RE: Chauvin Murder Trial
April 21, 2021 at 8:50 am
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2021 at 9:29 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Second degree murder doesn't require intent, Biker.
The conviction, in plain english, is that chauvin caused a mans death through extreme recklessness while committing assault. Or, as the prosecution put it - it's exactly what you saw, exactly what you thought it was, you can believe your eyes.
He's probably gonna serve about a dozen years in total. First time offender, model prisoner, leo, etc. The state is asking for more, but..meh. His defense totally fucked the pooch, if you ask me, since there was never any doubt that chauvin was guilty of the charges - only whether or not qualified immunity could apply, hence the "reasonable police officer". It was his dept that tanked that play. Perhaps, had that dept and his being a police officer not been more important to him than his life, he could have leaned in and told the sad tale of how..yeah, he was getting railroaded by his buddies in blue, but they all routinely do stupid shit like this, and bake stupid shit like super negro theory into the training. That he was the product of an institution which was -wrong-...not right, and that while he sees that now in the unfortunate death of Floyd, it can hardly be called justice for him to do time for a crime his job was premised on, that his entire dept commits with alacrity.
That's the difference between a cooperating witness and a garbage person who very much took one for the team - which, imo, aside from questions of his guilt, chauvin very much did. The parade of officers which doomed him on the 2nd degree charge are an issue of police self-preservation. As people noticed during the trial, some of those officers that testified for and against him had evaded or were currently embroiled in similar charges, themselves.
The conviction, in plain english, is that chauvin caused a mans death through extreme recklessness while committing assault. Or, as the prosecution put it - it's exactly what you saw, exactly what you thought it was, you can believe your eyes.
He's probably gonna serve about a dozen years in total. First time offender, model prisoner, leo, etc. The state is asking for more, but..meh. His defense totally fucked the pooch, if you ask me, since there was never any doubt that chauvin was guilty of the charges - only whether or not qualified immunity could apply, hence the "reasonable police officer". It was his dept that tanked that play. Perhaps, had that dept and his being a police officer not been more important to him than his life, he could have leaned in and told the sad tale of how..yeah, he was getting railroaded by his buddies in blue, but they all routinely do stupid shit like this, and bake stupid shit like super negro theory into the training. That he was the product of an institution which was -wrong-...not right, and that while he sees that now in the unfortunate death of Floyd, it can hardly be called justice for him to do time for a crime his job was premised on, that his entire dept commits with alacrity.
That's the difference between a cooperating witness and a garbage person who very much took one for the team - which, imo, aside from questions of his guilt, chauvin very much did. The parade of officers which doomed him on the 2nd degree charge are an issue of police self-preservation. As people noticed during the trial, some of those officers that testified for and against him had evaded or were currently embroiled in similar charges, themselves.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
