlled crap hole inner cities for decades. Throw some more stimulus at it. Why? To use Blacks for power. To feed the welfare system, encourage broken families, and lack of personal responsibility. Great job you social justice warrior fool.

I’m not an American, so I’m not a Democrat or Republican.

You’ve proved my point furthered you’re a racist old coot.

How is speaking the truth racist?

Liaaa wrote:

I only see one party trying to deny black people their democratic right.

https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/ballotboxbarriers/analysis-voter-suppression-never-went-away-tactics-changed/

You spin it as voter suppression, but it is just an avenue for voter fraud. What's wrong with wanting only one vote per LEGAL US citizen?

querious wrote:

Not in my hood wrote:

Sounds good! What does that entail??

Like the question of ‘what is porn’ - I know it when I see it. And this ain’t it.

Thanks for dodging the question. If you have a problem with how police handle people, be part of the solution and show real examples of what changes you would like to see.

It appears to be you that is the fool! Again, what has the poster stated that isn't true?

Not in my hood wrote:

querious wrote:

Like the question of ‘what is porn’ - I know it when I see it. And this ain’t it.

Thanks for dodging the question. If you have a problem with how police handle people, be part of the solution and show real examples of what changes you would like to see.

Like most people, I don’t think kneeling on the neck of an unconscious suspect is responsible policing.

Okay, steve.the addict...

How would you have liked the police to handle restraining GF when he was thrashing around?

steve. the. addict... wrote:

Yes Floyd was a loser and probably a menace to society. Society in general is better off without his nuisance hanging around to disturb their lives. He was beyond rehabilitation but it all was probably not his fault, Yes, Floyd can take some responsibility anyways for his problems. He had known that lifestyle for a while and I bet and his parents did not do a great job raising him. His opportunities were limited. But all that is irrelevant and he didn't deserve to die.

The riots were necessary but the methodology used was far too inappropriate. The protests have resulted in more accountable police behavior though. Lets hope the process of the trial and results do not cause more harm to innocent people.

Glad to see you have a better grasp on this then I took from your first post I commented on. With more dash cameras and body cameras there is less and less police can get away with and what is being seen time and time again is people bringing the problems on themselves by not following police commands. Other then cameras, I don't see much for change that is helpful.

Yeah, it's too bad that the media didn't selectively edit what we saw of the footage from the GF event. It's also too bad that body camera footage couldn't have been released immediately. A few shared details of what actually happened and an honest media could have save many lives and livelihoods across the country.