Ok?? No we don’t need to give ABC news credit for leaving a fucking RU-vid comments section open. That isn’t what makes a hero. Why is this relevant when a man is dead? Delete this go away A man is dead and his name was George Floyd.
@@legally_ellecee1309 he said that because usually they block comments on videos that are controversial because they only want one approved point of view expressed
I know right even after I had the key word "defense" I still got the prosecutor opening statement. Don't know if youtube is playing favorites I just find it strange you need to search and search to get to hear the defense
My first thought exactly. Many of the videos are just labeled ’opening statements’ which only feature the prosecution’s statements. It may be an artifact of the algorithm, and the total views. Or it’s intentional, either by RU-vid, or by Mass Media companies working together. The only way to get informed now is to do a lot of work. Otherwise, you are just a victim to this misinformation and source amnesia.
Sort of like you saw the Video of the kneel, but never the full video..at least for months. The insatiable thirst for a racism story is the priority of the looney left
LOL and the test confirmed THAT was a lie. RU-vid search "chauvin opening statements" and you'll see defense attorney Eric Nelson's face everywhere : )
Common sense is to not make a rush judgment call on a small clip of a video but to see the whole video, see and hear all evidence, from the autopsy, witnesses and everything else. To look at all of it with no bias or prejudice and try to take emotion out of it and if the evidence shows he's innocent he's innocent and if it shows he's guilty he's guilty.
@@goodnews4076 Because that's a right afforded to Americans when they are accused of a crime. They have the right to plead their case in a court of law and be judged based on the evidence of the case by an unbiased jury. Also he isn't even being charged with 1st degree manslaughter.
if a grown ass man kneels on another mans neck for that amount of time you don't think its bound to be bruising and swelling ?.......also regardless of the facts of this man "being on drug" COMMON SENSE !! once again will tell you that a grown ass man putting his knee into another persons neck while on the floor during that amount of time can injury or kill a person ...I mean really its not rocket science and either way any of you try to spin it.. it was wrong and unnecessary to use a method like that with such excessive force
I'm not making up my mind until I see more of the trial. Already I've heard 10 thousand percent more information in this trial that anything released last year.
Ok let's all forget the 8 mins 45 secs thst Derek chauvin accidentally/deliberately and distractedly killed the criminal George Lloyd. After all GL died because he committed a crime and not as a result of the officer's actions. No doubt if found not guilty justice would be shown to be served. Good one. Great theatrics.
@@ellamitchell1270 The defense is arguing that George Floyd swallowed a bunch of illegal drugs (a crime) just before he was arrested, and that it was this methamphetamine/fentanyl combination that killed him. Also that the medical examiner found zero evidence of bruising, fracture, or suffocation of Floyd's neck, and zero evidence of asphyxiation. What he did find, in Floyd's blood, was lots of methamphetamine and fentanyl. If they can prove this in court, Chauvin may be acquitted. You and I are not jurors, so it doesn't matter what we forget. In fact, it seems like you did not even watch the video.
@@CommanderCronus The things you are pointing out are going to be on the report because they were found in the system, but were not the cause of death. It just gave the defense something to grasp onto, and cloud the truth. Cardiopulmonary arrest is also something we all die from because we all lose heart function at the time of death. The medical examiner also follows that finding by saying due to police restraint and neck compression. Not everyone one who endures neck compression has damage or bruising. You need to read full report, it wouldn't be ruled a homicide if the drugs had anything to do with his death.
Still doesn’t explain the intent of having his knee over his neck for over 8 mins. Aid was NOT administered when a police officer SHOULD as a public servant. We witnessed a MURDER.
Its whats in there training. Let someone do this move to you. It won't kill you (maybe if you're already overdosing). It won't suffocate. You'll still be able to breath.
Could’ve been PCP for all they knew, and yeah the bad training of the Minnie police dept has pamphlets with knee on the neck restraint. The fault for that lies with the city police dept.
He already had a bloody nose from resisting in the squad car. My guess to keep to keep him from harming himself any further..like banging his own head on purpose, etc
Aide Tijerina. Good thing you're not on the jury. You're too stupid to follow along. Plus you've already found him guilty before seeing all the evidence. There's way to much hate coming from the tolerant left.
@@rlbigfish Their body cams do not exonerate them from murdering a man lying on the ground and choking the life out of him. He could do no harm to them as he was handcuffed.
So he was driving in a cramped up car with 3 people and he was able to fall asleep, but when put in the spacious back seat of a cop car, allofasudden he's "claustrophobic"
I'm not really sure how it's even possible, but apparently Eric Nelson missed life lesson, "Just Say No!". I have a great deal of respect for defense attorneys that represent those that deserve to be defended. And absolutely no respect for those who represent the 'Derek Chauvins' of this country. They're guilty of and should be charged with "accessory after the fact" and "aiding and abetting".
Shut your mouth if Floyd never would’ve broken the law and payed with a fake bill he would have never died , this is bullshit that they gave him 25 years . Floyd has a height advantage , you try taking Floyd down , you probably couldn’t hold him down if you wanted to.
@@robinsternes You are clearly stupid or immature. Even the worst of humanity should have their day in court and be represented adequately for their legal defense. We do not do show trials or lynchings anymore. Even the worst mass murderers, rapists, child molesters, and war criminals are entitled to competent legal representation. It is up to the jury to determine their guilt or innocence as defined by the laws of our country. I am not defending the actions of Derek Chauvin, but an attorney doing his job should be worthy of respect. Certainly not a crime to legally represent someone whose criminal status has yet to be determined in a court of law at least when this video was posted. We do presume innocence and it is up to the prosecutor to show the jury that Derek Chauvin is guilty as charged. That is why we have trials.
@@susiehernandez6652 if you still need to be concnviced of intent, negligence, manslaughter, even murder im not sure we watched the same footage of the crime.
@@susiehernandez6652 actually that's murder 3. Intent to cause harm (not necessarily death) which led to a person's death. No-one can watch that and conclude the officer had no intent to cause harm. They may be able to prove he didn't intend to kill him (murder 2), but there's no way they can prove lack of intent to harm.
@@billhicks6449 not true. If someone is in a state of excited delirium it is within the bounds of normal protocol to lay them down until they calm down. He was not trying to hurt of kill him, but rather calm him down to stop him from fighting. If he wouldn’t have been fighting and rocking the police car, he would have never been taken out of the car.
The fact he tries to blame bystanders for distracting Chauvin is what we call grasping at straws. If he would have listened this trial could have been avoided.
Truth is in all the video footage. What I seen in the footage can not be justified by blaming bystanders or EMS. They suspected him to be on drugs during the entire incident, why kneel on his neck. When someone struggles to breathe, they will shift and move around to breathe. That wasn't him resisting he was fighting to breathe (common sense). Once he stopped responding, why not get off him? His fellow officer told him he had no pulse(truth), wait until you hear his response. I don't know if he intended to do this from start, but Chauvin's behavior definitely was not giving me common sense. Whatever happened before the knee on the neck is irrelevant.
@@MsGrayst truth is, it's been proven nothing the knee did killed him, not even a slight bruise, you also can't talk while being choked, so there goes that theory, never mind he was claiming he couldn't breathe from the get go way before being restrained, you also don't foam from the mouth before any struggle with the police, that's indication of a drug overdose, all factors combined with the severe anxiety from being detained by police is what caused his heart to fail him, you are seeing something with your eyes and taking it as fact, alot more was going on inside Floyd's body than any video footage could show you.
@@lubedguyballer7159 so you've already used your common sense to determine what the truth and justice is in this scenario before the trial has even taken place..?
Intelligent and moral citizens will look at all the evidence in this trial and look beyond their prejudices and then decide if Chauvin should be punished.
Everybody made up their minds long before this trial even started. It's the same people voting for the same party every term just because that's what they've always done.
Those jurors I believe two of them stated they never saw the video. It was broadcast all over the entire world. People pets saw this video. Perhaps they were too complacent in their own little world.
Its simple, they lied. I mean, this isn't a little thing in the US, the whole world is watching. Looting, fires, pillage, riots..all over the world. They (the jurors) were there. Maybe they had to change their route to work, call to check on the safety of their kids, etc. They wanted to be on the jury so they lied, they watched and they knew and the Attorneys and Judge know it. Happens all the time. Me, 2 seconds of interview and they'd ask me to leave, nithing will change what I know I saw. 🤷
Information about the jurors which is as intimate as that which you have just said has not yet been released. So, I don’t think that statistic is true.
3 serious pre existing medical conditions including Arteriosclerosis, 90% blockage in his coronary arteries, hypertension and massive drug use had no effect.
Question- If the officers found pills or had a feeling he was under the influence, then they knew his heart & breathing was already compromised from the drugs. This defense actually makes them look worse! That they STILL applied 9 minutes of hard pressure to his NECK even AFTER knowing his breathing is already compromised.
Firstly, there’s a difference in what George floyd meant by “I can’t breathe”. For example if you see someone get choked out in mma, it’s because their breathing is restricted. However, another example is an anxiety attack, where someone’s heart rate and breathing rate increases. The second example can be applied to George’s case as he said he wasn’t able to breathe before he was on the floor and passed out within 5 minutes of the knee on neck. If you get choked out, it takes 10-15 seconds. Also his trachea was not damaged in the autopsy.
They never put hard pressure on his neck, the coroner never listed broken blood vessels or any other evidence of pressure. George Floyd chose to not get into the Police SUV and wanted to be on the street instead. The cops let him down and kept him from escaping until the ambulance arrived. Its not the cops fault that George took a lethal dose of Fentanyl and meth.
@@ColoradoStreaming 1. if they put hard pressure it wouldn’t have taken several minutes to kill him. Do you propose a moderate choke wouldn’t cause a loss of consciousness? Not the mention his laying on his chest. 2. Yes, they chose to place a knee on his neck as opposed to simply handcuffing him and physically holding him in any way they were actually trained to do. 3. Source that he took a *lethal dose* of those substances.
As someone who majored in Criminal Justice, this was a really good opening defense speech. It is troubling that he could get off with manslaughter, but I still don't think he'll be aquitted. However, in my personal opinion, the defense can only go so far. It doesn't matter if the victim did drugs or was committing a minor offense, I believe the length of deadly force was inexcusable. When he was on the ground saying he couldn't breathe, the officers could have changed tactics and positions of hold. They didn't. He caused a scene by not listening to the man pleading for air. He disregarded the citizens in front of him, to just move his knee on his neck. He had other choices. And that is where he will be found guilty.
You dont care that he had 4 times the lethal dose of drugs in his system when he died?? Enough to kill 4 men. I doubt you studied very hard at all honeslty. The police actually a known police action taught by the academy. So how can he be charged for following police protocol on top of George having an extreme lethal dose of drugs in his system. I think he will be acquitted based on that alone.
@@ANTICARBONTAX most ppl do drugs excessively and don't die. U can't say he would have died that day bc of the drugs he took. And since when did the police not teach empathy? The police also train you to use common sense and good judgements of not using too much force when unnecessary. I actually don't think the officer killed him on purpose. However, he never let up. He could have changed his position, moving his left knee off of his neck, but he didn't. He was clinically dead before the ambulance arrived, and he had stopped resisting long before. That is where the officer will be convicted. It doesn't matter the amount of drugs in his system. U can't prove without a reasonable doubt he would have died had the officer not killed him by restricting his ability to breathe. So no, there is no way in hell he'll be acquitted.
I agree. I'm a current LE and "knee on neck, knee on deck" was taught in my academy as a control tactic to get someone handcuffed. I still use it today with combative people, and will continue to use it. I hate to backbench but I do question the decision to perform knee on neck/knee on deck on a handcuffed guy for over 9 minutes. Looks like Floyd is still fighting with 4 cops on him so control tactics are still needed. I once sat a guy bigger than Floyd against a wall and stood on his crossed feet to keep him from fighting or trying to rise. Virtually inescapable if the person is handcuffed. In any account this is up to the jury and no one else to decide.
@@ANTICARBONTAX praying JESUS care cause you chauvin and the lawer and other with your mind set don't care JESUS bless every one call out name to chauvin that kill GEORGE FLOYD with his knee on his neck 5/25/20 shame the one trying to use flase old sin that you JESUS forgive FLOYD for.. on 5/25/20 JESUS we ask in your name for your truthful righteousness will thank you JESUS thank you
He started the "I can't breathe" when fighting police, trying to get him in the car. They offered to keep the windows open. "I'm claustrophobic" But, he was just in a car? He crawled through the Police car and came out the other side... Watch the video again. The police asked several times, are you on something?
What the defense wants to do is talk all about how the victim is a bad man. He was high, he tried to pass a fake 20 dollar bill. He doesn't want anyone to think about the video because the common sense kind of person knows that what they are witnessing is a murder. Which is why the defense attorney wants to divert attention away from the crime of murder, to the crime of buying cigarettes with a fake 20 dollar bill a death sentence
@@kaycee6793 he commuted a felony that day lol, that’s why the police talked to George Floyd, cause he was committing a FELONY, uneducated moron, get a job...
@@iholesale The cop was excessive. But then some boxers get excessive and kill their opponent in the ring and they don't catch murder charges. Buy the ticket, take the ride. If you don't like the ride that cops give, don't buy the friggin ticket
@@adamschaeffer4057 I am with you on that. I don't know if he is legally guilty or not, we will see. I'm on the side of, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Break the law, roll the 🎲.
What surprised me about the defense's opening statement was that the lawyer did not mention that in the bodycam video you can hear G. Floyd say he couldn't breathe when he was first placed in the police car. He was laying across the back seat and no one was applying any force on him at that time. It looked like he may have been having a heart attack before they even brought him to the police car. Important piece of evidence left out? Sloppy lawyering...
@@missemlyn5774 - Most likely, Yes. Cops aren't medical experts though. It takes them a little longer than a trained medical provider to recognize acute symptoms. Unless I'm mistaken, I think they called for an ambulance 1 minute after he passed out? Suspects being taken into custody say all kinds of things. Suspects visibly under the influence of drugs say even more wild things. Over the years I think police begin to tune out a suspects' complaints. They get numb to it because in most cases it's nothing. Suspect just trying to delay being taken in. Unless it's glaringly obvious there's a serious medical problem, yes, tragically police might be slower to respond. If I was a cop on the scene that day and heard him saying he couldn't breathe while no one was on him, I would have found it odd and maybe looked him over to see what he was going on about. Would I have stood by like Tao when his motionless body was being kneeled on? Absolutely not! I like to think I would say, "Hey, quit kneeling on him, he's not moving".
I agree with you that cops probably learn to tune out things. But would you agree with me that if a person is in medical distress and already handcuffed, having 3 cops then sit on him is unnecessary and might kill him?
@Patrycja Olewicz Floyd was in cuffs and harmless to them. They were supposed to resuscitate him when he became non-responsive not make sure he died. His superiors gave testimony indicating police did everything possible to make it difficult for a person without breathing problems to breathe let alone someone who stated they had had covid They took his life intentionally and need long prison terms and a complete reform regarding officers who are retained despite repeated complaints of wrong doing.
@@TubeRJF sad thing his rookie officer who was under field training of the officer mentioned at least once that they should roll Floyd on his side when he was motionless. Sad that the rookie officer is caught up in this mess!
I thought that too until I saw what led up to that point. Mr. Floyd had been saying that from the beginning when he was at his car. He had covid, drugs in his system and anxiety.
You haven’t heard the drs yet. But yesterday was not good for defense. Still Nelson is a much better lawyer than the entire prosecution. The open by state was awful and he made math mistakes and so we will see.
It is blatantly obvious that the excuses for the officers to say they felt under threat from the crowd, exactly what threat did the crowd do? They were only concerned of George Floyd's health as he was cuffed and down with knee pressure to his neck and Floyd was struggling for his life and instead of the officer easing the knee pressure he increases the pressure purposely and doesn't let up even when the ambulance arrive. I think the trial is just a legal formality from here as the world is watching and everyone knows that Chauvin is guilty. When a man who is down and defenceless and says he can't breathe he didn't let up. So wearing a badge is an excuse for murder? It was intentional to not listen to Floyd's cries that he can't breathe. They had a choice and they chose to make him not breathe which kills someone. It's plain and simple. It's not even about if George Floyd took drugs or his crime, it's a trial on the officer. What do they want? To lock up Floyd after his death? In this trial we will see the lame attempts and rhetoric of the defendants. A drug offence and counterfeit money should not be so drastic to kill someone over it. How do we know that he purposely used a counterfeit note? Maybe he didn't know and that's why he refused to pay again. Maybe it was on purpose but it shouldn't mean that he should be killed. If someone has a drug habit and if he purposely used counterfeit bills then he requires rehabilitation and therapy and appropriate medication, not death. Where is the common sense in this world 🙏🏼
What I find is upsetting is there's so much focus on the fact he died, and not on the fact he was driving under influence, if he died running his Mercedes into a family of 4 or bus load of kids would any of us still be talking about this?
Furthermore I have watched the full body camera, maybe if he hadn't resisted arrest after swallowing a bunch of pills he wouldn't have been susceptible to dying from a normal use of force on a 300 pound man flailing like a fish out of water..
Wonder if they will show evidence that Chauvin hated Floyd, they used to work together. Can someone please tell me where I can find day 3 of this trial? Thank you
@Lucas Kyte-Tremblay They've shown that as of today. The eyewitnesses have also contradicted themselves on numerous counts. The defence is way ahead at the moment on the balance of reasonable doubt.
Absolutely. If what these bystanders were doing and saying was hostile and threatening to these officers then these men should not have been given a badge and gun in the first place! Listening to Eric Nelson describing the bystanders the way he did was like listening to a child defending his behavior with, "But he gave me a dirty look and he called me stupid". Unbelievable!!
@@robinsternes the ambulance felt the same way, were they unreasonable as well? Does it occur to you that by blaming this all on Chauvin it supplants the possibility of this being a systemic problem?
"Officer Chauvin did exactly as he was trained." So at the Minneapolis police academy they tell their recruits to choke to death compliant, handcuffed, apologetic black men on the ground with 4 officers on the scene?
@@patrickdempsey1045 well the training needs to change i dont care what anyone says i seen these cops kill this man and theres no one that can change my mind
After first watching the news about the death of Mr. George Floyd, last year. A natural-born U.S citizen, who was deliberately prejudged by the then arresting "Officers of the City of Minneapolis, from the State of Minnesota. Those then "Officers," who immediately felt, that he wasn't due any process, under the law, and instantly applying their own form of capital judgment. A native-born US citizen, whose constitutional rights of due-process, (under the law) were blatantly violated by those arresting "Officers" (on the soil of "The Republic of the United States of America.") I immediately reflected back on the training which I had received regarding, 'torture," and the prevention of "torture," while serving at the U.S military. If the amount of physical pain, the psychological effects, the public humiliation etc, that those then arresting "Officers" of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, had wilfully inflicted on the physical body, and on the mind of another human-being, another US citizen (the departed, Mr. George Floyd,) don't amount to the meaning of the word "torture," what is the meaning of the word "torture?" Throughout that ordeal, the then "Officer," Chauvin displayed his feeling of self-gratificatio, while applying intense pressure on the cateroid-artery of an already handcuffed, and motionless human being, while suffocating him to death. By international law, and the law of the United States of America; hasn't the then "Officer," Derek Chauvin actually committed a "crime against nature," by torturing another human-being to death, in the name of the citizens of the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The people who he had sworn, or affirmed to "protect and serve!"
Chauvin has the right to be defended, it’s part of what makes this a great country. However, I am DISGUSTED with EVERY word this man is saying. A CRIME this cruel has no justification and we better see Chauvin PAY for his actions.
@JC Oparr Yea, because in your backwards third world country I can accuse you of murder and by your logic you're guilty. That's why America is, while it has many flaws, a great place to live. If it weren't, there wouldn't be millions of people trying to move to America every year.
@@lubui2583 He may of killed Floyd (still needs to be proven during the trial), even so; they can not prove that he intended to kill him. Meaning murder is thrown out of the window instantly. Compared to someone that organises, plans and executes the killing of someone, he's not a murderer.
Meh I see both sides. Floyd took a ton of drugs that probably killed him but the lack of care of all the cops especially Chauvin and the lack of regard for human life should earn him some time in the pin for sure. 99 % of other officers would not have done that.
Are you serious? Floyd "took a ton of drugs that probably killed him..." That's willful ignorance at this point in time. He had a MINISCULE, inconsequential amount of drugs. And you should know better since it's already been covered in the trial.
It's the prosecution's job to make the prosecution's case. It's the defense's job to make the defense's case. There's no reason to demonize either of them. They are doing their jobs as their jobs should be done. The law is designed to create incentives that motivate BOTH counselors to do the best job possible, and the result of that... is a law system that looks less gray... more like a yin-yang. We should be more concerned about bipolar politics and public discourse. The bipolar courtroom is FAR more appropriate than our bipolar media and politics.
@@runthenumbers9698 YES THANK YOU FOR THIS!! I suppose it may be easy for some to forget that these people are just doing their job. They all have good records as well, so I'm sure every move is for a premeditated reason.
It wasn’t though, he was a filthy drug addict and he overdosed on fentanyl. His dealer, whom he was with, refuses to testify over fears of being charged with 3rd degree murder. Do your research...
@@kingdarragh4451 as soon as i saw the word 'research' in your comments i knew you were a Q anon conspiracy theorist junkie. Embarrassing. No person deserves to be killed for being a 'drug addict'
@@scooterholmes1174 back that claim up. What is he going to do. He was searched and cuffed. His neck was being held down after he completely stopped moving. If you are that scared that a man that is not moving, handcuffed, and on his stomach, you shouldn't be a cop.
@@scooterholmes1174 I would add that they were watching him. It's not like he was left by himself. Do you really think he could of made a move on them before they could react?
@@scooterholmes1174 your statement makes police officers who have extensive training, guns, badges, batons, mace and backup very weak and scared of one person.
Mr Floyd is a big strong guy that was highly intoxcicated and out of his mind. Bystanders, about 12 of them spewing profanities and acting hostile towards the police, it is very sad mr Floyd died the way he did but just saying the knee killed him is short sided. I feel that the police acted correctly in this situation but sadly due to the amount of drugs and underlying health conditions he died, you should look a little further then the video alone
Simon Cheese very true man! How many times already have these kind of situations completely unnecessary escalated with great harm or like in this case even death, just do as instructed and keep calm, and if police would harm you unprovoked which does happen aswell file a compliant and sue there ass, in this case imo Mr Floyd took way too much of a drugs cocktail and in combination with resisting and fighting with police with his already underlying health issues he sadly died and the defence is showing that very clearly. That initial video was definitely not representative of what was really going on
TONY ALLEN FELTON well good hing he was handcuffed and there were multiple officers because when they pulled him out of the car and tried to prone him down he still managed to almost kick the face in of one of the officers. And since you're on YT already just take a look at countless videos of suspects that are handcuffed what damage they still are able to do. D Chauvin didn't kill Mr Floyd on purpose and he should be set free but that's just my honest opinion
Medical Examiners are GOV & Prosecutor paid “experts” employed to tell the story needed to get the decision needed. Ask Kendrick Johnson’s family. Ask Sandra Blands family. Ask Emmit Tills family.
This might be taken the wrong way but I'm very intrigued by this thought that came to my mind. What if they switched the thumbnails to Floyd in a mugshot and Chauvin's officer ID picture. What would it convey if both people had their mugshots used as the thumbnail for this TV presentation? How much rioting and nonsense editorials would spring up if the thumbnail pictures showed Floyd in a negative light?
If they switched the pics it would look like your local and national nightly news. They depict blacks as criminals so much we’re numb to it. What you don’t ever see is white suspects /defendants depicted in mugshots. When they’re white you normally get the school headshot, or some other humanizing photo. I’m glad they show Chavin as the animal he is & I hope they have the death penalty. He deserve nothing less than what he gave Mr. Floyd.
14:16 If it is taught and it is a legal action why did the lawyer lie to the court just now? Knee on the shoulder blade and back? Is that what you see in the video?
The opposite happened for me with closing arguments to some degree but I still don't think he should have been convicted on all three charges. We'll see what happens on appeal...and I wonder if a different lawyer will be used for appeal.
It does not matter if he was resisting arrest he did not need to put his knee on his neck to control him when there were 4 police officers there..Also if it was so hard to arrest him how did they get him to the ground . I am confused ,you got him to the ground but you had to put your knee on his neck to control him . If 4 police officers can’t keep one man down we have a bigger problem thought .l have questions to police officer he really sleeping????????????
When I was younger 4 to 5 Police officers hogtied my handcuffs to my feet with zip ties after being tazed and/or maced several times in the past. I never had a Police officer kneel on my neck.
Were you over 6 feet tall at the time? Are you over 230 pounds? Anyone who gets maced and zip tied by 4 or 5 police officers is a moron anyway so I do understand why you would think your personal experience of acting like an idiot one time has some bearing on these events where a guy who committed a felony died of drug overdose while in police custody.
To all who condemn officer Chauvin: go join police force and prove your words through serving drug addicts and criminals with love and compassion. Babblers!
@@sammie9707 I dont think he killed floyd. The evidence doesnt support it. But they can get him on manslaughter I think. Im no legal expert though. But the toxicology report basically stops a murder charge from happening. We shall see. I hope hes in for a long time
@@lorddonk9806 probably the most honest answer I’ve hear.I’m a black guy who saw the whole video.My feelings are that Derek Chauvin didn’t mean to kill him but he is guilty of manslaughter (unintentional murder)
@@iHeartOiSkanks everyone needs police, if criminals know that law and order is weakened they will take advantage of it, and you or your family could become victim to some psycho
Also, I agree with this take. The prosecution has made a complete fucking mess of things so far. Several of their witnesses have testified that GF was high, that the officers must have been professional to do their job while being shouted at by a crowd, gotten their own personal details wrong, admitted that it's not possible to talk while being choked out despite previously claiming GF was being choked out, etc. Nelson must be laughing himself to sleep at the minute, although there's still a lot more to come for both sides.
@Phil Thomas I think you'll agree with me on this - in my opinion, the big problem with saying that Chauvin should walk is that the mob has already deemed him guilty, so it's a risk to say that in earshot of these maniacs. That is why there are barricades surrounding the courthouse, why the National Guard is already on alert and why so many people are stating that there shouldn't be a trial - they're looking for a witch to burn. It's frightening to watch the mob mentality on social media regarding this case. On top of that, there seems to be extreme bias on the part of the media itself. It's even scarier to see people remark that the prosecution is winning because a few people have cried in court. It isn't. Nelson is winning. And that people don't understand this concerns me because it will give them even more of a shock if Chauvin walks and amplify the probable riots.
@@timothytran1785 haha I suppose you have a clue as to who accounts for the vast majority of asian “ hate” attacks too. Some people are too stup!d to be believed. !diot...if justice is served chauvin will be acquitted and awarded and apology and that blood money confiscated from that devils brood that spawned St George of Fentanyl.
@@Jebe_Noyon It is very, very unfortunate that a lot of Asian hate crimes have occurred. May I remind you that this is the Derek Chauvin case, not the George Floyd case. What Floyd did I'm not justifying, he did crimes and paid the time, I'm not here to glorify him, HOWEVER, this event illustrates excessive use of force. I presume you have been listening to both sides, and although I do understand the case the defense is trying to sell, many professionals have come foward. Such professionals have sided with prosecution's claims for the most part. Given that, I'd argue that Chauvin's use of excessive violence caused Floyd's death. Might I add that your mocking of George Floyd is rather distasteful. Basic respect is not hard. Also fighting hate with hate does not work.
Soo.. i will say this it's sad is that what a human life is valued at? He's never coming back and we are all stuck with the memory ughh this is terrible no matter what ..
Under the influence of an amphetamine as well as fantanyl at that moment could have easily caused a cardiac arrest. If he was previously ingesting these substances for a while, it would take a serious toll on his cardiovascular system. Maybe when he was in an agitated state, he went into an SVT or possibly Ventricular tachycardia. These are all possibilities
“...evidence of further concealment of controlled substances” still does not justify the *killing* of the individual responsible for the concealment of the substance by a police officer. 10:32
I just don't understand why we need to waste taxpayers money or continue with this trial when all we need to do is the following: A simple reenactment! Have one of Mr. Chauvanistics piers do the same to him, if he lives, he's innocent, if he dies, justice!!! As far as the thugs that allowed and watched him, life w/o parole. Done!
The thing with the other cops is that i think they were fairly new to the force, where chauvin was in the force for over a decade. They assumed he knew what he was doing. Or at least its hard to prove the other cops meant to kill him. It they push for more than involuntary manslaughter they might not be able to convict them of anything.
It might be an unpopular opinion, but everyone was in the wrong here. Mr. Floyd showed poor judgement by using phony money, taking drugs with a heart condition, and resisting arrest. The police showed poor judgement by not properly assessing the suspect once in custody. The comination of the two parties choices led to a man's death. The jury has a lot of information to chew on and digest
A retired police brutality prosecutor said that the police went above and beyond in attempting to accommodate Floyd and get him medical care. The cops did nothing wrong.
@@hirambe_3155 Cocaine fentanyl and meth sent him into cardiac arrest. You can look up the autopsy or the video of him high as hell saying he couldn't breath before the cop even touched him, that was him going into drug induced cardiac arrest.
Cops have to secure the scene before medical responders can help the patient, when there's an angry mob of screeching morons it's hard for them to do their job
@@Dusty2455433 what if the victim is an cop, beat up by the police during a riot he was working at undercover? Those cops should be in jail for beating up one of their own right... damn, that happened to Luther Hall, a black cop and those white cops who beat him up got off too. White supremacy wins again. Y’all can justi-lie away anything, but at the end of the day things just don’t add up. A black man can’t get a fair trial in this country REGUARDLESS of the circumstances. According to you, it’s Floyd own fault he died for taking drugs and commiting a crime just like it’s Luther Halls fault he got beat up by white cops for doing his job as a cop. The bottom line is these are 2 black men harmed by whites. White supremacy at it’s finest. You sound just line a klansman! A county one at that with a name like “Dusty”. Put your hood & white sheet on and scurry away now!
@@Dusty2455433 it’s only relevant when it applies to you, I suppose? Typical Trumpian answer. I’m a black woman in this country. I have black sons, black nephews, black uncles, and my father was a black man who served this country for 20 years and retired honorably. I KNOW all too well that there are 2 Americans. One where justice for whites is blind, but justice for blacks isn’t really justice. Walk in my shoes for a change and you’ll see just how relevant it is.
