MINNEAPOLIS: Jurors began deliberations on Monday after a prosecutor implored them to"believe your eyes" as he replayed video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on a dying George Floyd's neck.
Although the verdict will be seen as a reckoning of the way the US polices black people, Schleicher emphasised in remarks that lasted nearly two hours that the jury was weighing the guilt of only one man, not a system."This wasn't policing; this was murder," Schleicher told jurors. He cited the motto of the Minneapolis Police Department, which fired Chauvin and three other officers after Floyd's arrest:"To protect with courage and to serve with compassion.
Nelson, his lawyer, said prosecutors were wrong to dismiss his theory that carbon monoxide poisoning from the nearby police car's exhaust and Floyd's use of the opioid fentanyl may have contributed to Floyd's death. "You can believe your eyes," Blackwell said, echoing Schleicher's phrasing."It was what you saw. It was homicide."
Chauvin is guilty. If you saw the trial (or even just the video), that’s clear. Let’s hope the jury has common sense and convicts. But we have all been surprised before. 🙏
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