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-Land of the Free
Day 1 of the Chauvin Trial (AKA Floyd Beatification)
2021-03-30
[Legal Insurrection]The state’s opening consisted largely of the kind of hyperbole, emotive pleading, and half-truths that we’ve grown to expect from politically motivated prosecutions, and relatively little focus on the facts required to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in order to secure a just conviction.

For example, Blackwell quoted extensively from the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) policy manual, but only quoting the "soft" portions of the manual that refer to treating suspects with respect and not using excessive force.

Blackwell somehow neglected to mention the portions of the MPD policy manual that explicitly permit the use of neck restraints, including knee to neck, when dealing with resistant and non-compliant suspects, as well as the portions calling for full-body restraint of suspects believed to be undergoing potentially deadly excited delirium syndrome.

Posted by:Mercutio

#15  NYT seems to be engaging in jury tampering

Judge in the case already stuck it to the Mail for releasing the video when it was classified. Be interesting to see if he takes the on Times over this, too.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-03-30 15:57  

#14  Anon1: time to get caught up. BLM/Antifa violence is the norm now - and don't you even consider defending yourself against them lest you want to find out what "reimagining policing" looks like. Trust me, you won't like it.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-03-30 15:30  

#13  I'd just go ahead an plan on a riot regardless. The verdict will determine whether BLM or Antifa banners fly.

I'm expecting a BL-Cong Easter Offensive anyways.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-03-30 14:49  

#12  Well, I'm not too worried about a not guilty given that I live outside of Houston. If they riot, it won't be like in LA here. Besides, I've got over 1000 rounds of ammo:D
Posted by: Silentbrick   2021-03-30 14:18  

#11  Again, most frightening and disturbing of all is the blatantly biased and inflammatory coverage of the event by the mainstream media. Without the slightest consideration that the cell phone video might not tell the whole story, TV personalities like CBS's Gayle King showed the video over and over again while screaming about that evil white cop murdering that poor black man. It was all too obvious that she wanted riots and she did all in her power to provoke them. Racism, she claimed, systemic racism and it was all Trump's fault. She got what she wanted.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-30 13:31  

#10  Mike @ #1,

From New York Times following the DOJ's prosecutionpersecution of Los Angeles police officers during the administration of George Bush Sr.:

Mr. King, a black man, was beaten by the police after a high-sped chase shortly before 1 A.M. on March 3, 1991. The beating was captured by chance on amateur videotape and led to a nationwide outcry over police brutality and to political turmoil in Los Angeles.

When the four officers were acquitted of assault in the state trial on April 29, 1992, riots that took more than 50 lives and caused $1 billion in damage broke out in the city.

Tried again in Federal court on charges of violating Mr. King's civil rights, Sgt. Koon, who is 42, and Officer Powell, 30, were convicted, and Officer Theodore J. Briseno and former Officer Timothy E. Wind were acquitted.

While saying the two trials did not amount to double jeopardy because one was in state court and the other in Federal court, the judge said, "This second indictment and this second prosecution has the specter of unfairness." 'Shocking, Violent and Painful'
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-03-30 13:20  

#9  They can't possibly demonstrate, beyond a reasonable doubt and with proper medical evidence introduced at trial, that Chauvin strangled Floyd. Didn't happen.

This is a show trial, nothing more. A complete joke.
Posted by: Grusoque Ebbaigum8261   2021-03-30 12:10  

#8  Is it too early to invest in Floyd statuary or street signage ?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-03-30 11:59  

#7  Well it looks scary so.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-03-30 11:19  

#6  How exactly can a knee on the back of the neck constrict the carotid and other arteries located in the front of the neck (aka the throat)?

In what universe does that kind of physics hold?
Posted by: Snusoth Dark Lord of the Pixies3595   2021-03-30 10:52  

#5  I am worried for the potential for murderous BLM riots
This was police brutality, clearly
But it was not racism, had nothing at all to do with race
Posted by: Anon1   2021-03-30 10:35  

#4  Can't help wondering that Minneapolis are doing now.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-03-30 09:57  

#3  I'm a Chauvinist. Boot on the neck chauvinist. Who's a chauvinist? I am.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-03-30 09:53  

#2  BTW__ the author, Andrew (A.F.) Branco, is a lawyer for Law of Self Defense, LLC and a pretty popular cartoonist.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-03-30 09:30  

#1  ...Even if the good people of Minneapolis decide Chauvin isn't guilty, I have no doubt in my former military mind that there will be DOJ agents standing by to arrest him on nebulous 'civil rights' charges. He ain't getting off.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-03-30 08:45  

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