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On Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:28:25 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/21/2021 8:00 AM, trader_4 wrote:
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Ed, that's exactly what I thought. I can't recall another case where
the charges
ranged from manslaughter to murder and they convicted them of all three.
That must be something peculiar to Minnesota.

As to appeals, if there is still justice in America, he should be
granted a new
trial. That trial never should have been held in Minneapolis, it was
impossible
for him to get a fair trial there. The jury was under the gun, knew
that if they
acquitted, the mobs would be burning down their city. Maxine Waters,
always
the fool and despicable, added to it by calling for violence while the
trial was
going on, if he was acquitted. Another thing that should not have been
allowed
was all the tearful testimony of what a great guy that POS Floyd was.
The
prosecution brought up one witness after another, portraying him as a
kind,
loving, beautiful guy. That left the defense in a terrible position.
What could
they do, go cross examine them and ask what about the fact that he held
a
knife to a pregnant woman during a home invasion and all his other
arrests?
If they did, then the jury could feel that the defense was attacking a
dead man.
I'm not saying Chauvin was innocent, but there is no way that sham was a
fair trial and I hope he gets a new trial. All kinds of trials have
been granted
changes of venue for far less poisonous environments than existed here.


With all the publicity it would be difficult to try him anywhere and
Maxine would follow.

They did not name the jurors of course, but you can be sure they were
known to the locals. A non-guilty could have had their houses burned
down too.

Every big city seems to have a mural of Floyd now. They should also put
up a of his arrests with it to keep it in perspective. He is not a hero
or role model.

That is what bothers me. There are far more egregious police
shootings. Breonna Taylor springs to mind but they had video of Floyd
so the TV embraced it in spite of the fact that he was a thug that was
fighting with the police and refused to get in the car.

Mr Floyd could have stopped this at any time
by saying "I give up, I will get in the car".

Why do people always embrace these thugs?

For the same reason they are thugs themselves.

As for the cops, I guess in the future they will say
"Tough ****, call the secret service" the next time
someone tries to stick a merchant with a bogus bill.

Bet they will actually behave more reasonably when
some thug like Floyd pulls a stunt like that and don't
actually drag him from the cruiser he was already in
and apply a knee to the thug's neck to posture in
front of the crowd as a tough guy, even if Chauvin
does eventually get off.