State delivers rebuttal before Derek Chauvin case is handed over to jury | FOX 9 KMSP

The state, represented by Attorney Jerry Blackwell, delivers a rebuttal before the Derek Chauvin case is handed over to the jury for deliberation. Subscribe for more from FOX 9: bit.ly/3p5NDSU
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[@tinahollis-johnson3888]

Blackwell is the BUSINESS!!!!!!

[@veezienhamoruhwande99]

Yep! He is the man

[@caeserleomaxwell351]

To be honest,Mr Jerry Blackwell deserves a lot of credibility and should be given a state honors..

[@thamsanqampofu5677]

I agree

[@isisbeck2374]

And he wasn't even a prosecutor prior to this I think he's a civil rights attorney.

[@RK-pi8ms]

Blackwell did an amazing job with his rebuttal

[@chelseashaw4337]

😂 yes, repeated prosecutorial misconduct is the way to close

[@amethystkat8724]

I Back the Blues👮👮👮

[@queenshaasiabeautifulearth2223]

@@amethystkat8724 sad to hear that

[@lassanahglasbrenner4577]

@@amethystkat8724 Kick rocks.!!!

[@franxk3228]

@@chelseashaw4337 You are everywhere in the comments' section, mocking the prosecution.

[@Sandy-me7cl]

Can he get charged with tampering with a corpse ? He was kneeling on a decease person shouldn’t he be charged for that too 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@hazzardgr712]

True

[@veezienhamoruhwande99]

Comment of the century kkkkk😁😁😁😁👊👊👊👊

[@patriciafoster3347]

Good point!

[@vibovitold]

That would be a pro gamer move on the part of the defence team. - Your Honor, the defendant enters the plea of guilty... WOW that was quick - ... of tampering with a corpse

[@alleyoop66]

I've watched this several times,it was a masterful closing argument.

[@carmenzablan4780]

Jerry Blackwell makes lawyers proud of their choice to become a lawyer.

[@chelseashaw4337]

Wtf?

[@marilynprice6122]

@@chelseashaw4337 hes going to be lucky to not be brought up on "Prosecutorial Misconduct charges". They aren't supposed to go after the opposing lawyer, just the defendant & his actions. Maxine ?? basically handed them an appeal.

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@marilynprice6122 I agree... I'm shocked at the amount of people saying he did a good job... appalling

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@marilynprice6122 Did you know the prosecution flooded Nelson with around 50,000 discovery items DURING the trial despite the fact they could never bother to give the carbon monoxide results despite having notice it was going to be brought up. That's unheard of and I can't believe how much they have been allowed to away with.

[@mbulelobikwani6271]

Blackwell is such a brilliant lawyer. He makes legal arguments simple and fascinating. He’s my hero!

[@Ilovewbd]

That chart he presented with the dots was brilliant! 👏🏽

[@LivingMyTruth-vm7cy]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@whyulyintho769]

I was thinking my graphic design teacher would have thought that was fabulous. The red ‘Deadly Force’ circle ⭕️ really sticks in the mind

[@patrickjolomba-scientificr5127]

that was genius!!

[@rosemarymanley4267]

Yes Sir! I was like woww...what an awesome presentation from the prosecutors. He did an amazing job...nothing but Facts.

[@georgearthur205]

I thought that also. What an incredibly powerful visual aid that was. Hammered home their entire case. George Floyd would not have died that day if he hadn't had Chauvin on his neck.

[@freejuice612]

sent him straight to prison

[@loveholidaybyviction1272]

Bubba awaits him

[@GrabinGears]

He did this for *FREE*

[@princewembo8905]

And got a lot from this. It goes to show that I’m giving you’ll receive

[@isisbeck2374]

Yes he did and he has his own law firm

[@MrDefback29]

Phenomenal job brother.....you broke it down

[@chelseashaw4337]

....and gave solid ground for appeal

[@samsngdevice5103]

_ACAB_ - _ALLCRIMINALSAREBLACK_

[@rfrancis8459]

@@chelseashaw4337 Can you elaborate? Usually appeals are granted upon solid evidence that there was either legal error, juror misconduct or ineffective assistance of counsel.

[@queenshaasiabeautifulearth2223]

@@rfrancis8459 Chauvin is done.

[@franxk3228]

@@chelseashaw4337 You happen to be in every comment discrediting the work of the prosecution and defending what this cop did. Just remember this: It's always easier to talk about any other issue, so long as it's not affecting you directly. This was never a race case, or a police hatred case. The whole world watched George Floyd being knelt on for a very long time. You can never change what people saw. This case for me was the triumph of forensic evidence; the video evidence and recordings: Many cases today, including the death penalities, would be overturned in history, if only there was video evidence of whatever happened. Without these video evidences, its just a matter of which lawyers outsmart whom, and most evidences in this perspective, are left to just speculations. The prosecution in this case, were barred from using another incident about this same cop Chauvin, in which he responded to a domestic call whereby a mother called the police, on her teenage son. Despite repeated pleas from the mother, to stop or get off him. he beat the unresisting boy repeatedly with a torch, and knelt on his back for 17 minutes, until the paramedics arrived! One last thing; many people of colour have been subjected to extreme torments and folter by the authorities, and unfortunately because of their texture of their skins, these injuries never showed or continued to show amidst the counteracting with the police. In other words, it's easier for a white person or light skinned person to exhibit these injuries way more than a black person. I believe in any profession, there are people who do not entirely belong there. From the doctors who twist medical evidences to convict or exenorate someone, or to individuals who became cops not to serve, but because of a hatred of a people.

[@kendellwebber701]

Both Blackwell and Schleicher absolutely killed the closing arguments. Love how Nelson compares murder to baking cookies tho, that's great 💅🏼💅🏼

[@rooksatwar]

Murder, baking cookies... whats the difference really? 😂

[@gigi3187]

Lol

[@mikebates5970]

That's the funniest s*** I've ever heard

[@tinahollis-johnson3888]

Exactly.

[@MaryClareVideos]

The Chocolate Chip Cookie 🍪 Defense Strategy.. Works every time! LMFTO 🐈😹

[@zackq8865]

I like how the state always kept the race issue out of this trial and they merely stated over and over again that a human being was murdered in the hands of law enforcement and that a human beings civil liberty and rights were violated. Any race issue would have only helped the defense team. The state basically indirectly stated that regardless of race, what Mr chauvin did was wrong from start to finish and not part of police training considering the situation and circumstances which is such a compelling and meaningful testimony.

[@0heck]

Well, based on the charges they are going for, none of them require them to establish intent. Just the act that resulted in George's death.

[@jritz619]

Actually it was part of police training. There’s also evidence of him complaining he couldn’t breathe before he was on the ground as he was entering the police vehicle.

[@0heck]

@@jritz619 no, his trainers and his own chief already established what he did was not part of his training.

[@jritz619]

@@0heck lemme find the video

[@0heck]

@@jritz619 your don't need a video. I literally watched the entire trial.

[@rebawilson3879]

Good morning! Just wanted to say Thank you to the entire Prosecution Team! Thank for standing for right.❤ Mr. Jerry Blackwell had me talking to the TV 😁 Awesome rebuttal # Shut Them Down💜 Accountability took place for George Floyd❤ He can certainly rest now😥

[@caeserleomaxwell351]

Yeah Mr Jerry Blackwell deserves a lot of credibility and should be given a state honor !!

[@reggied6122]

Excellent rebuttal. Fact above all.

[@chelseashaw4337]

🤣 There's going to be a lot of grounds for appeal if Chauvin is found guilty, but Blackwell's prosecutorial misconduct in this is the cherry on top

[@r.j.8736]

@@chelseashaw4337 we all know chauvin is guilty lmfao he can appeal all he wants but even if he gets out his life is gonna be hell

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@r.j.8736 You're right about his life being ruined, but his guilt was not proven.

[@AndrewBaston]

F**kn crushed it, bravo

[@tinahollis-johnson3888]

Sure did!!!!!

[@carmenzablan4780]

Chauvin writes more notes than his lawyer does. Ha ha ha.

[@eRKo718]

True lmao

[@cageybee7221]

that notebook is almost as long as his prison sentance

[@rachelgooden9981]

What’s he writing!!!!???!!!!

[@Meh...171]

Now write "next time your murder someone don't do it on camera" 1 million times

[@justicebeginstoshine8069]

All he's doing is playing hangman with blk stick figures...

[@carmenzablan4780]

Nelson looks like he agrees to what Blackwell says.

[@rachelgooden9981]

🤣

[@frankdonaldsoncanadianking9651]

looks like he dont believe his own wordz...bahahaha

[@gigi3187]

He really did

[@t1p3n3family2]

Stories...... Love the way Jerry called the defense argument stories.

[@chelseashaw4337]

Except that's prosecutorial misconduct....

[@t1p3n3family2]

@@chelseashaw4337 yup, murder is murder as well.

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@t1p3n3family2 Except things may not always be what they seem, simpleton.

[@georgearthur205]

@@t1p3n3family2 Technically he should not have said that, but despite that, I thought Jerry Blackwell did an unbelievable job. His opening and closing statements left no doubt in my mind. The prosecution team were brilliant.

[@michellesmith936]

Yes! The reason he is dead is not because Floyds heart was too big but because Chauvins was too small! Fantastic rebuttal Jerry Blackwell!!

[@kamanthanorlin28]

💯

[@eddazenstoner3451]

@Brenda Ramirez so I take it u didn't watch the video...to much of a coward to see what really happened u banking on some bullshit

[@cageybee7221]

@Brenda Ramirez a man is crying out 27 times for air, while experiencing and displaying obvious signs of asphyxiation. there really is no other explanation for your massive distortions of reality than the fact that you are a racist.

[@stbam1965]

The reason he is dead is because he tried to use counterfeit money at a store ,which is breaking the law. Basically trying to get merchandise from store for free. If he didnt do this then none of this bull crap would of happened. I'm so sorry he died. I truly am. I feel awful for his family. BUT WHEN YOU MAKE BAD DECISIONS BAD THINGS HAPPEN. NOT JUST TO YOU BUT EVEYONE YOU INVOLVE. LOOK AT ALL THAT HAPPENED JUST BECAUSE HE DECIDED TO USE COUNTERFEIT MONEY .

[@bigal1337]

Ah he was saying he can’t breathe in the back of an opened cop car. If you can talk you can breathe. Knee wasn’t even on his neck even if it was one can still breathe! He was a druggie and succumbed due to his drug use! And those people on the curb need some English classes!

[@shaziaasim2636]

The dialogues these prosecutors used sounded like dialogues in a movie,amazing!!!

[@lmd3126]

Well done Prosecution team. You said it, as it is. I was not dreaming. I can believe my eyes.

[@MegensBay]

Blackwell checkmate♟.

[@Lyons_T-BAG]

2022 and I'm back here to listen to this powerful closing argument! Nothing but truth and facts!

[@imagine3409]

Derek Chauvin is a wolf with a badge, A sheep without it. He shouldn't be given a badge and George Floyd would have live.

[@cartier2312]

Chauvin is guilty

[@stbam1965]

NO ,HE WOULD BE ALIVE IF HE DIDNT TRY TO USE COUNTERFEIT MONEY AT THE STORE. ARE YOU THAT STUPID? HIS ACTIONS BREAKING THE LAW CAUSED POLICE TO BE CALLED. THEN HE ACTED A FOOL. DID YOU WATCH 5HE WHOLE VIDEO? FOR FK SAKES, HE NEED TO JUST SIT DOWN AND FOLLOW WHAT HE WAS TOLD. BUT HE WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO NO!!! HE STARTED IT ALL BY TAKING COUNTERFEIT MONEY AND TRYING TO BUY MERCHANDISE WITH IT. STRAIGHT OUT FACT. NOW ,ALL THIS CRAP IS GOING ON. MY QUESTION IS ,IF THE COP WAS A BLACK MAN ,WOULD ALL THIS RACIST BULL SHIT ACCUSATIONS BE THROWN IN . ITS NOT ABOUT SKIN COLOR, DONT MATTER YOUR SKIN COLOR ,LAWS ARE LAWS.DONT DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY BREAKING THE DAMN LAW AND THEN YOU WILL BE LEFT ALONE. BUT HE DIDNT. NOW 100S OF PPLS LIVES ARE AFFECTED.

[@imagine3409]

@@stbam1965 Are you fxxking brainless? You stay at home and you won't be knocked down by a car. So if you're killed by a car, it's not the driver's fault...it's your stupid decision to leave your house. If you're not born you don't have to worry about death, so better wish you won't born, right.

[@DannyBoy777777]

@@imagine3409 It isn't always the fault of the driver, lol.

[@imagine3409]

@@DannyBoy777777 DS's logic is, it's your fault because you chose to leave your house no matter who's at fault in the accident. Similarly, he could blame his parents for his stupidity for giving birth to him.

[@chaunceychappelle2173]

You can literally see how frail he is under that body armor and uniform. He is a weak man. Not with the badge of course.

[@marilynprice6122]

140# that's small.

[@isisbeck2374]

That's 80% of the police. Some of them are gang banging thugs with badges

[@johnsongodwin4293]

Here we go with total knockout.

[@GrabinGears]

💪🏿

[@majorconsultingllc9074]

Him and his partner are some of the best attorneys ever. I want to intern with them when I finish law school

[@isisbeck2374]

How is school going for you? I wish you all the best

[@samsherkc]

Nelson : sorry chauvin i tried my best

[@Down-South]

They knew they were nailed. Look at their reaction after the judge delivered the verdict. He was a law enforcer. He will be looked after by his former peers even behind the bars.

[@philipjessop6559]

Chauvin was so sure he would get a not guilty verdict that he was writing his memoirs. shouldn't laugh but Ha Ha Ha

[@petagayeengland9196]

ikr

[@user-qj3jz9ho1h]

President Joe Biden cabinet should offer Attorney Blackwell & his Lawyer partner and job in the WH working with the Attorney General of the U.S.

[@georgearthur205]

Half way through this video.... "STOP JERRY, THE DEFENCE CASE IS ALREADY DEAD" What a powerful closing statement. Amazing job.

[@hixyhicks]

All i know is .If i was being filmed in that situation i would of treated Mr Floyd with kid gloves and looked after him properly.When you have someone in handcuffs they become your duty of care.Chauvin actions were arrogant and evil .I hope for all my American friends that this changes things for you .The police in the States are 2 quick to draw there weapons.Rip Mr Floyd .

[@chelseashaw4337]

They thought he had excited delirium, and all of the literature shows is the best thing cops can do for someone suffering from that is restrain them until an ambulance arrives because the more they move around the more quickly he or she will circle the drain and a knee on the back to restrain someone is a technique discussed as safe in the litersture on this. CPR has proven not to work for this condition, so why would Chauvin risk uncuffing Floyd in front of a hostile crowd. Do you know how mamy officers are killed or attacked by perps each day in America? The cops treat each person as hostile until they determine otherwise.

[@hixyhicks]

@@chelseashaw4337 In the UK we don't have a gun culture and we don't understand the fascination. your argument works up until the point Mr Floyd becomes lifeless.Then he should of been helped,then he isn't a perp as you call it .Then he is a Human being in need of help .

[@Down-South]

Maybe he has a fight with his wife last night and had no where to let it out? Unlucky Floyd.

[@charlesdrake4466]

Less than a day verdict

[@cheryllancett6592]

Love the way jerry start he's cross examination; he and Steve are the best lawyers can I give them a hug ?

[@carmenzablan4780]

Crooked badge noticed, just now. How symbolic.

[@brilliant13675]

Compelling arguments on behalf of Mr. Blackwell.

[@cageybee7221]

verdict comes from the latin word 'ver' meaning truth, and 'dict' meaning to speak or command. so a verdict is to speak the truth or to command the truth.

[@susancruisin6571]

Officer Coffin is GUILTY!

[@soapwonder2284]

Chauvin never expressed any remorse! He didn’t testify! He just took notes the entire time of the trial, like a maniac! He killed a defenceless man in cold blood! The video evidence is overwhelming! I pray George gets justice and the verdict is guilty on all charges! That former cop is a danger to society and he was to the community on that day! Total disregard for life! 😢😡

[@chelseashaw4337]

@Brenda Ramirez Well said

[@petagayeengland9196]

exactly

[@DannyBoy777777]

@soapwonder Thank! you! You! Opened! My! Eyes! Much! Love!

[@ReenieG1UK]

Great rebuttal. DC may have faired better if his defence had been that he lost his mind on May 25th....

[@kinghunt2875]

Yeah that’s what he should have done went with the crazy act

[@proustruk5681]

This is the type of black man to emulate. Not these useless rappers and ball players. A man who is important to the community in a respectable and honorable manner. I wish rap music and ball playing could be illegal so that our black American brothers and sisters can pick up books. I’m a 25 year black man and I heavily emulate this man. I have never emulated any rapper and ball player.

[@l.barbarajones9381]

I'm a African American, and I don't know any black people who do not read books. I don't like rap music that condones violence, but see nothing wrong with sports.

[@isisbeck2374]

You've got your head on straight but that doesn't mean black people don't read because I know more white people that are illiterate and no black people. And sports has never hurt anyone and I knew plenty of ball players with PhD like Shaquel O'Neil, and others with many other degrees and there's also smart rappers I must wish they wouldn't rap about sex, money, drugs and murder they've got rappers that write about real true life without all the madness y'all just don't wanna listen to them. Why is it you only know about the bad?

[@mst1308]

The world watch him bow down in front of Justice. He really thought he was going to get away one more time with lying.

[@lorenamackey218]

Outstanding

[@john7490]

Still watching Mr Blackwell performance in 2022 very skillful lawyer. Done well 👍 sir! I salute you.!

[@isisbeck2374]

Me too Jerry & Steven did the damn thing

[@patriciafoster3347]

I’m thinking the notes he’s writing are to do with how to survive in prison. I don’t think he will.

[@veezienhamoruhwande99]

Chauvin was very lucky to be charged with 2nd degree murder, it should have been 1st degree because he kept his knee on George for nearly 4minutes after he stopped breathing and 2 minutes 44 seconds after his pulse disappeared. He did not even attempt CPR

[@ashleywildflower6451]

How do people watch the video, listen to all the facts and experts on both sides, and still think Chauvin shouldn’t be charged?! I was on the fence last may, but after watching all of this trial, he’s obviously abused excessive force, even if not on purpose.

[@moneenerd]

Because many ppl, including lots of lawyers on KZbin, think that there was too much reasonable doubt to be guilty of all three charges. I'm not an attorney so I have no worthwhile opinion, but if you're interested in hearing from a lawyer who hates cops almost as much as he distrusts the government but still thinks Chauvin shouldn't have been found guilty on all three counts, check out Robert Gruler Esq's channel. He has a video that he made on the day of the verdict where he explains this view.

[@veezienhamoruhwande99]

These closing remarks convicted Derek...well done Jerry Blackwell & Steven Schleicher...

[@AngelGonzalez-pd4cn]

Jerry Blackwell: "You were told, for example, that Mr Floyd died because his heart was too big, you heard that testimony, the truth of the matter is that the reason George Floyd is dead is because Mr Chauvin’s heart was too small" Now, I say that if that court of law was a chessboard and Jerry Blackwell was one of the two players in front of that chessboard, those words my friends, those words were the most brilliant checkmate in the history of chess.

[@Poppa_82]

This guy is good 👍🏽

[@ryand141]

This should be misconduct on the defense's part. We had to sit through 21/2 hrs of drivel. How can it be allowed to claim it was everything else's fault? The crowd, the drugs, the heart, an arythmia, the arteries and finally the piece de resistance....carbon monoxide poisoning. It's like producing a shopping list for a stranger, you know they're going to love one thing on the freakin list.

[@chelseashaw4337]

This comment reminds me of the spectators' comments in Idiocracy in the courtroom scene

[@ryand141]

@@chelseashaw4337 Says the person that had to correct their spelling or grammar or both.

[@f.5818]

You do know it's called "defense" for a reason right?

[@ryand141]

@@f.5818Exactly, come up with a plausible argument. Hey, maybe it was the concrete, something in it that poisoned Floyd? If anyone believes there is reasonable doubt from that, they need their head examining. Chauvin=guilty.

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@ryand141 Oh, so I caught and corrected my typos.... so, that means my logic is flawed? Idiot

[@glennjohnson3319]

The line that forever has me in tears " you've heard from 3 medical examiners in this case, between the 3 of them they've probably conducted about 15,000 autopsies between them... And not one of them testified to one instance ever in which someone who didn't have a pulse, somehow spotaneously came back to life, broke hand cuffs and rampaged the city... That's the sort of thing you see in a Halloween movie ladies and gentlemen not in real life"

[@samsteel2643]

It can be determined method of death if lack of oxygen. It's in the eyes with some kind of damaged blood vessels

[@simsonguerrier9656]

Nelson tried his best to save Chauvin but Helas no reasonable juror with a conscience would return any other verdict than Guilty. Nelson is a good damn attorney but Chauvin's remorseless crime was too obvious to the whole world.

[@dimariobell8499]

Yeah I think Nelson did a great job nonetheless

[@jeffreybonderman6897]

Chauvin never stood a chance at getting a fair trial when the Jury is more worried about getting personally attacked by not returning a guilty verdict.

[@dimariobell8499]

@@jeffreybonderman6897 he never stood a chance when he committed murder lol

[@simsonguerrier9656]

@@jeffreybonderman6897 I don't agree with your assessment. The evidence is overwhelming against Chauvin. I honestly think any Jury anywhere in the world would have found him guilty. Is there pressure? Of course, because the whole world was watching this trial....even UFOs were watching too.

[@carmenzablan4780]

Chauvin, no need to pack to go to jail. You will get free Orange sets for a lifetime.Guilty of all charges beyond reasonable doubt.

[@zekeb1497]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@petagayeengland9196]

life in prisonment

[@patriciafoster3347]

It’s a miracle the seizure was caught on camera.

[@tamieallen5257]

The thing that jumps out at me is his badge in the photo. That badge is just as twisted as he is! (Chauvin)

[@gigi3187]

Lol

[@komanij867]

JUST CATCHING UP ON THIS CASE DID THEY DROP THE CHARGERS ON THE OTHER OFFICERS..IM ASKING BECAUSE IF THEY SHOE WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT THEY WOULDVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ACCESSORY TO MURDER BUT I GUESS THAT DONT APPLY WHEN IT COMES TO COPS

[@rosiehewitt7236]

No there trial is soon there being tried separately

[@marilynprice6122]

Agreed, they are still to come. I definitely remember Tao being arraigned.

[@komanij867]

@@rosiehewitt7236 OOK THANKS CAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO SAY

[@stbam1965]

All of this started because he decided on his own free will to use counterfeit money at a store. Just think if he wouldn't of tried to defraud the store. None of this would be happening

[@komanij867]

@@stbam1965 THATS CRAZY BECAUSE YEARS AGO I WAS WITH MY MOMS AND SHE TOOK SOME MONEY OUT THE ATM AND IT LITERALLY WAS A COUNTERFEIT 100 DOLLAR BILL THAT CANE OUT OF THE ATM WELL SHE DIDNT GET TO BUY ANYTHING THE DUDE PUT THE PIN ON IT AND REALIZE SO MY MOMS FLIPPING LIKE I JUST GOT THIS MONEY THE BANK CITIBANK TOLD THEM FUCK THAT CALL THEM PEOPLE LETS GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POLICE CAME THEY TRIED TO CUFF MY MOMS I WENT CRAZY MY MOMS TELLING ME TO RELAX BECAUSE WE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CITI BANK WE CAN WALK BACK OVER THERE SO I TELL THEM FUCK THAT CUFF ME I GOT THE MONEY OUT THE ATM AND GAVE IT TO HER THE GUY IN THE STORE LIKE NOONE SHOULD BE GETTING CUFFED THE MONEY NEW MONEY LIKE IT JUST CANE OUT THE ATM JUST GO ACROSS THE STREET TO THE BANK AND FIGURE IT OUT..WE GO BACK TO THE BANK THE POLICE LET THEM NO WHATS GOONG ON AND IT WAS ALOT OF COUNTERFEIT MONEY IN THERE 100’ 50’s AND 20’s

[@ruthsmith1694]

I liked what Jerry Blackwell said at the end of his closing statement, that George Floyds heart was too big and that Mr Chauvins was too small. Perhaps no heart at all would be a better description of him.

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

yes, but it is not good to idealize George Floyd. He was also a criminal and drug abuser as well. He should not be idealized and turned into a saint. And the police in general are risking their lives every day to protect black lives all over America and in Minneapolis too. White police are also sometimes attacked or killed by criminals, and even by black criminals. So it works both ways. This trial is not about all police in America.

[@mnjof82]

@@jamesstuartbrice420 boo hoo your boy lost man it’s ok

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

@@mnjof82 That is nonsense. The policeman is not my boy, and you seem to be one of the rudest persons commenting on this issue. Learn some manners, it might help. Listen to Mark Levin's podcasts on the issue. He knows more about it than you do.

[@queenshaasiabeautifulearth2223]

💎💎💎💎💎💎💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@queenshaasiabeautifulearth2223]

@@jamesstuartbrice420 Most of these cops are criminals and drug users themselves

[@chantenkostov6644]

checkmate blackwell

[@miketammaro5609]

The video is the witness enough for anyone. Guilty

[@rooksatwar]

You'd think so but then you talk to a republican...

[@rooksatwar]

@Brenda Ramirez as a staunch anarchist the meer fact that police exist should bother you.

[@chelseashaw4337]

Simpleton

[@rooksatwar]

@Brenda Ramirez ok then. Whats the libertarian argument for police?

[@rooksatwar]

@Brenda Ramirez I dont believe you're a libertarian. Futhermore the statistics show that the police disproportionately kill black people. Would it make you feel better if the victim was white?

[@discocorco]

Weather forecast, 80% chance of deliberations continuing thru Thursday, and a 90% chance of riots on Friday.

[@mnjof82]

Trolling

[@optoms1178]

Wrong

[@discocorco]

Trolling? Wrong? Why can't you write in complete sentences? Let me help you- Trolling. Notice that zit on the bottom right of the word? That is called a period. Wrong. Notice that same zit? The puke you type is meaningless unless it makes sense. Someday, I hope you both make it past the 3rd grade, get your G.E.D.s becoming productive members of society, and maybe, just maybe I might pay you to clean my toilet one day. ONE LOVE!

[@EEEDWARDS]

“Reasonable is as reasonable does” 👏🏾👏🏾

[@hopeemch]

One small detail brought up by the defense stuck with me and that was when he said dispatch noticed that the struggle to get George Floyd into the SUV and the man's resistance was so strong the auto was rocking back and forth. Then the video was shown but there wasn't any rocking of the SUV happening. That kind of summed up for me where the defense was. It was a Hail Mary pass to try to convince the jury that everything they saw wasn't important. The only important thing was the picture the defense was trying to paint. But that picture was not supported by our own eyes and common sense. And one last thing. Where was Chauvin's humanity in all of it? Was he rendered deaf and blind by his racial bias that he couldn't respond like a normal human being to another's suffering? Or is that also a function of police training as the defense seemed to be implying?

[@chelseashaw4337]

On the body cam videos, the car is clearly violently shaking

[@chelseashaw4337]

They thought Floyd had excited delirium, a condition for which the prognosis is very poor because normal First Aid techniques don't work for it. The literature shows the best thing officers can do while waiting for an ambulance is completely restrain the individual because struggling will make him or her circle the drain faster and one the techniques discussed to best inhibit movement is a knee on the back around the shoulder blades. There was no point in the officers endangering themselves around that hostile mob if the First Aid (including CPR) wasn't going to work and the more intensive care he needed was on the way. Presenting the video without taking the context of the situation into account makes you look dishonest or like simpleton.

[@hopeemch]

@@chelseashaw4337 : It moves back and forth for a nanosecond then stops. Here is the 9 hour video footage of the entire defense closing. Dispatch view begins at 4.28.49 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYfUaoZ8rLigl9E

[@hopeemch]

@@chelseashaw4337 Until you can provide such proof like I did to back up my claim I cannot take you seriously. May be a mundane thing to you but I think it shows how fast and loose the defense was playing in order to negate the powerful evidence presented by the prosecution. The rebuttal by the prosecution pretty well nailed it as a story rather than evidence or facts. Another thing: Not a single Chauvin police superior came to his defense. Not a single member of the police association came to his defense. No one except professional paid consultants were presented as expert witnesses. And there were no witnesses to stand up for Chauvin. Bottom line? Chauvin did not follow police policy and he broke the law and killed someone.

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@hopeemch yes, Chauvin did have witnesses, and the medical expert's opinion represented a consensus opinion of 12 people.... amd it is a mundane detail becaus Floyd was resisting plain and simple

[@Down-South]

The videos say/depict a thousand words! They should thank the by strangers for the videos taken. It doesn’t take a normal human being with common sense …so long they are not blind … to see with their own eyes that the arguments put forward by the defendant’s lawyer are nonsense. The law enforcer was armed with a weapon when the by strangers had nothing but a cellular. Now who is being threatened more?

[@glennjohnson6081]

At 34:24 THATS JUST A DAGGER lmao.. He legally said "they're full of shit and making up Halloween stories" lmao

[@miamimagicians]

I have been prosecuted by the state while trying to fight speeding tickets before, in some cases, I won, some cases I lost. This state prosecutor is being very kind and very timid throughout the whole thing. He’s not even really trying as hard as he can he can really smash Derek Chauvin if you wanted to. It wouldn’t be hard.

[@sometimesinaugust]

Facts or emotions? I am confused.

[@ashleywildflower6451]

The video provides all the facts you need. He shouldn’t have died, and the fierce exertion of force was too much after a certain point. That’s a fact many experts testified to

[@sometimesinaugust]

@@ashleywildflower6451 and many experts denied too.

[@ashleywildflower6451]

@@sometimesinaugust two “experts” denied it. Dr Fowler was a joke though, and the police officer has a history of being a paid witness for the defense of police officers in bad situations.

[@mst1308]

Now that is how it is done. Ok, he missed an opportunity to bring an important item in however he made dam sure not to get caught slipping again.

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

I am glad I am not on a jury like this. Somehow it seems that it would be best if the jury could be completely unbiased and objective and fair. The rioters and protesters should also want the judgment to be unbiased and fair and justifiable. But it does seem as though there is a bias in favor of conviction that is hard to overcome. So, it seems likely that any judgment no matter what will not be accepted by everyone. But I hope we do not see more rioting and destruction of businesses, restaurants, stores, public and private property. Buildings are not to blame, and many innocent people suffer from mob violence. Violence does not make the world safer or more just or more compassionate, it does not solve problems or reconcile opposing parties. The Jan 6 demonstration has been beaten like a dead horse. A policeman shot and killed a woman who was unarmed. He has not been put on trial or demonized in the press. I just read of a video of a policeman beating a demonstrator on the ground. The left has not investigated or arrested rioters for the 2020 riots. They destroyed millions in private property. In Mpls. they burned down a police station. The left is not attacking the rioters. Harris even helped bail out rioters in Mpls. The riots have simply been politicized for leftist political aims, like blocking conservative candidates and Trump from gaining office in the near future. So, I would say, more attention needs to be paid to the crimes of the radicals. I have noticed in my neighborhood there are fewer and fewer posters on lawns celebrating G. Floyd. Perhaps people have realized that BLM is not simply a civil rights movement. The mansion they bought with money from supporters, for example, or the comments on Marxist motives.

[@rebajeanforever3700]

40 years the democrats lied and fools burning the city. Who makes the laws and they sit and watch everyone else be harm because it the. Elect who are the RACIST. Their the ones with the privilege that group the elites, the elect and the rest of us are slaves to them! But burn the city, loot and kill but they are not harm by it just you and I. This is their plan to destroy America middle class and they want no middle class so they will be the new upper poor class and everyone one else will follow even lower. They take our homes and decide how much we will eat. You fought for 15.00 an hour and lost it very shortly after and with. Prices jumping and going to get way high, you killed it. Will be luck if we're not living like we're make 7.25 an hour. Fooools

[@cageybee7221]

of course it is biased in favour of a conviction, millions of people all watched him kill george floyd. the only reason he is getting any trial at all is because this is america and everyone has the right to a trial.

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

@@rebajeanforever3700 Basically you are right about this. I agree.

[@isisbeck2374]

I hope you had this same speech for the Jan 6 folks

[@jamesstuartbrice420]

@@isisbeck2374 The Democrats are milking Jan 6 for all it is worth. So far as most unbiased observers can see, it was not an attempt to overthrow the government and democracy and was not incited by Trump. The Democrats let the rioters burn and destroy and beat up people all summer long and did little to stop it. In Minnesota Harris helped get bail for rioters so they could go out and riot some more. There was apparently Democrat complicity in trying to make the demonstration at the capital seem like an attempt to overthrow the government. An investigation may find more out that the Democrats want to conceal.

[@mst1308]

He was calm deliberate and meticulous with his on spot take down of this so called expert.

[@miamimagicians]

Damn, when that deadly force shows up on that screen, it’s game over

[@barbaramcdaniel463]

Should be a first degree murder motion. What is not common sense about that?

[@samsteel2643]

A civilian murders gets life. A cop commits murder and kills B. Taylor and tons of other garbage and gets 22 years. Should have been long ago. How many reprimands is an officer get before fired,and licensed canceled 😞

[@vibovitold]

The rebuttal was strong, but frankly it would be really difficult for the prosecution to botch this one. The defence case was practically hopeless, obviously all they did was grasping at straws (like the exhaustion pipe), and the prosecution only had to call them out on it.

[@deborahdesanto2313]

Free Chavin

[@bassoutlaw4443]

I only wish Derek Chauvin could be subjected to the exact same restraints he subjected George Floyd to, right there in the courtroom. Derek Chauvin not being under the influence of any drugs, let’s watch him survive 9:29…

[@ExtremelyClever555]

I'm watching from the United States Virgin Islands....THE WORLD'S PARADISE!!!

[@robquach876]

👏🏽

[@tenspeed7711]

Only getting 3rd degree manslaughter.

[@tenspeed7711]

Hands of another talk to the drug dealer. Oh wait he pled the 5th.

[@chelseashaw4337]

Even that's a stretch

[@tenspeed7711]

To bad he got sentenced with all 3 :P guess courts agree with the blm movment.

[@Ilovewbd]

Count 1: GUILTY Count 2: GUILTY Count 3: GUILTY -The Jury

[@Ilovewbd]

@@tenspeed7711 This wasn't the court's decision, this was the jury's decision. Random citizens just like you and I. The jury was made up of 6 white people and 6 people of color. A couple believed in Black Lives Matter and some believed in All Lives Matter. This was verified during the interview process. Quit being ignorant. Anybody can see that this was a murder and they made the right choice.

[@ktax1813]

Fox News huh?

[@michellesmith936]

The reasonable officer wasnt Officer Chauvin. The reasonable Officer was Officer Lane. Hes the one who said ahoulsnt we roll him on his side? Chauvin said no hea staying where he is. Lane called EMS. Lane changed the code and sped the EMS up. Lane or Keung checked his pulse and said he couldnt find a pulse. Lane was worriwd about excited delirium. None of the reasonable care came from Chauvin. He had this nonchalant I dont give a fck attitude throughout the whole ordeal. He had the same smug face that he had today during this trial. Chauvin was never reasonable and showed no care for George Floyd or his pain or his life or the fact that it was slowly slipping away underneath the weight of these officers.

[@rooksatwar]

Wasn't officer lane the one who approached floyd with his gun drawn? I dont think thats what a reasonable officer would do.

[@kristyolsen7059]

Tao also had that smug look

[@MegensBay]

Chauvin was training the other officers while flaunting his I’m above the law demeanor to the crowd.

[@michellesmith936]

@@rooksatwar youre right there. That was not the most reasonable thing to do. But Kueng and Lane had him handcuffed and sitting on the ground and things were fine. So thats irrelevant really.

[@gloriafontenot1621]

They were to rookie cops that shouldn't have been riding together why do they call for backup after the situation was contained and Floyd was handcuffed all over $20 wake up people!!!

[@breakbad9753]

0:11 anyone else think he was about to say the 46th witness was god lol ?

[@flyingjeff1956]

And, yet, the lawyers viewing the trial stated that the judge should have declared a mistrial for several reasons (largely related to Blackwell.)

[@coltdude9127]

Nelson was working for the DA

[@misterpayah7723]

Excellent rebuttal but Blackwell went a bit too aggressive on putting down Nelson. His content alone was good enough, continually implying Nelson was spinning stories in bad faith was unnecessary.

[@mnjof82]

Not when Nelson spun stories the whole trial

[@optoms1178]

But that is the truth he was spinning and shading the truth telling stories and unrational theories

[@rosemarymanley4267]

If Nelson lied...and he did...call him a liar. When you don't tell the truth you.are lying, and remember a defense attorney job is to lie for their client.

[@MsUa125]

Derek Chauvin thinks he’s so superior to the victim. He thinks he’s so much better than George Floyd. But one day he will be judged by God. The fact that he’s shown no remorse or any emotion at all proves he needs the maximum sentence.

[@veezienhamoruhwande99]

He is evil

[@weeknders]

Prosecution knew they lost this case. They rebuttaled a closing?? Nope. 10 hr deliberation. Everyone knew this would be mistrialed in superior.

[@ashleywildflower6451]

Rebuttal in closing is very common.

[@weeknders]

@@ashleywildflower6451 Rebuttal in closing is an act of desperation. You had your first closing. Say everything you need to say there. That wasn't a rebuttal either. It was literally a 2nd closing. I get it the attorney was black so he gets to go 2x. Still being graded on the curve. White lawyer gets 1 closing. Black 2. Got it.

[@ashleywildflower6451]

@@weeknders the plaintiff may reserve time (e.g., ten minutes) to use after the defendant's closing argument. it’s the law. Yes he went over 10 minutes but the judge was very lenient to BOTH sides. It had nothing to do with race. Of Nelson could give a rebuttal to the rebuttal he would have! Unfortunately that’s not the law. Nelson did a great job also

[@ashleywildflower6451]

@@weeknders it’s all because prosecutors have burden of proof

[@weeknders]

@@ashleywildflower6451 The prosecutors had plenty of time to present burden of proof. They tried to enter new evidence late in the trial were warned about mistrial. The hail Mary rebuttal that almost never happens. There is a reason they call it closing.

[@docastrov9013]

29:50 Tobin did not mention oxygen given artificially. Mistrial.

[@kendellwebber701]

Ok mr youtube lawyer, go show em how it's done

[@chelseashaw4337]

Tobin was a biased, dishonest witness

[@liamp1994]

He did not but the ER doctor and the paramedics did. PaO2 of 98% would suggest he was ambubagged. If he was CO poisoned, he could not achieve a O2 sat that high since the CO displaces oxygen. Nothing wrong with questioning it though.

[@Ntetrue]

@@chelseashaw4337 evil resides within you, there was nothing untruthful in all his testimony. It was just the truth you didn’t wanna hear even when it scientifically proven. We as medical professionals do not rely on what you think but what the physiology taught/told us! But I can understand why it’s hard for you to understand. Never hate a person more than you love life!!

[@chelseashaw4337]

@@Ntetrue Fowell's position was peer reviewed (the gold standard). Tobin volunteered for the prosecution BEFORE reviewing the details, made speculative claims about the weight on Floyd (need a physicist to do that) and Floyd's respirations, refused to take Floyd's fentanyl use into account (fentanyl suppresses respirations) or Floyd's heart disease. This all shows he's biased - and FYI a person is not evil just because you disagree.

[@justsnappy]

*PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT!* *IF FLOYD WAS HIGH, CHAUVIN AIN’T YOUR GUY!*

[@godizgood]

Did you watch the trial?

[@stbam1965]

All this could of been AVOIDED if he didnt go into store and try to use counterfeit money and if he did his drugs at home and stayed home. Dont break the law and then police wont be called on you.

[@luvslyf22]

Yes because using a counter fit and using drugs should equate to being killed.

[@DG-sf9ei]

Hire a body guard just to walk out your door little guy, whether your're breaking the law or not you're going to need one.

[@thegroiddidyouremom7949]

I think Derek is cool Do you think Derek is cool 2 ?

[@Christ_Is_Life10-10]

Derek is as cool as the cement in his jail cell.

[@kamanthanorlin28]

I think you are craving attention. No one in their right mind would think that POS is cool.

[@gloriafontenot1621]

What do you mean by cool? Maybe you're too young for this type of thing maybe you belong in a cell with him that way you can be cool together

[@reggied6122]

You must want to get some kind of responds from this ignored statements you made. If you want some attention get a dog.

[@marilynprice6122]

Really, did you not know you would be attacked with that comment?