wolfy42 posted... I don't think he would commit murder on purpose while being witnessed by other cops and citizens (including kids). I could be wrong, but I highly doubt it.
You should have stopped at "I could be wrong," because you are. This happens literally all the fucking time, especially to brown and black people. Cops are rarely indicted for murder and even more rarely convicted, even when there's video proof of guilt. American police kill over a thousand civilians a year, many of them innocent, fleeing, or only guilty of misdemeanors. The willful ignorance of people like you helps perpetuate this system.
https://tinyurl.com/3x3f76hhhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/20/chauvin-police-officer/wolfy42 posted... Obviously the jury thinks he did, and there may be information I don't have.
You have more information available to you than the jury, because the judge strictly limits what is allowed to evidence. But you're stubbornly clinging to incredibly naive and downright ignorant views in defiance of facts and reality. I hate to break it to you, but the world is not as nice and fair as you seem to want to believe it is.
wolfy42 posted... To be convicted of murder he has to have had intent to kill, and the jury believes he did.
It's first degree murder that requires proving intent to kill. Second degree murder is not premeditated.
wolfy42 posted... I refute the idea that Chavin actually tried to murder George, he was having a lark kneeling on him, but still thought he was ok, when he found out he wasn't the dude didn't realize how serious it was,
....Are you fucking serious???
This was not some frat boy hazing incident gone terribly wrong.
Derek Chauvin purposefully applied lethal force against a non-resisting victim in defiance of police protocol.
George Floyd said over 20 times he couldn't breathe.
Derek Chauvin continued cutting off his oxygen.
Bystanders pleaded with Chauvin to stop.
Chauvin didn't stop. Eventually, George Floyd no longer had a pulse.
Even when he no longer had a pulse, Chauvin continued depriving him of oxygen for over two minutes.
There is no way that Derek Chauvin thought George Floyd was okay despite not being able to breathe and not having a pulse.
There is no way it was an accident.
wolfy42 posted... even the prosecution and the jury didn't think it rose to first degree murder.
The jury doesn't make the decision what charges are brought. The only reason he wasn't charged with murder one was because he's a cop, and it's extremely difficult to indict a cop, let alone convict one. So the prosecutors went for lesser charges to make it easier to convict him.
wolfy42 posted... If I was his defense attorney I would state that either my client was insane as he committed murder in front of witnesses and while being filmed and laughed while doing so
It's a good thing you're not a defense attorney, because you have no fucking clue what you're talking about. An insanity defense requires a diagnosis of a mental health disorder that would render someone incapable of distinguishing reality from fantasy and right or wrong. It's not "you'd have to be crazy to do that!" It's crazy like if I ask you what you'd like to wear today and you reply telling me about the Christmas party you had with the queen of the ants.
wolfy42 posted... he did not know that he was endangering George's life,
Yeah, who knew that not being able to breathe can kill someone? /sarcasm
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