RE: Chauvin Murder Trial
April 22, 2021 at 4:53 am
(This post was last modified: April 22, 2021 at 4:56 am by Brian37.)
(April 22, 2021 at 4:48 am)Reforged Wrote: There is room for debate on how much the disproportionate and somewhat unprofessional response of a botched take-down outweighed the risk of a large man demonstrably on drugs with a history of armed violence against a pregnant woman.
What is clear and somewhat harder to debate is the intent. Chauvin did not wake up that morning intending to kill anyone and there is no evidence he ever intended to kill anyone in his life. This is grounds for manslaughter, third degree murder at most.
If you disagree with this you must demonstrate he is guilty of intending to murder Floyd as opposed to gross incompetence in the carrying out of his duty.
It wasn't merely "botched", it was intentional. It isn't a matter of Chauvin waking up hours before to begin his shift and say" I get to kill someone today". It was however intentional that he had the mindset of "I am a cop, obey me."
